title: Magnetic resonance imaging: current and emerging applications in the study of the central nervous system.
abstract: Neuroimaging is presently utilised in clinical practice for initial diagnosis and mapping of disease extent and distribution, noninvasive, preoperative grading of tumours, biopsy planning, surgery and radiation portal planning for tumors, judging response to therapy and finally, prognostication. Newer advances include magnetic resonance (MR) diffusion and diffusion tensor imaging with tractography, perfusion imaging, MR spectroscopy and functional imaging using the blood oxygen level-dependent contrast technique. Neuroimaging plays a pivotal role in various degenerative and neoplastic diseases, improving diagnostic accuracy, affecting patient care, monitoring dynamic changes within the brain during therapy, and establishing them as the arbiter of novel therapy that may one day prove cure of various brain diseases a reality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Andheri West, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Sanghvi
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Patankar
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology*; D003287:Contrast Media; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood*; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D010100:Oxygen