Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 112, Issue 3 , Pages 218-225 , April 2010

Differential diagnosis of intracranial ring enhancing cystic mass lesions—Role of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and diffusion-tensor imaging (DTI)

  • Werner Reiche

      Affiliations

    • Institut of Radiology, Ortenau Klinikum Lahr-Ettenheim, 77933 Lahr, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Institut of Radiology, Ortenau Klinikum Lahr-Ettenheim, Post Box 1727, 77931 Lahr, Germany. Tel.: +49 7821 932601; fax: +49 7821 932063.
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  • Volker Schuchardt

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Neurology, Ortenau Klinikum Lahr-Ettenheim, 77933 Lahr, Germany
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  • Thomas Hagen

      Affiliations

    • Radiology Centre, 86150 Augsburg, Germany
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  • Kamil A. Il’yasov

      Affiliations

    • Medical Physics, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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  • Peter Billmann

      Affiliations

    • Institut of Radiology, Ortenau Klinikum Lahr-Ettenheim, 77933 Lahr, Germany
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  • Johannes Weber

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany

Received 18 April 2009 ,Revised 16 November 2009 ,Accepted 26 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.11.016

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 112, Issue 3 , Pages 218-225 , April 2010

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