Diffusion imaging in brain tumors. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Diffusion-weighted imaging is of limited value in the MR imaging diagnosis of various tumor pathologies, except in differentiating between dermoids/epidermoids and arachnoid cysts. Diffusion tractography, on the other hand, allows accurate depiction of important white-matter tracts adjacent to brain tumors. This technique uses data derived from diffusion tensor imaging.

publication date

  • February 1, 2002

Research

keywords

  • Blood-Brain Barrier
  • Brain Neoplasms
  • Image Enhancement
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0036129427

PubMed ID

  • 11998248

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 12

issue

  • 1