Glioma - Surgery
Figure 1: Fusion of [F-18]fluoroethyltyrosine: PET (red), functional MRI (green), and DTI tractography (yellow) in a patient with a left frontal anaplastic astrocytoma. Note the close vicinity of eloquent cortical and subcortical structures to the tumour borders.


Keywords: glioma,  MRI,  PET

Glioma - Surgery
Figure 2a-c: Quantification of the preoperative tumour volume in malignant gliomas. (A) Axial T1-weighted MRI scan of a patient with a left frontal glioblastoma. (B) The contrast-enhancing part of each section is outlined and subsequently fused to generate (C) a 3-dimensional segment which can be quantified volumetrically.


Keywords: glioma,  MRI,  Tumor