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Modern Neuroimaging of Pediatric Brain Tumors

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Pediatric CNS Tumors

Part of the book series: Pediatric Oncology ((PEDIATRICO))

Neuroimaging has been an important tool in the diagnosis and surveillance of brain tumors for more than 30 years. Although magnetic resonance (MR) imaging remains the most important imaging tool for assessing CNS neoplasms, new techniques have allowed physiologic features of brain tumors and the surrounding functional brain tissue to be performed noninvasively. In this chapter, these new techniques and their applications are discussed.

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