Inclusion or exclusion of intratumoral vessels in relative cerebral blood volume characterization in low-grade gliomas: does it make a difference?

GB Caseiras, JS Thornton, T Yousry… - American journal …, 2008 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
We assessed the influence of inclusion (method 1) and exclusion (method 2) of intratumoral
vessels when determining maximum relative cerebral blood volume (rCBVmax) in 3 types of …

Using relative cerebral blood flow and volume to evaluate the histopathologic grade of cerebral gliomas: preliminary results

JH Shin, HK Lee, BD Kwun, JS Kim… - American Journal of …, 2002 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. Relative cerebral blood flow has rarely been studied as part of the preoperative
assessment of tumor grade, although relative cerebral blood volume is known to be useful …

Correlation between cerebral blood volume measurements by perfusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging and two-year progression-free survival in gliomas

MV Spampinato, C Schiarelli… - The …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Our goal was to determine whether relative cerebral blood volume (rCBV) can serve as an
adjunct to histopathologic grading in the assessment of gliomas, with the hypothesis that …

Correlation of MR imaging-determined cerebral blood volume maps with histologic and angiographic determination of vascularity of gliomas.

T Sugahara, Y Korogi, M Kochi… - … American journal of …, 1998 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
Our purpose was to evaluate the relationships between the ratio of maximum relative
cerebral blood volume (rCBV)(rCBV ratio= rCBV [tumor]/rCBV [contralateral white matter]) …

Perfusion magnetic resonance imaging predicts patient outcome as an adjunct to histopathology: a second reference standard in the surgical and nonsurgical …

M Law, S Oh, G Johnson, JS Babb, D Zagzag… - …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether relative cerebral blood volume (rCBV) can predict
patient outcome, specifically tumor progression, in low-grade gliomas (LGGs) and thus …

Cerebral blood volume measurements by perfusion-weighted MR imaging in gliomas: ready for prime time in predicting short-term outcome and recurrent disease?

S Bisdas, M Kirkpatrick, P Giglio… - American Journal …, 2009 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Current classification and grading of primary brain tumors
has significant limitations. Our aim was to determine whether the relative cerebral volume …

Relative cerebral blood volume measurements of low-grade gliomas predict patient outcome in a multi-institution setting

GB Caseiras, S Chheang, J Babb, JH Rees… - European journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: The prognostic value of defining subcategories of gliomas is
still controversial. This study aims to determine the utility of relative cerebral blood volume …

Relative cerebral blood volume maps corrected for contrast agent extravasation significantly correlate with glioma tumor grade, whereas uncorrected maps do not

JL Boxerman, KM Schmainda… - American Journal of …, 2006 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Relative cerebral blood volume (rCBV) estimates for high-
grade gliomas computed with dynamic susceptibility contrast MR imaging are artificially …

Relative cerebral blood volume measurements in intracranial mass lesions: interobserver and intraobserver reproducibility study

SG Wetzel, S Cha, G Johnson, P Lee, M Law… - Radiology, 2002 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To assess inter-and intraobserver reproducibility for different techniques of
measuring relative cerebral blood volume (rCBV) in patients with intracranial mass lesions …

Do cerebral blood volume and contrast transfer coefficient predict prognosis in human glioma?

SJ Mills, TA Patankar, HA Haroon… - American Journal …, 2006 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
INTRODUCTION: Noninvasive measurements of cerebral blood volume (CBV) and contrast
transfer coefficient (Ktrans) have potential benefits in the diagnosis and therapeutic …