title: Diffusion and perfusion magnetic resonance imaging in brain tumors.
abstract: The article reviews recent progress made in the field of diffusion and perfusion magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and presents possible applications in brain tumors. Diffusion, a new parameter, provides useful data to assess tissue structure and function. Perfusion MR imaging gives results that are somewhat similar to those obtained with classic non-MR imaging methods, but it offers several potential advantages.
authors.affiliation: Diagnostic Radiology Department, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Le Bihan
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Douek
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Argyropoulou
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Patronas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fulham
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004058:Diffusion; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D010477:Perfusion