Intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion-weighted MR imaging of gliomas: Feasibility of the method and initial results

Neuroradiology

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1189-1196

  Bisdas, Sotirios ^a   Koh, Tong San ^b   Roder, Constantin ^a   Braun, Christian ^a   Schittenhelm, Jens ^a   Ernemann, Ulrike ^a   Klose, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Gliomas; Perfusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; NEOPLASM GRADING; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84885431060     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: 14321920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-013-1229-7     Document Type: Article

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