Minimum apparent diffusion coefficients in the evaluation of brain tumors

KİTİŞ Ö. , ALTAY H., ÇALLI M. C. , YÜNTEN N., AKALIN T. , YURTSEVEN T.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY, vol.55, no.3, pp.393-400, 2005 (Journal Indexed in SCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 55 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2005
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2005.02.004
  • Title of Journal : EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY
  • Page Numbers: pp.393-400
  • Keywords: magnetic resonance imaging, diffusion-weighted-brain neoplasms-glioma-neoplasm, metastasis-lymphoma, PROTON MR SPECTROSCOPY, WEIGHTED MR, CEREBRAL GLIOMAS, PERFUSION, LYMPHOMA

Abstract

Objective: To determine whether diffusion-weighted imaging by using minimum apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC(min)) values could differentiate various brain tumors including gliomas, metastases, and lymphomas.