Medical University of Vienna

Gliomas graded using metabolite quantification with MR spectroscopic imaging

Published in State and Local Health Law Weekly, April 27th, 2006

Glioma preoperative grading could be performed by metabolite quantification with high spatial-resolution proton magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopic imaging.

According to a recent report, researchers in Austria conducted a study "to evaluate proton MR spectroscopic imaging with high spatial resolution for preoperative grading of suspected World Health Organization grades II and III gliomas. Institutional ethics committee approval and informed consent were obtained for control subjects but were not required for the retrospective component involving patients. Twenty-six patients (10 women, 16 men; mean age, 37.5 years) suspected of having gliomas and 26 age- and...

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Source: State and Local Health Law Weekly (2006-04-27)

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