State of the Art Brain Tumor Diagnostics, Imaging, and Therapeutics, an Issue of Neuroimaging Clinics: Volume 20-3 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781437718386)

This Neuroimaging publication presents information in three distinct sections: Diagnostics, Planning/Imaging, and Therapeutics. Topics include State of the Art Pathology (New tools, New WHO classification/implications); Applications of nanotechnology in the imaging and therapy of brain tumors; Molecular Tools (Biology, Prognosis and Therapeutic Triage in Gliomas); Surgical planning and intra-operative MR in brain tumor surgery; Imaging of brain tumors via DTI and fMRI; Imaging of brain tumors via MR Spectroscopy and Metabolic Imaging; Imaging of brain tumors: Perfusion Permeability; Novel Gadolinium liposomal contrast agents; Current status and future potential of MRI-guided focused ultrasound surgery; Update on surgically based clinical trials in brain tumors including new neurosurgical techniques; Novel medical therapeutics in brain tumors, including targeted molecular therapies, current and future clinical trials; and Radiation oncology in brain tumors, current approaches and clinical trials in progress.

Author: Meng Law
ISBN-10: 1437718388
ISBN-13: 9781437718386
Publisher: Saunders
Language: English
Published: 08/28/2010
Pages: 1
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.36lbs
Size: 10.10h x 7.00w x 0.60d