Three-dimensional susceptibility-weighted imaging at 7 T using fractal-based quantitative analysis to grade gliomas

Neuroradiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-40

  Di Ieva, Antonio ^a   Göd, Sabine ^b   Grabner, Günther ^b   Grizzi, Fabio ^c   Sherif, Camillo ^d   Matula, Christian ^b   Tschabitscher, Manfred ^e   Trattnig, Siegfrid ^b  

^a Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^d KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

7 T MRI; Fractal dimension; Glioma; SWI

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FRACTALS; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873096603     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: 14321920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-012-1081-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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