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MR spectroscopy of brain tumors
J Keith Smith1, Mauricio Castillo, Lester Kwock
1Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, 3325 Old Infirmary Building, CB# 7510, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. jksmith@med.unc.edu
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America
|February 11, 2004
Abstract:
MR spectroscopy is a non-invasive technique for measuring tissue metabolites. Changes in tissue metabolites may be useful for diagnosing or characterizing primary and other brain neoplasms, planning treatment, and assessing the results of treatment. Ongoing improvements in equipment and pulse sequence design may make full brain spectroscopy clinically practical in the near future. The authors review the basic concepts of MR spectroscopy and its use in clinical management of brain neoplasms.