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Today, magnetic resonance imaging is the “gold standard” of brain tumor imaging, but remains widely used only under its conventional aspect. Recent advances on MRI sequences development and use provided a new conceptual approach of diagnosis and follow-up of WHO II glioma based on multiparametrical and dynamic study of their metabolism allowed by spectroscopy (even multinuclear) and perfusion-weighted imaging, namely, oncological biometabolic imaging. We discuss in this chapter the different aspects and methodological issues and address some practical consequences on MRI clinical practice.
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Guillevin, R. (2013). Metabolic-Oncological MR Imaging of Diffuse Low-Grade Glioma: A Dynamic Approach. In: Duffau, H. (eds) Diffuse Low-Grade Gliomas in Adults. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2213-5_15
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