NIH R01 · 2024
Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the cornerstone for brain tumor diagnosis and treatment planning. While its sensitivity for metastases is superior to that of CT or PET-CT, small lesions (<5- mm) and leptomeningeal spread may still be missed, which can have a major impact on prognosis and planning for stereotactic radiosurgery, as well as on the use of targeted biologics that cross the blood-brain barrier. A method that could further improve the sensitivity and specificity of MRI for brain tumors would be of great clinical benefit. Towards this end, we have developed a new class of pulse sequences, called T1 Relaxation-Enhanced Steady-State (T1RESS), that greatly…
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