Radiation necrosis in the brain: Imaging features and differentiation from tumor recurrence

Radiographics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1343-1359

  Shah, Ritu ^a   Vattoth, Surjith ^a   Jacob, Rojymon ^b   Manzil, Fathima Fijula Palot ^a   O'Malley, Janis P ^a   Borghei, Peyman ^a   Patel, Bhavik N ^a   Curé, Joel K ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION INJURY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 84866249048     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.325125002     Document Type: Article

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