Perfusion imaging of high-grade gliomas: A comparison between contrast harmonic and magnetic resonance imaging: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 700-703

  Harrer, Judith U ^a   Möller Hartmann, Walter ^b   Oertel, Markus F ^b   Klötzsch, Christof ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brain neoplasm; Cerebral blood volume; Glioma; Perfusion imaging; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN TISSUE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST HARMONIC IMAGING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; BLOOD FLOW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 7944220221     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2004.101.4.0700     Document Type: Article

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