Distinction between pyogenic brain abscess and necrotic brain tumour using 3-tesla MR spectroscopy, diffusion and perfusion imaging

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 982, 2009, Pages 813-820

  Chiang, I C ^a   Hsieh, T J ^b   Chiu, M L ^b   Liu, G C ^b   Kuo, Y T ^b   Lin, Wei Chen ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR NECROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PERFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70349288406     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/90100265     Document Type: Article

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