title: Pretreatment Evaluation of Glioma.
abstract: Glioma is considered the most common type of primary central nervous system (CNS) tumor. Imaging is crucial for diagnosis, characterization, grading, and therapeutic planning of CNS gliomas. Along with a brief description of conventional computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging techniques, this article reviews the ever-developing role of modern imaging techniques in preoperative management of CNS gliomas. It discusses current clinical applications, promising features, and limitations of each imaging method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Rajaie Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mohammadzadeh
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Farabi Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Vahid
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mohammadzadeh
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Soheil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kooraki
authors.affiliation: St Louis Children's Hospital, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Houman
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sotoudeh
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Amiralmomenin Hospital, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
authors.forename: Sakineh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kadivar
authors.affiliation: Advanced Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Madjid
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shakiba
authors.affiliation: Advanced Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Bahman
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rasuli
authors.affiliation: Advanced Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borhani
authors.affiliation: Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Amiralam Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: m-mohammadzadeh@sina.tums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mohammadzadeh
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005910:Glioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D059906:Neuroimaging / Q000379:methods*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography
keywords: CNS tumor; DTI; Glioma; Grading; MR imaging; PET; Perfusion imaging; SWI