Diffusion-weighted MRI characteristics of the cerebral metastasis to brain boundary predicts patient outcomes
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Diffusion-weighted MRI characteristics of the cerebral metastasis to brain boundary predicts patient outcomes
BACKGROUND Diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI) has been used in neurosurgical practice mainly to distinguish cerebral metastases from abscess and glioma. There is evidence from other solid organ cancers and metastases that DWI may be used as a biomarker of prognosis and treatment response. We therefore investigated DWI characteristics of cerebral metastases and their peritumoral region recorded pre-op...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Medical Imaging
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1471-2342
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2342-14-26