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 …

Imaging challenges of immunotherapy and targeted therapy in patients with brain metastases: response, progression, and pseudoprogression

N Galldiks, M Kocher, G Ceccon, JM Werner… - Neuro …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The advent of immunotherapy using immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) and targeted
therapy (TT) has dramatically improved the prognosis of various cancer types. However …

Differentiating tumor recurrence from treatment necrosis: a review of neuro-oncologic imaging strategies

N Verma, MC Cowperthwaite, MG Burnett… - Neuro …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Differentiating treatment-induced necrosis from tumor recurrence is a central challenge in
neuro-oncology. These 2 very different outcomes after brain tumor treatment often appear …

Differentiating radiation-induced necrosis from recurrent brain tumor using MR perfusion and spectroscopy: a meta-analysis

MT Chuang, YS Liu, YS Tsai, YC Chen, CK Wang - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Purpose This meta-analysis examined roles of several metabolites in differentiating
recurrent tumor from necrosis in patients with brain tumors using MR perfusion and …

MRI perfusion in determining pseudoprogression in patients with glioblastoma

RJ Young, A Gupta, AD Shah, JJ Graber, TA Chan… - Clinical imaging, 2013 - Elsevier
We examine the role of dynamic susceptibility contrast (DSC) magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI) perfusion in differentiating pseudoprogression from progression in 20 consecutive …

Support vector machine classification of brain metastasis and radiation necrosis based on texture analysis in MRI

A Larroza, D Moratal… - Journal of magnetic …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To develop a classification model using texture features and support vector
machine in contrast‐enhanced T1‐weighted images to differentiate between brain …

Advanced magnetic resonance imaging techniques in management of brain metastases

H Mehrabian, J Detsky, H Soliman, A Sahgal… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Brain metastases are the most common intracranial tumors and occur in 20–40% of all
cancer patients. Lung cancer, breast cancer, and melanoma are the most frequent primary …

Radiological diagnosis of brain radiation necrosis after cranial irradiation for brain tumor: a systematic review

M Furuse, N Nonoguchi, K Yamada, T Shiga… - Radiation …, 2019 - Springer
Introduction This systematic review aims to elucidate the diagnostic accuracy of radiological
examinations to distinguish between brain radiation necrosis (BRN) and tumor progression …

[HTML][HTML] Current emerging MRI tools for radionecrosis and pseudoprogression diagnosis

L Nichelli, S Casagranda - Current Opinion in Oncology, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Current emerging MRI tools for radionecrosis and pseudoprogr... : Current Opinion in Oncology
Current emerging MRI tools for radionecrosis and pseudoprogression diagnosis : Current …

Chemical exchange saturation transfer MRI for differentiating radiation necrosis from tumor progression in brain metastasis—application in a clinical setting

H Mehrabian, RW Chan, A Sahgal… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background High radiation doses of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for brain metastases
(BM) can increase the likelihood of radiation necrosis (RN). Advanced MRI sequences can …