title: Advanced MR Imaging Techniques in Daily Practice.
abstract: This article presents a summary of advanced MR imaging techniques and their use in the evaluation of patients with brain tumors. It reviews diffusion-weighted imaging, diffusion-tensor imaging, T2* susceptibility-sensitive imaging, MR spectroscopy, MR perfusion, and functional MR imaging, and discusses their current roles in the evaluation of patients with brain tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, MSC 10 5530, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA. Electronic address: marccm7@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Marc C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Mabray
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, L325, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
authors.forename: Soonmee
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cha
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D056324:Diffusion Tensor Imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D059906:Neuroimaging / Q000379:methods
keywords: Diffusion-tensor imaging; Diffusion-weighted imaging; Functional imaging; MR imaging; MR spectroscopy; Perfusion imaging; Susceptibility-weighted imaging