Differentiation between high and low grade tumours in paediatric patients by using apparent diffusion coefficients.
CONCLUSION: Combining the information obtained from conventional MR imaging with the ADC values may increase the accuracy of pre-operative differentiation between low grade and high grade paediatric tumours. Cut-off values can help to discern low from high grade tumours. However, it has to be considered that there is a substantial overlap between tumour types previously described in the literature.
PMID: 23273960 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: European Journal of Paediatric Neurology - Category: Neurology Authors: Porto L, Jurcoane A, Schwabe D, Kieslich M, Hattingen E Tags: Eur J Paediatr Neurol Source Type: research
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