Imaging Surveillance of Gliomas: Role of Basic and Advanced Imaging Techniques

Jayapalli Rajiv Bapuraj; Krishna Perni; Diana Gomez-Hassan; Ashok Srinivasan

doi:10.1016/j.rcl.2021.01.006

Imaging Surveillance of Gliomas: Role of Basic and Advanced Imaging Techniques

Radiol Clin North Am. 2021 May;59(3):395-407. doi: 10.1016/j.rcl.2021.01.006.

Authors

Jayapalli Rajiv Bapuraj¹, Krishna Perni¹, Diana Gomez-Hassan², Ashok Srinivasan³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Michigan Medicine, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, UMHS, B2-A209, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
² Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Michigan Medicine, 4260 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA.
³ Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Michigan Medicine, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, UMHS, B2-A209, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. Electronic address: ashoks@med.umich.edu.

PMID: 33926685
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2021.01.006

Abstract

It is essential to be aware of widely accepted criteria for grading of treatment response in both high-grade and low-grade gliomas. These criteria primarily take into account responses of measurable and nonmeasurable lesions on T2-weighted, fluid-attenuated inversion recovery, and postcontrast images to determine a final category of response for the patient. The additional role that other advanced imaging techniques, such as diffusion and perfusion imaging, can play in the surveillance of these tumors is discussed in this article.

Keywords: 11C-Met-PET; Advanced imaging; Diffusion imaging; FDG-PET; Glioma surveillance; MR spectroscopy; Perfusion imaging; RANO.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Brain / diagnostic imaging
Brain Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Diagnostic Imaging / methods*
Glioma / diagnostic imaging*
Humans