Multiparametric MRI: practical approach and pictorial review of a useful tool in the evaluation of brain tumours and tumour-like lesions

• Published in: Insights into imaging Vol. 11; no. 1; p. 84
• Main Authors: Sawlani, Vijay, Patel, Markand Dipankumar, Davies, Nigel, Flintham, Robert, Wesolowski, Roman, Ughratdar, Ismail, Pohl, Ute, Nagaraju, Santhosh, Petrik, Vladimir, Kay, Andrew, Jacob, Saiju, Sanghera, Paul, Wykes, Victoria, Watts, Colin, Poptani, Harish
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 17-07-2020; Springer Nature B.V; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: Brain cancer; Diagnostic Radiology; Diffusion MRI; Educational Review; Imaging; Internal Medicine; Interventional Radiology; Lesions; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medical imaging; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; MR Spectroscopy; Multiparametric MRI; Neuroimaging; Neuroradiology; Perfusion MRI; Radiology; Tumors; Ultrasound; MR Spectroscopy; Neuroimaging; Diffusion MRI; Perfusion MRI; Multiparametric MRI
• ISSN: 1869-4101; 1869-4101
• DOI: 10.1186/s13244-020-00888-1

MRI has a vital role in the assessment of intracranial lesions. Conventional MRI has limited specificity and multiparametric MRI using diffusion-weighted imaging, perfusion-weighted imaging and magnetic resonance spectroscopy allows more accurate assessment of the tissue microenvironment. The purpose of this educational pictorial review is to demonstrate the role of multiparametric MRI for diagnosis, treatment planning and for assessing treatment response, as well as providing a practical approach for performing and interpreting multiparametric MRI in the clinical setting. A variety of cases are presented to demonstrate how multiparametric MRI can help differentiate neoplastic from non-neoplastic lesions compared to conventional MRI alone.