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Advanced Imaging Modalities and Treatment of Gliomas: Radiation Therapy

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Brain Tumor Imaging

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

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This chapter deals with radiation therapy techniques used for treatment of malignant glioma. It shows how they have become more and more sophisticated over the past decades. Due to this achievement in the planning procedure an exact definition of the target volume has become indispensable and increased the role of imaging in radiotherapy. The pros and cons of various imaging modalities are discussed from the view of a radiation oncologist.

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Robert-Koch-Straße 3, 79106, Freiburg, Germany

    Irina Goetz & Anca-Ligia Grosu

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  1. Neuroradiology, Dept. of Radiol., University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

    Elke Hattingen

  2. Neuroradiology, Goethe University, Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

    Ulrich Pilatus

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Goetz, I., Grosu, AL. (2014). Advanced Imaging Modalities and Treatment of Gliomas: Radiation Therapy. In: Hattingen, E., Pilatus, U. (eds) Brain Tumor Imaging. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2014_1022

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