Magnetic Resonance Imaging–Guided Spine Interventions
MR imaging–guided interventions for treatment of low back pain and for diagnosis and treatment of soft tissue and bony spinal lesions have been shown to be feasible, effective, and safe….
Evolution of Movement Disorders Surgery Leading to Contemporary Focused Ultrasound Therapy for Tremor
Progressively less invasive neurosurgical approaches for the treatment of movement disorders have evolved, beginning with open craniotomy for placement of lesions within pyramidal structures followed by refined stereotactic ablation of…
Magnetic Resonance-Guided Interventions: The State of the Art
Clare M.C. Tempany, MD, Editor Tina Kapur, PhD, Editor This issue of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America brings together a wide range of expert opinions in the field…
Therapy Monitoring with Functional and Molecular MR Imaging
Cancer therapy is mainly based on different combinations of surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy. Additionally, targeted therapies (designed to disrupt specific tumor hallmarks, such as angiogenesis, metabolism, proliferation, invasiveness, and immune…
Assessment of Musculoskeletal Malignancies with Functional MR Imaging
Functional MR imaging is the technique of choice to evaluate and manage malignant musculoskeletal masses. Advanced MR imaging sequences include chemical shift MR imaging, diffusion-weighted imaging with apparent diffusion coefficient…
Functional MR Imaging in Gynecologic Cancer
Dynamic-contrast enhanced (DCE) and diffusion-weighted (DW) MR imaging are invaluable in the detection, staging, and characterization of uterine and ovarian malignancies, for monitoring treatment response, and for identifying disease recurrence….
Role of Multiparametric MR Imaging in Malignancies of the Urogenital Tract
Multiparametric MR imaging (mpMRI) combine different sequences that, properly tailored, can provide qualitative and quantitative information about the tumor microenvironment beyond traditional tumor size measures and/or morphologic assessments. This article…
Multiparametric MR Imaging of Breast Cancer
Breast MR imaging has increased in popularity over the past 2 decades due to evidence of its high sensitivity for cancer detection. Current clinical MR imaging approaches rely on the…
Multiparametric MR Imaging in Abdominal Malignancies
Modern MR imaging protocols can yield both anatomic and functional information for the assessment of hepatobiliary and pancreatic malignancies. Diffusion-weighted imaging is fully integrated into state-of-the-art protocols for tumor detection,…
Functional MR Imaging in Chest Malignancies
With recent advances in MR imaging, its application in the thorax has been feasible. The performance of both morphologic and functional techniques in the evaluation of thoracic malignances has improved…
