PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Essig, M.
AU  - Anzalone, N.
AU  - Combs, S.E.
AU  - Dörfler, A.
AU  - Lee, S.-K.
AU  - Picozzi, P.
AU  - Rovira, À.
AU  - Weller, M.
AU  - Law, M.
TI  - MR Imaging of Neoplastic Central Nervous System Lesions: Review and Recommendations for Current Practice
AID  - 10.3174/ajnr.A2640
DP  - 2012 May 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 803--817
VI  - 33
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/33/5/803.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/33/5/803.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2012 May 01; 33
AB  - SUMMARY: MR imaging is the preferred technique for the diagnosis, treatment planning, and monitoring of patients with neoplastic CNS lesions. Conventional MR imaging, with gadolinium-based contrast enhancement, is increasingly combined with advanced, functional MR imaging techniques to offer morphologic, metabolic, and physiologic information. This article provides updated recommendations to neuroradiologists, neuro-oncologists, neurosurgeons, and radiation oncologists on the practical applications of MR imaging of neoplastic CNS lesions in adults, with particular focus on gliomas, based on a review of the clinical trial evidence and personal experiences shared at a recent international meeting of experts in neuroradiology, neuro-oncology, neurosurgery, and radio-oncology. ADCapparent diffusion coefficientCBVcerebral blood volumeCNScentral nervous systemDCEdynamic contrast-enhancedDSCdynamic susceptibility contrastDTIdiffusion tensor imagingDWIdiffusion-weighted imagingFLAIRfluid-attenuated inversion recoveryFSEfast spin-echoGFRglomerular filtration rateGREgradient recalled-echoKtransvolume transfer coefficientMRSMR spectroscopyPETpositron-emission tomographyPWIperfusion-weighted imagingrCBVrelative cerebral blood volumeTSEturbo spin-echo