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Recent Developments in Brain Tumour Diagnosis

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Recent Advances in Diagnostic Neuroradiology

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

Abstract

The introduction of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the mid-eighties was a major step forward in the diagnosis and pretherapeutic set-up of brain tumors. As compared to computed tomography (CT), which was considered as the gold standard up to then, MRI offered several advantages.

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  1. Department of Radiology, University Hospitals, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium

    Guy Wilms MD, PhD

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    Stefan Sunaert MD

  3. Department of Nuklear Medicine, University Hospitals, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium

    Patrick Flamen MD

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    Philippe Demaerel MD, PhD (Professor) (Professor)

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Wilms, G., Sunaert, S., Flamen, P. (2001). Recent Developments in Brain Tumour Diagnosis. In: Demaerel, P. (eds) Recent Advances in Diagnostic Neuroradiology. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56662-2_9

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