Open AccessCurrent neuroimaging modalities in differential diagnosis of radiation-induced brain injury in patients with brain tumors
Author(s) -
T. Yu. Skvortsova,
Z. L. Brodskaya,
Ж. И. Савинцева
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
bûlletenʹ sibirskoj mediciny
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1819-3684
pISSN - 1682-0363
DOI - 10.20538/1682-0363-2011-4-130-136
Subject(s) - neuroimaging , positron emission tomography , magnetic resonance imaging , medicine , differential diagnosis , brain tumor , radiology , proton magnetic resonance , pathology , nuclear medicine , nuclear magnetic resonance , physics , psychiatry
Differentiation of tumor recurrence from radiation-induced brain changes is the main challenge of neuroimaging in patients with treated cerebral tumor. The review presents the limitations of structural imaging and additional opportunities of perfusion imaging techniques, proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy and positron emission tomography in discriminating recurrent tumor from radiation injury.