Can diffusion tensor metrics help in preoperative grading of diffusely infiltrating astrocytomas? A retrospective study of 36 cases

Neuroradiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-68

  Jolapara, Milan ^a   Patro, Satya Narayan ^a   Kesavadas, Chandrasekharan ^a   Saini, Jitender ^a   Thomas, Bejoy ^a   Gupta, Arun Kumar ^a   Bodhey, Narendra ^a   Radhakrishnan, Vishnupuri Venkatraman ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor metrices; Glioma; Grading

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT CODING; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHERICAL ANISOTROPY;

ADULT; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751611203     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-010-0761-y     Document Type: Article

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