10.1055/b-0035-122304 13 It’s Not Just the Tumor: Treatment EffectsBrent Griffith and Rajan Jain 13.1 Introduction Imaging plays a major role in monitoring brain tumor patients; however, assessment of treatment response…
10.1055/b-0035-122309 18 On the Horizon: Going Beyond Conventional MR Contrast AgentsJosep Puig and Wilson B. Chwang 18.1 Why We Need More Than What Is Available In patients with brain tumors,…
10.1055/b-0035-122310 19 On the Horizon: Molecular ImagingSanath Kumar, Meser M. Ali, and Ali S. Arbab 19.1 Introduction The majority of brain tumors are metastatic and half of them are from…
10.1055/b-0035-122303 12 Molecular Imaging: PET and SPECTAsim K. Bag and Samuel Almodóvar 12.1 Introduction In the last decade there has been great interest in the clinical application of molecular imaging…
10.1055/b-0035-122308 17 On the Horizon: Tumor GenomicsRivka R. Colen, Faisal Tai, and Pascal O. Zinn 17.1 Introduction Imaging genomics is an emerging field that links specific imaging characteristics (also termed…
10.1055/b-0035-122307 16 On the Horizon: Ultra-High-Field MRSteffen Sammet and Alexander Radbruch 16.1 Introduction Ultra-high-field (UHF) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) appeared on the horizon in the late 1980s when the first…
10.1055/b-0035-122306 15 Image-Guided Neurosurgery: Intraoperative MRIIan Y. Lee 15.1 Introduction Since the development and introduction of intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging (iMRI) in the late 1990s, applications for neurosurgical interventions have…
10.1055/b-0035-122292 1 Conventional Morphological Imaging: MRI Remains the WorkhorseBenjamin Cohen, Inna Nutanson, and Girish M. Fatterpekar 1.1 Introduction The term brain tumor refers to a collection of neoplasms, each with…
10.1055/b-0035-122300 9 Diffusion Tensor ImagingBram Stieltjes and Peter Neher 9.1 Introduction In Chapter 8, isotropic diffusion and the related diffusion weighted-imaging (DWI) were described. This chapter introduces a special case…
10.1055/b-0035-122299 8 Diffusion-Weighted Imaging for GliomasBenjamin M. Ellingson, Bryan Yoo, and Whitney B. Pope 8.1 Introduction Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI or DW-MRI) is a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique…
