Prognostic role for diffusion-weighted imaging of pediatric optic pathway glioma

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 479-483

  Yeom, K W ^a   Lober, R M ^a   Andre, J B ^b   Fisher, P G ^a   Barnes, P D ^a   Edwards, M S B ^a   Partap, S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ADC; DWI; MRI; Optic pathway glioma

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CORTICOSTEROID; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR INVASION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; BRAIN TUMOR; IMAGE PROCESSING; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MALE; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84879413351     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-013-1140-4     Document Type: Article

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