Magnetic resonance imaging features of pilocytic astrocytoma of the brain mimicking high-grade gliomas

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 601-611

  Kumar, Ashok J ^a   Leeds, Norman E ^a   Kumar, Vinodh A ^a   Fuller, Gregory N ^a   Lang, Frederick F ^a   Milas, Zvonimir ^a   Weinberg, Jeffrey S ^a   Ater, Joann L ^a   Sawaya, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

aggressive imaging features; MR imaging; pilocytic astrocytoma

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; MAGNETISM; RESONANCE; TOMOGRAPHY; TUMORS;

AGGRESSIVE IMAGING FEATURE; BRAIN TUMORS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; HIGH-GRADE GLIOMAS; IMAGING FEATURES; MR IMAGING; PATIENT POPULATION; PEDIATRIC PATIENTS; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN LATERAL VENTRICLE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HEMISPHERE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS;

EID: 77955164964     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3181d77d52     Document Type: Article

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