Diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging of glial brain tumors

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 428-436

  Ferda, Jiří ^a   Kastner, Jan ^a   Mukenšnabl, Petr ^a   Choc, Milan ^a   Horemužová, Jana ^a   Ferdová, Eva ^a   Kreuzberg, Boris ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI); Glial tumors; Intracranial neoplasm; Tractography

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMORS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST-ENHANCED IMAGES; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING (DTI); DIFFUSION TENSOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EVALUATION SOFTWARE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HOMOGENOUS STRUCTURE; IMAGING SEQUENCE; INTERNAL CAPSULES; MASSACHUSETTS; MULTI-DIRECTIONAL; PRESURGICAL PLANNING; RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T2 WEIGHTED; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER FIBERS; WHITE MATTER TRACTS;

ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TUMORS;

TENSORS;

ANAPLASTIC OLIGOASTROCYTOMA; ANAPLASTIC OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; BRAIN TISSUE; CANCER GRADING; CAPSULA INTERNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLIOMA; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77952877998     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.03.030     Document Type: Article

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