Multimodal magnetic resonance imaging increases the overall diagnostic accuracy in brain tumours: Correlation with histopathology
| Autor: | Kasim Abul-Kasim, Majda Thurnher, Stefan Puchner, Pia Sundgren |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| Zdroj: | South African Journal of Radiology, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 4-10 (2013) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1027-202X 2078-6778 |
| DOI: | 10.4102/sajr.v17i1.202 |
| Popis: | Background: The aim of this retrospective study was to assess the contribution of multimodal MRI techniques, specifically perfusion-weighted imaging (PWI), and/or MR spectroscopy (MRS), in increasing the diagnostic accuracy of MRI in brain tumours. Methods: Forty-four patients with suspected brain tumours (27 (61%) patients male, mean age 58±17 (mean±SD) years) were included in this retrospective analysis. Patients were examined with conventional MR sequences, DWI, and with PWI and/or MRS. The concordance between the diagnoses obtained with multimodal MRI and with the conventional MR sequences, and the final diagnosis obtained by biopsy, was estimated. Fisher’s exact test and/or chi-square test was performed to estimate the added utility of multimodal MRI. Statistical significance was set at p |
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