Differentiation between brain glioblastoma multiforme and solitary metastasis: Qualitative and quantitative analysis based on routine MR imaging

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1907-1912

  Chen, X Z ^a   Yin, X M ^b   Ai, L ^a   Chen, Q ^c   Li, S W ^a   Dai, Jianping P ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Radiology Department   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL DETECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870919974     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3106     Document Type: Article

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