Brain 17 Vienna

CONVENTIONAL STRUCTURAL MRI BRAIN TUMOURS

• MRI: routine protocol

• 3D T1-weighted sequence before IV contrast medium • Axial T2 weighted • Axial T2 weighted FLAIR sequence (for lesions within the cortex or paraventricular - useful in low grade gliomas) • Axial Diffusion Weighted Imaging (DWI) • Axial T2*-weighted sequence (sensitive to blood and calcifications) • Susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) • 3D Contrast enhanced T1 weighted sequences