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Volume 7
OMICS Journal of Radiology
Radiology and Oncology 2018
July 16-17, 2018
July 16-17, 2018 Dubai, UAE
Radiology and Oncology
2
nd
World Congress on
Imaging of ring enhancing brain lesions: A systematic approach and the impact of advanced imaging
modalities
Heba Ibrahim Ali
Ain Shams University Specialized Hospital, Egypt
Ring-enhancing intracranial lesions are common and puzzling diagnostic dilemma and still a challenge to characterize even
with the use of MRI. Routine brain MR imaging is very sensitive in the identification of ring enhancing lesions, but it lags some
specificity, for instance it cannot distinguish between neoplastic and non-neoplastic lesions, in a large percentage of these cases.
Frequently, the differentiation of a tumor froman infection is quite difficult, based solely on conventional MRI.Therefore, advanced
MR techniques as proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (1H-MRS), Perfusion-weighted imaging and Diffusion Tractography
Imaging (DTI) have been employed in the differential diagnosis of these lesions with variable success rates. The purpose of this
presentation is establishing a systematic approach to examine intracranial ring enhancing lesions and to verify the role of advanced
MRI techniques in the differential diagnosis.
hebaali_m@hotmail.comOMICS J Radiol 2018, Volume 7
DOI: 10.4172/2167-7964-C1-022