Imaging of Brain Tumors with Histological Correlations

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This volume provides a deeper understanding of the diagnosis of brain tumors by correlating radiographic imaging features with the underlying pathological abnormalities. All modern imaging modalities are used to complete a diagnostic overview of brain tumors with emphasis on recent advances in diagnostic neuroradiology. High-quality illustrations depicting common and uncommon imaging characteristics of a wide range of brain tumors are presented and analysed, drawing attention to the ways in which these characteristics reflect different aspects of pathology. Important theoretical considerations are also discussed. Since the first edition, chapters have been revised and updated and new material has been added, including detailed information on the clinical application of functional MRI and diffusion tensor imaging. Radiologists and other clinicians interested in the current diagnostic approach to brain tumors will find this book to be an invaluable and enlightening clinical tool.

Author(s): George Karkavelas, Nickolaos Tascos (auth.), Antonios Drevelegas (eds.)
Edition: 2
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2011

Language: English
Pages: 440
Tags: Imaging / Radiology; Neuroradiology; Pathology; Oncology

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Epidemiology, Histologic Classification, and Clinical Course of Brain Tumors....Pages 1-12
Imaging Modalities in Brain Tumors....Pages 13-33
Molecular Abnormalities in Gliomas....Pages 35-48
The Clinical Applicability of fMRI and DTI in Patients with Brain Tumors....Pages 49-71
Low-Grade Gliomas....Pages 73-156
High-Grade Gliomas....Pages 157-200
Pineal Tumors....Pages 201-213
Embryonal Tumors....Pages 215-227
Tumours of the Cranial Nerves....Pages 229-254
Meningeal Tumors....Pages 255-302
Central Nervous Lymphomas and Hemopoietic Neoplasms....Pages 303-323
Masses of the Sellar and Junxtasellar Region....Pages 325-371
Brain Metastasis....Pages 373-400
Scintigraphy for Brain Tumors....Pages 401-426
Back Matter....Pages 427-432