Can standard magnetic resonance imaging reliably distinguish recurrent tumor from radiation necrosis after radiosurgery for brain metastases? A radiographic-pathological study

Neurosurgery

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 898-903

  Dequesada, Ivan M ^a   Quisling, Ronald G ^b   Yachnis, Anthony ^a   Friedman, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Radiation necrosis; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN METASTASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION NECROSIS; RECURRENT CANCER; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL PATIENT;

BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOSURGERY; RECURRENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 57649129146     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000333263.31870.31     Document Type: Article

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