Usefulness of diffusion‐weighted MRI with echo‐planar technique in the evaluation of cellularity in gliomas

T Sugahara, Y Korogi, M Kochi… - Journal of Magnetic …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the utility of diffusion‐weighted magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) with echo‐planar imaging (EPI) technique in depicting the tumor …

MR imaging of high-grade cerebral gliomas: value of diffusion-weighted echoplanar pulse sequences.

RD Tien, GJ Felsberg, H Friedman… - … American journal of …, 1994 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of diffusion-weighted echoplanar
MR imaging in the examination of high-grade brain gliomas compared with that of …

Diffusion-weighted echo-planar MR imaging in differential diagnosis of brain tumors and tumor-like conditions

K Okamoto, J Ito, K Ishikawa, K Sakai, S Tokiguchi - European radiology, 2000 - Springer
We assess diffusion-weighted MR images in the differential diagnosis of intracranial brain
tumors and tumor-like conditions. Heavily diffusion-weighted (b= 1100 or 1200 s/mm 2) axial …

Diffusion-weighted MR imaging of intracerebral masses: comparison with conventional MR imaging and histologic findings

TW Stadnik, C Chaskis, A Michotte… - American journal …, 2001 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The purposes of this study were to find the role of diffusion-
weighted MR imaging in characterizing intracerebral masses and to find a correlation, if any …

Diffusion MR imaging in glioma: does it have any role in the pre-operation determination of grading of glioma?

WWM Lam, WS Poon, C Metreweli - Clinical radiology, 2002 - Elsevier
AIM: To investigate the role of the diffusion MR weighted sequence in the pre-operative
grading of gliomas, and its application in defining the different components of these tumours …

Peritumoral brain regions in gliomas and meningiomas: investigation with isotropic diffusion-weighted MR imaging and diffusion-tensor MR imaging

JM Provenzale, P McGraw, P Mhatre, AC Guo… - Radiology, 2004 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To retrospectively measure the diffusion-weighted (DW) imaging characteristics
of peritumoral hyperintense white matter (WM) and peritumoral normal-appearing WM, as …

Apparent diffusion coefficient of human brain tumors at MR imaging

F Yamasaki, K Kurisu, K Satoh, K Arita, K Sugiyama… - Radiology, 2005 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To determine if apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) can be used to differentiate
brain tumors at magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. MATERIALS AND METHODS …

Grading of gliomas by using monoexponential, biexponential, and stretched exponential diffusion-weighted MR imaging and diffusion kurtosis MR imaging

Y Bai, Y Lin, J Tian, D Shi, J Cheng, EM Haacke… - Radiology, 2016 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To quantitatively compare the potential of various diffusion parameters obtained
from monoexponential, biexponential, and stretched exponential diffusion-weighted imaging …

The added value of the apparent diffusion coefficient calculation to magnetic resonance imaging in the differentiation and grading of malignant brain tumors

N Bulakbasi, I Guvenc, O Onguru… - Journal of computer …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Objective: ADC calculation can improve the diagnostic efficacy of MR imaging in brain tumor
grading and differentiation. Methods: Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values and ratios …

Gliomas: Histogram Analysis of Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Maps with Standard- or High-b-Value Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging—Correlation with Tumor Grade

Y Kang, SH Choi, YJ Kim, KG Kim, CH Sohn, JH Kim… - Radiology, 2011 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To explore the role of histogram analysis of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC)
maps based on entire tumor volume data in determining glioma grade and to evaluate the …