Molecular imaging through magnetic resonance for clinical oncology /
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Great Britain :
Cambridge International Science Pub.,
2004
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: molecular imaging and oncology
- Magnetic resonance
- Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS)
- Basics of signal processing for Magnetic resonance
- Magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI)
- Safety considerations
- Magnetic resonance in cancer diagnostics-generalities
- Brain tumor diagnostics
- Prostate cancer diagnostics
- Gynecologic cancers
- Head and neck cancer
- Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL)
- Sarcomas-Musculoskeletal tumors
- Renal cell carcinomas (RCC)
- Hepatic, GI and other tumors
- Breast cancer-Screening and early diagnosis
- Limitations of MRS and MRSI in oncology: Relation to reliance on the conventional framework for data analysis
- Mathematical advances in spectral analysis: Potential relevance for cancer diagnostics using MRS and MRSI
- Next needed steps-Application of the FPT with the aim of optimisation of MRSI in cancer diagnosis
- Concluding comments and outlooks: Prevention, early detection, and monitoring of cancer in a more comprehensive perspective.
