Central nervous system lymphoma characterization by diffusion-weighted imaging and MR spectroscopy

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 411-417

  Zacharia, T Thomas ^a,b   Law, Meng ^a   Naidich, Thomas P ^a   Leeds, Norman E ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b 210 Town House ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced imaging; Central nervous system lymphoma; Diffusion weighted imaging; MR spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BIOPSY; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LYMPHOMA; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; ASPARTIC ACID; BIOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHOLINE; CREATINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; INOSITOL; LACTIC ACID; LYMPHOMA, AIDS-RELATED; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 53149147774     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2007.00231.x     Document Type: Article

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