Diffusion weighted MR imaging of ring enhancing brain lesions

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 428-431

  Alam, Muhammad Shahbaz ^a   Sajjad, Zafar ^a   Azeemuddin, Muhammad ^a   Khan, Zahid Anwar ^a   Mubarak, Fatima ^a   Akhtar, Waseem ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Abscess; Brain; Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI); MRI; Neoplasm; Ring enhancing lesion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BACTEROIDES; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUBERCULOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENTEROBACTER; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KLEBSIELLA; MALE; MYCOSIS; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864517660     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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