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The changes of the enhancement of the lesion with time after intravenous administration of contrast medium were measured with computed tomography (CT) in 23 cases of acoustic neuroma. The pattern of high initial enhancement followed by a fairly rapid decrease is confirmed. A more rigorous study of the enhancement pattern using a mathematical description of the enhancement curve of the tumor as well as a measurement of the individual blood enhancement curve is discussed.
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Hatam, A., Bergström, M., Möller, A. et al. Early contrast enhancement of acoustic neuroma. Neuroradiology 17, 31–33 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00345267
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00345267