Current clinical brain tumor imaging

JE Villanueva-Meyer, MC Mabray, S Cha - Neurosurgery, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Neuroimaging plays an ever evolving role in the diagnosis, treatment planning, and post-
therapy assessment of brain tumors. This review provides an overview of current magnetic …

Clinical intravoxel incoherent motion and diffusion MR imaging: past, present, and future

M Iima, D Le Bihan - Radiology, 2016 - pubs.rsna.org
The concept of diffusion magnetic resonance (MR) imaging emerged in the mid-1980s,
together with the first images of water diffusion in the human brain, as a way to probe tissue …

Emerging treatment strategies for glioblastoma multiforme

SK Carlsson, SP Brothers… - EMBO molecular medicine, 2014 - embopress.org
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the deadliest form of brain tumor with a more than 90% 5‐
year mortality. GBM has a paltry median survival of 12.6 months attributed to the unique …

Brain metastases: neuroimaging

WB Pope - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2018 - Elsevier
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the cornerstone for evaluating patients with brain
masses such as primary and metastatic tumors. Important challenges in effectively detecting …

Diffusion-weighted imaging in oncology: an update

C Messina, R Bignone, A Bruno, A Bruno, F Bruno… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
To date, diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) is included in routine magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) protocols for several cancers. The real additive role of DWI lies in the …

Imaging and diagnostic advances for intracranial meningiomas

RY Huang, WL Bi, B Griffith, TJ Kaufmann… - Neuro …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The archetypal imaging characteristics of meningiomas are among the most stereotypic of
all central nervous system (CNS) tumors. In the era of plain film and ventriculography …

Diffusion-weighted imaging in cancer: physical foundations and applications of restriction spectrum imaging

NS White, CR McDonald, N Farid, J Kuperman… - Cancer research, 2014 - AACR
Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) has been at the forefront of cancer imaging since the early
2000s. Before its application in clinical oncology, this powerful technique had already …

Apparent diffusion coefficients for differentiation of cerebellar tumors in children

Z Rumboldt, DLA Camacho, D Lake… - American Journal …, 2006 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and apparent diffusion
coefficient (ADC) maps provide information at MR imaging that may reflect cell attenuation …

Diffusion imaging of brain tumors

SE Maier, Y Sun, RV Mulkern - NMR in biomedicine, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
MRI offers a tremendous armamentarium of different methods that can be employed in brain
tumor characterization. MR diffusion imaging has become a widely accepted method to …

Pitfalls in the neuroimaging of glioblastoma in the era of antiangiogenic and immuno/targeted therapy–detecting illusive disease, defining response

RY Huang, MR Neagu, DA Reardon, PY Wen - Frontiers in neurology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Glioblastoma, the most common malignant primary brain tumor in adults is a devastating
diagnosis with an average survival of 14–16 months using the current standard of care …