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MR Imaging of Brain Tumors

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Brain Tumor Imaging

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Diagn Imaging))

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Abstract

This chapter gives an overview of important radiological aspects in brain tumor imaging. It was not our aim to deal with the wide differential diagnosis of brain tumors, and this chapter should not replace a neuroradiological textbook. Instead, it addresses important radiological and neurological aspects which should be known by the radiologist reporting brain tumors. In general, age is one of the most important criterion to distinguish different brain neoplasms, since the differential diagnosis differ considerably between ages. Therefore, the chapter is divided into childhood and adulthood brain tumors. Further, important pitfalls in brain tumor diagnosis are treated especially concerning non-neoplastic brain lesions and post-treatment changes. The localization of brain tumors in relation to functional brain areas is another important issue which has to be reported by the neuroradiologist, since preservation of important brain function is the ultimate goal and determines the treatment modality. Therefore, this chapter gives some help to localize a tumor with respect to the functional primary motor and language areas.

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Abbreviations

MRI:

Magnetic resonance imaging

CT:

Computed tomography

CNS:

Central nervous system

SE:

Spin echo

FLAIR:

Fluid-Attenuated Inversion Recovery

PD:

Proton density

i.v.:

intravenous

fMRI:

Functional MRI

DWI:

Diffusion-weighted imaging

ADC:

Apparent diffusion coefficient

DTI:

Diffusion tensor imaging

SWI:

Susceptibility-weighted imaging

PNET:

Primitive neuroepithelial tumor

DNET:

Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor

MPR:

Multiplanar reformatting

PPL:

Posterior pituitary lobe

WI:

Weighted imaging

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  1. Neuroradiology, University Hospital of Goethe University Frankfurt, Schleusenweg 2-16, 60528, Frankfurt, Germany

    Elke Hattingen

  2. Neuroradiology, University Hospital of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, 97080, Würzburg, Germany

    Monika Warmuth-Metz

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Hattingen, E., Warmuth-Metz, M. (2013). MR Imaging of Brain Tumors. In: Hattingen, E., Pilatus, U. (eds) Brain Tumor Imaging. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2013_936

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