Analysis of the mortality probability of preoperative MRI features in malignant astrocytomas

Turkish Neurosurgery

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 271-279

  Ekici, Mehmet Ali ^a   Bulut, Turgay ^b   Tucer, Bulent ^c   Kurtsoy, Ali ^c  

^a Yunusemre State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Department of Neurosurgery   (Turkey)

^c ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Analysis of mortality probability; Degree of resection; Malignant astrocytoma; Preoperative MRI features; Prognosis; Recurrence time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855182626     PISSN: 10195149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.3321-10.3     Document Type: Article

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