Brain Metastases: Advanced Neuroimaging-1판 (Hardcover)

This book describes the role of advanced neuroimaging techniques in characterizing the changes in tissue structure in 
patients with brain metastases. On a large number of newly recognized CT, MRI, and PET characteristics of brain 
metastases from different primary tumors are highlighted, thereby elucidating the potential differential diagnostic 
role of CT perfusion imaging, MR spectroscopy, MR diffusion-weighted imaging, MR susceptibility-weighted imaging, and 
PET with different radiopharmaceuticals. For example, the different manifestations of metastases of melanoma, renal 
cell carcinoma, and ovarian cancer on MRI and CT perfusion imaging are described, and the role of MR 

susceptibility-weighted imaging in the differential diagnosis of glioblastoma multiforme and metastatic tumors is 
clarified. Metastases of colon cancer have shown a special manifestation on T2 weighted images. The book also presents 
novel findings regarding pathogenesis and tumor biology and describes qualitative and quantitative changes in tumor 
tissue and alterations in brain white matter due to surrounding tumor growth. 

Neuroradiologists and others, including neurosurgeons, neurologists, and nuclear medicine physicians, will find that 
this book offers a fascinating insight into the ways in which newly available data on structural, hemodynamic, and 
metabolic changes are enriching the neuroimaging of brain metastases.



Part Ⅰ　Etiology, Pathogenesis, Symptoms and Treatment of Brain Metastates

　1. Prevalence of Brain Metastases
　2. The Mechanism of Development of Brain Metastases
　3. Clinical Symptoms
　4. Basic Principles of Treatment of Brain Metastases

Part Ⅱ　Neuroimaging Techniques in the Diagnosis of Brain Cancer Metastases

　5. Introduction to Neuroimaging Techniques in the Diagnosis of Brain Cancer Metastases
　6. Radiography
  7. Cerebral Angiography
　8. Computed Tomography (CT)
　9. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
　10. Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

Part Ⅲ　Metastases of Malignant Tumors in the Brain

　11. Introduction to Metastases of Malignant Tumors in the Brain
　12. Lung Cancer (LC)
　13. Breast Cancer (BC)
　14. Melanoma
　15. Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC)
　16. Colorectal Cancer (CRC)
　17. Stomach Cancer (SC)
　18. Esophageal Cancer (EC)
　19. Pancreatic Cancer (PC)
　20. Prostate Cancer (PrC)
　21. Testicular Cancer
　22. Uterine Cancer (UC)
　23. Ovarian Cancer
　24. Thyroid Cancer
　25. Rare Forms of Cancer with Metastases in the Brain
　26. Metastases in the Brain from an Unknown Primary Origin

Part Ⅳ　Differential Diagnosis of Metastases of Extracranial Malignant Tumors in the Brain and Other Lesions

　27. Introduction to Differential Diagnosis of Metastases in the Brain and Other Lesions
　28. Gliomas
　29. Oligodendroglioma (ODG)
　30. CNS Lymphoma
　31. Meningioma
　32. Hemangiopericytoma
　33. Hemangioblastoma
　34. Cavernous Angiomas, Cavernous Malformations
　35. Tumors of Sellar and Parasellar Region
　36. Tumors of the Pineal Region
　37. Orbital Tumors
　38. Orbital Sarcoidosis
　39. Intracranial Infection
　40. Parasitic Infestations
　41. Demyelinating Diseases
  42. Traumatic Brain Injury
　43. Fungal Infections (Mycoses) of CNS