Differentiation of brain abscesses from necrotic glioblastomas and cystic metastatic brain tumors with diffusion tensor imaging

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1646-1651

  Toh, C H ^a,b   Wei, K C ^a   Ng, S H ^a   Wan, Y L ^a   Lin, Ching Po ^b   Castillo, M ^c  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EDEMA; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NECROSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054035950     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2581     Document Type: Article

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