Current clinical brain tumor imaging

JE Villanueva-Meyer, MC Mabray, S Cha - Neurosurgery, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Neuroimaging plays an ever evolving role in the diagnosis, treatment planning, and post-
therapy assessment of brain tumors. This review provides an overview of current magnetic …

Classic models for dynamic contrast‐enhanced MRI

SP Sourbron, DL Buckley - NMR in Biomedicine, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Dynamic contrast‐enhanced MRI (DCE‐MRI) is a functional MRI method where T1‐
weighted MR images are acquired dynamically after bolus injection of a contrast agent. The …

Experimentally‐derived functional form for a population‐averaged high‐temporal‐resolution arterial input function for dynamic contrast‐enhanced MRI

GJM Parker, C Roberts, A Macdonald… - … in Medicine: An …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid T1‐weighted 3D spoiled gradient‐echo (GRE) data sets were acquired in the
abdomen of 23 cancer patients during a total of 113 separate visits to allow dynamic contrast …

Models and methods for analyzing DCE‐MRI: A review

F Khalifa, A Soliman, A El‐Baz… - Medical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To present a review of most commonly used techniques to analyze dynamic
contrast‐enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE‐MRI), discusses their strengths and …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of blood–brain barrier disruption using dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI. A systematic review

AK Heye, RD Culling, MCV Hernández… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2014 - Elsevier
There is increasing recognition of the importance of blood–brain barrier (BBB) disruption in
aging, dementia, stroke and multiple sclerosis in addition to more commonly-studied …

Intracranial mass lesions: dynamic contrast-enhanced susceptibility-weighted echo-planar perfusion MR imaging

S Cha, EA Knopp, G Johnson, SG Wetzel, AW Litt… - Radiology, 2002 - pubs.rsna.org
Dynamic contrast agent–enhanced perfusion magnetic resonance (MR) imaging provides
physiologic information that complements the anatomic information available with …

Update on brain tumor imaging: from anatomy to physiology

S Cha - American Journal of Neuroradiology, 2006 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
The role of neuroimaging in patients with brain tumors is no longer simply to evaluate
structural abnormality and identify tumor-related complications. By transitioning from a …

Texture analysis: a review of neurologic MR imaging applications

A Kassner, RE Thornhill - American Journal of …, 2010 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
Texture analysis describes a variety of image-analysis techniques that quantify the variation
in surface intensity or patterns, including some that are imperceptible to the human visual …

Perfusion CT: a worthwhile enhancement?

KA Miles, MR Griffiths - The British journal of radiology, 2003 - birpublications.org
In 1979, just 8 years after Godfrey Hounsfield's introduction of CT, Leon Axel first proposed a
method for determining tissue perfusion from dynamic contrast enhanced CT data [1]. Due to …

Comparison of cerebral blood volume and vascular permeability from dynamic susceptibility contrast-enhanced perfusion MR imaging with glioma grade

M Law, S Yang, JS Babb, EA Knopp… - American Journal …, 2004 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Relative cerebral blood volume (rCBV) and vascular
permeability (Ktrans) permit in vivo assessment of glioma microvasculature. We assessed …