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Improved Brain Tumor Classification by Sodium MR Imaging: Prediction of IDH Mutation Status and Tumor Progression.
AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology - 1 Jan 2016
Biller A, Badde S, Nagel A, Neumann J-O, Wick W, Hertenstein A, Bendszus M, Sahm F, Benkhedah N, Kleesiek J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: MR imaging in neuro-oncology is challenging due to inherent ambiguities in proton signal behavior. Sodium-MR imaging may substantially contribute to the characterization of tumors because it reflects the functional status of the sodium-potassium pump and sodium channels. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sodium-MR imaging data of patients with treatment-naïve glioma WHO grades I-IV (n = 34; mean age,...
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