RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 MR Imaging of Neoplastic Central Nervous System Lesions: Review and Recommendations for Current Practice
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 803
OP 817
DO 10.3174/ajnr.A2640
VO 33
IS 5
A1 Essig, M.
A1 Anzalone, N.
A1 Combs, S.E.
A1 Dörfler, A.
A1 Lee, S.-K.
A1 Picozzi, P.
A1 Rovira, À.
A1 Weller, M.
A1 Law, M.
YR 2012
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/33/5/803.abstract
AB SUMMARY: MR imaging is the preferred technique for the diagnosis, treatment planning, and monitoring of patients with neoplastic CNS lesions. Conventional MR imaging, with gadolinium-based contrast enhancement, is increasingly combined with advanced, functional MR imaging techniques to offer morphologic, metabolic, and physiologic information. This article provides updated recommendations to neuroradiologists, neuro-oncologists, neurosurgeons, and radiation oncologists on the practical applications of MR imaging of neoplastic CNS lesions in adults, with particular focus on gliomas, based on a review of the clinical trial evidence and personal experiences shared at a recent international meeting of experts in neuroradiology, neuro-oncology, neurosurgery, and radio-oncology. ADCapparent diffusion coefficientCBVcerebral blood volumeCNScentral nervous systemDCEdynamic contrast-enhancedDSCdynamic susceptibility contrastDTIdiffusion tensor imagingDWIdiffusion-weighted imagingFLAIRfluid-attenuated inversion recoveryFSEfast spin-echoGFRglomerular filtration rateGREgradient recalled-echoKtransvolume transfer coefficientMRSMR spectroscopyPETpositron-emission tomographyPWIperfusion-weighted imagingrCBVrelative cerebral blood volumeTSEturbo spin-echo