Role of diffusion tensor imaging metrics and in vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in the differential diagnosis of cystic intracranial mass lesions

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 198-206

  Nath, Kavindra ^a   Agarwal, Monika ^a   Ramola, Mahesh ^b   Husain, Mazhar ^b   Prasad, Kashi N ^a   Rathore, Ram K S ^c   Pandey, Chandra M ^a   Gupta, Rakesh K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Mean diffusivity; Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHOLINE; LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC INTRACRANIAL MASS LESION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 59249095347     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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