Recent advances in imaging of brain tumors

Indian Journal of Cancer

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 82-87

  Sanghvi, D A ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Diffusion; Functional imaging; Perfusion; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BLOOD OXYGENATION; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 64749089421     PISSN: 0019509X     EISSN: 19984774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-509X.49145     Document Type: Conference Paper

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