Distinction of reactive joint fluid from pyogenic abscess by diffusion-weighted imaging
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Diffusion-weighted imaging parameters to track success of pyogenic brain abscess therapy.
The fundamentals of successful treatment of any disease include early diagnosis, timely treatment, and vigilant monitoring of response to treatment. To accomplish this sometimes-difficult process, it is crucial to employ the means that provide important disease markers, including laboratory parameters and imaging characteristics, in addition to clinical symptoms and signs. A brain abscess, for ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1053-1807,1522-2586
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20886