Evolution of radiation-induced brain injury: MR imaging-based study

Radiology

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 210-218

  Wang, Yi Xiang J ^a   King, Ann D ^a   Zhou, Hua ^a,b   Leung, Sing Fei ^a   Abrigo, Jill ^a   Chan, Yu Leung ^a   Hu, Chen Wen ^a   Yeung, David K W ^a   Ahuja, Anil T ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM CHELATE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN NECROSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION NECROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TISSUE NECROSIS; WHITE MATTER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 75349110023     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.09090428     Document Type: Article

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