How do you incorporate advanced imaging into cranial radiosurgery?
Do you utilize fMRI or other advanced sequences (DTI, etc) in the planning process?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
We have routinely incorporated dynamic contrast enhanced MRI into our practice for patients getting cranial radiosurgery. In particular, plasma volume has been very useful in helping to distinguish between tumor necrosis and recurrence. A previously treated lesion that demonstrates incre...