High-grade and low-grade gliomas: differentiation by using perfusion MR imaging

Hakyemez B., Erdogan C., Ercan İ., Ergin N., Uysal S., Atahan S.

CLINICAL RADIOLOGY, vol.60, no.4, pp.493-502, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 60 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2005
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.crad.2004.09.009
  • Journal Name: CLINICAL RADIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.493-502
  • Keywords: brain neoplasms, blood flow, cerebral blood vessels, flow dynamics, magnetic resonance (MR), contrast enhancement, BLOOD-VOLUME MAPS, BRAIN-TUMORS, NEOPLASMS, FLOW
  • Bursa Uludag University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

AIM: Relative cerebral blood volume (rCBV) is a commonly used perfusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique for the evaluation of tumour grade. Relative cerebral blood flow (rCBF) has been less studied. The goal of our study was to determine the usefulness of these parameters in evaluating the histopathotogical grade of the cerebral gliomas.