Diagnostic Accuracy of Neuroimaging to Delineate Diffuse Gliomas within the Brain: A Meta-Analysis.

Niels Verburg F W A Hoefnagels Frederik Barkhof Ronald Boellaard Serge Goldman J Guo Jan J Heimans Otto S Hoekstra Rajan Jain Manabu Kinoshita Petra J W Pouwels Stephen John Price Jaap C Reijneveld Andreas Stadlbauer William Peter Vandertop Pieter Wesseling Aeilko H Zwinderman Philip C De Witt Hamer

Published in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2017)

The diagnostic accuracy of commonly used imaging is better for delineation of low-grade gliomas than high-grade gliomas on the basis of limited evidence. Improvement is indicated from advanced techniques, such as MR spectroscopy and PET.

Keyphrases

high grade
low grade
high resolution
computed tomography
resting state
pet ct
positron emission tomography
single molecule
magnetic resonance imaging
functional connectivity
cerebral ischemia
brain injury
fluorescence imaging