Usefulness of diffusion‐weighted MRI with echo‐planar technique in the evaluation of cellularity in gliomas

…, Y Shigematu, T Hirai, T Okuda, L Liang… - Journal of Magnetic …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the utility of diffusion‐weighted magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) with echo‐planar imaging (EPI) technique in depicting the tumor cellularity …

Posttherapeutic intraaxial brain tumor: the value of perfusion-sensitive contrast-enhanced MR imaging for differentiating tumor recurrence from nonneoplastic contrast …

…, I Ikushima, T Kira, L Liang… - American Journal …, 2000 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Differentiation of tumor recurrence from treatment-related
changes may be difficult with conventional MR imaging when newly enhancing lesions …

Evaluation of the intracranial dural sinuses with a 3D contrast-enhanced MP-RAGE sequence: prospective comparison with 2D-TOF MR venography and digital …

L Liang, Y Korogi, T Sugahara… - American journal …, 2001 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The diagnosis of dural sinus thrombosis is often difficult
because of its variable and nonspecific clinical presentation and the overlapping signal …

Evaluation of normal age-related changes in anisotropy during infancy and childhood as shown by diffusion tensor imaging

P McGraw, L Liang… - American Journal of …, 2002 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The first purpose of this study was to compare the degree of anisotropy in
compact white matter and noncompact white matter in each of three pediatric age groups using …

Normal structures in the intracranial dural sinuses: delineation with 3D contrast-enhanced magnetization prepared rapid acquisition gradient-echo imaging sequence

L Liang, Y Korogi, T Sugahara… - American Journal …, 2002 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The potential pitfalls in the diagnosis of dural sinus
thrombosis include the presence of arachnoid granulations, intrasinus fibrotic bands (so-called …

Diffusion tensor imaging assessment of brain white matter maturation during the first postnatal year

JM Provenzale, L Liang, D DeLong… - American Journal of …, 2007 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to use diffusion-weighted and diffusion tensor
imaging to investigate the status of cerebral white matter (WM) at term gestation and the rate of …

Brain lesions: when should fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery sequences be used in MR evaluation?

…, T Sugahara, T Hirai, I Ikushima, L Liang… - Radiology, 1999 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To compare qualitatively and quantitatively the contrast of brain lesions detected
with fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery (FLAIR) and intermediate-weighted sequences at …

Detection of intracranial hemorrhage with susceptibility-weighted MR sequences

L Liang, Y Korogi, T Sugahara… - American Journal …, 1999 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Detection of hemorrhage is important in the diagnosis
and management of a variety of intracranial diseases. We evaluated the sensitivity of the …

Perfusion-sensitive MRI of cerebral lymphomas: a preliminary report

…, T Hirai, I Ikushima, L Liang… - Journal of computer …, 1999 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: To date, there have been no systematic reports examining cerebral lymphomas
with perfusion-sensitive MRI. We sought to determine the characteristics of perfusion-sensitive …

Krabbe Disease Treated with Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: Serial Assessment of Anisotropy Measurements—Initial Experience1

P McGraw, L Liang, M Escolar, S Mukundan… - Radiology, 2005 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To prospectively compare diffusion-tensor magnetic resonance (MR) imaging
anisotropy measurements of white matter (WM) regions in early and late treatment groups of …