Relationship between PET-FDG and MRI apparent diffusion coefficients in brain tumors

Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-22

  Palumbo, B ^a,b   Angotti, F ^b   Marano, G D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms; Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging; Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; Tomography, emission computed

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 65749094186     PISSN: 18244785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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