Effect of disease and recovery on functional anatomy in brain tumor patients: Insights from functional MRI and diffusion tensor imaging

Imaging in Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 333-346

  Abd El Barr, Muhammad M ^a   Saleh, Emam ^a   Huang, Raymond Y ^a   Golby, Alexandra J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

brain tumors; diffusion tensor imaging; functional MRI; MRI; plasticity; surgical planning

Indexed keywords

BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN TUMOR; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84881304511     PISSN: 17555191     EISSN: 17555205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/iim.13.40     Document Type: Review

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