title: Advanced Imaging of Intracranial Meningiomas.
abstract: Although typically not necessary for the diagnosis of intracranial meningiomas, advanced imaging techniques, including perfusion and diffusion imaging, spectroscopy, and nuclear medicine imaging, can help confirm the diagnosis of intracranial meningiomas, especially for meningiomas that do not exhibit the typical anatomic imaging findings. Advanced imaging techniques also have the potential to be able to differentiate between the subtypes of meningiomas, predict clinical aggressiveness of the tumor, and better characterize response to treatment. Although no advanced imaging technique has been able to definitively subclassify meningiomas, current results are encouraging and may be helpful in surgical planning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, 4650 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA.
authors.forename: Benita
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tamrazi
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1500 San Pablo Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
authors.forename: Mark S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Shiroishi
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1500 San Pablo Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA. Electronic address: chia-shang.liu@med.usc.edu.
authors.forename: Chia-Shang J
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D056324:Diffusion Tensor Imaging / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D055420:Perfusion Imaging / Q000379:methods; D013113:Spin Labels; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D013113:Spin Labels
keywords: CT; Diffusion; MRI; Meningioma; PET; Perfusion; SPECT; Spectroscopy