Brain Tumor Imaging without Gadolinium-based Contrast Agents: Feasible or Fantasy?

IJHG Wamelink, A Azizova, TC Booth, HJMM Mutsaerts… - Radiology, 2024 - pubs.rsna.org
Gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) form the cornerstone of current primary brain
tumor MRI protocols at all stages of the patient journey. Though an imperfect measure of …

Mr perfusion imaging for gliomas

J Lee, MM Chen, HL Liu, FE Ucisik… - Magnetic …, 2024 - mri.theclinics.com
Although central nervous system (CNS) tumors constitute only 1% of cancers, they are one
of the leading causes of cancer deaths in young adults. 1 Nearly 30% of all brain tumors are …

Dynamic-susceptibility-contrast perfusion-weighted-imaging (DSC-PWI) in brain tumors: a brief up-to-date overview for clinical neuroradiologists

A Pons-Escoda, M Smits - European Radiology, 2023 - Springer
Dynamic-susceptibility-contrast perfusion-weighted-imaging (DSC-PWI) is an MRI technique
that provides non-invasive in vivo assessment of microvascular environments. It consists of a …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling spatiotemporal dynamics of cerebral blood flow using multiple-timepoint arterial spin labelling MRI

J Pinto, NP Blockley, JW Harkin, DP Bulte - Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Cerebral blood flow (CBF) is an important physiological parameter that can be
quantified non-invasively using arterial spin labelling (ASL) imaging. Although most ASL …

[HTML][HTML] A comparison of 7 Tesla MR spectroscopic imaging and 3 Tesla MR fingerprinting for tumor localization in glioma patients

P Lazen, P Lima Cardoso, S Sharma, C Cadrien… - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This study compared two brain imaging methods, 7T magnetic resonance
spectroscopic imaging (MRSI), which can image metabolic processes, and 3T magnetic …

[HTML][HTML] An open relaxation-diffusion MRI dataset in neurosurgical studies

Y Wu, X Liu, Y Huang, T Zhou, F Zhang - Scientific Data, 2024 - nature.com
Diffusion MRI (dMRI) is a safe and noninvasive technique that provides insight into the
microarchitecture of brain tissue. Relaxation-diffusion MRI (rdMRI) is an extension of …

[HTML][HTML] Differentiating IDH-mutant astrocytomas and 1p19q-codeleted oligodendrogliomas using DSC-PWI: high performance through cerebral blood volume and …

A Pons-Escoda, A Garcia-Ruiz, P Naval-Baudin… - European …, 2024 - Springer
Objective Presurgical differentiation between astrocytomas and oligodendrogliomas
remains an unresolved challenge in neuro-oncology. This research aims to provide a …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnóstico prequirúrgico de gliomas difusos en adultos: perspectivas prácticas de radiólogos de Unidades de neurooncología Post-WHO 2021

A Pons-Escoda, C Majos, M Smits, L Oleaga - Radiología, 2024 - Elsevier
La Clasificación 2021 de tumores del sistema nervioso central (SNC) por la Organización
Mundial de la Salud (OMS) fue acogida con entusiasmo, aunque al principio pudo parecer …

Advances in molecular and imaging biomarkers in lower-grade gliomas

A Picca, F Bruno, L Nichelli, M Sanson… - Expert Review of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction Lower-grade (grade 2–3) gliomas (LGGs) constitutes a group of
primary brain tumors with variable clinical behaviors and treatment responses. Recent …

[HTML][HTML] The prognostic relevance of a gene expression signature in MRI-defined highly vascularized Glioblastoma

V Montosa-i-Micó, M del Mar Álvarez-Torres… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Background The vascular heterogeneity of glioblastomas (GB) remains an important area of
research, since tumor progression and patient prognosis are closely tied to this feature. With …