RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 NMR tissue characterization in intracranial tumors: preliminary results.
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 830
OP 832
VO 4
IS 3
A1 Hawkes, R C
A1 Holland, G N
A1 Moore, W S
A1 Kean, D M
A1 Worthington, B S
YR 1983
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/4/3/830.abstract
AB Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) has been shown to have high sensitivity for detecting intracranial pathology. A study was devised to determine what information about tissue characteristics can be derived from steady-state free-precession NMR images alone and when compared with computed tomographic (CT) scans. The flow-dependent sequences allow diagnosis of intrinsic vascular lesions. Whereas precise characterization of some pathologic groups such as fat-containing tumors is possible, other important groups cannot be clearly differentiated. Preliminary findings suggest that it may be possible to predict the texture of extrinsic tumors from their NMR signals.