AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology
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AJNR Am J Neuroradiol · Feb 2003
Combination of single-voxel proton MR spectroscopy and apparent diffusion coefficient calculation in the evaluation of common brain tumors.
MR spectroscopy and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) calculation have been used frequently for tumor grading and differentiation during the last decade. We evaluated whether the combination of these two techniques can improve the diagnostic effectiveness of MR imaging in patients with brain tumors. ⋯ Combination of calculated ADC values from tumoral core and specific relative metabolite ratios acquired by MR spectroscopy added more information to MR imaging in the differentiation and grading of brain tumors and were more useful together than each alone.