Recent Developments in Magnetic Resonance Imaging of CNS Tumours

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF THE heart started in the 1970's, over the subsequent 25 years, enormous advances have been made in both the hardware and software of magnetic resonance imaging machines so that we can now obtain fast, detailed and accurate images of the heart and great vessels. In chronological terms, therefore, we can say that cardiac magnetic resonance imaging has come of age. In this article we will highlight some of the clinical applications of different magnetic resonance imaging techniques, as well as some recent developments. We will demonstrate that, in clinical investigation of congenital heart disease, magnetic resonance imaging has truly come of age.

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Tracing the Inside of Pigs Non-Invasively: Recent Developments

10.5772/intechopen.101740 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Armin M. Scholz ◽

Goran Kusec ◽

Alva D. Mitchell ◽

Ulrich Baulain

Keyword(s):

Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽

Computed Tomography ◽

Magnetic Resonance ◽

Subcutaneous Fat ◽

Dual Energy ◽

Phenotypic Traits ◽

Resonance Imaging ◽

Noninvasive Techniques ◽

X Ray ◽

Recent Developments

Regional markets require a large variety of pig breeds and pork products. Noninvasive techniques like computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, computer vision, or, very often, ultrasound helps to provide the information required for breeding, quality control, payment, and processing. Meanwhile, computed tomography is being used as phenotyping tool by leading pig breeding organizations around the world, while ultrasound B- or A-mode techniques belong to the standard tools, especially to measure subcutaneous fat and muscle traits. Magnetic resonance imaging and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, however, are still mainly used as research tools to develop and characterize new phenotypic traits, which usually could not be measured without slaughtering the breeding pigs. A further noninvasive method—already used on a commercial basis, not only in abattoirs—is video 2D or 3D imaging. This chapter will review the latest developments for these noninvasive techniques.

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Neuropharmacological functional imaging

e-Neuroforum ◽

10.1007/s13295-013-0050-4 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 19 (4) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

C. Thiel

Keyword(s):

Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽

Magnetic Resonance ◽

Functional Neuroimaging ◽

Methodological Approach ◽

Animal Experiments ◽

Functional Magnetic Resonance ◽

Resonance Imaging ◽

Imaging Studies ◽

Recent Developments ◽

Research Findings

AbstractThe marriage of psychopharmacology with functional neuroimaging enables the investigation of neurochemical modulation of cognitive functions in the human brain. From the point of basic neurocognitive research, pharmacological functional neuroimaging is hence a valuable completion of animal experiments. From the point of clinical neuroscience, pharmacological neuroimaging contributes to the understanding and development of pharmacological treatment approaches for patients with neurological and psychiatric disorders. The present paper provides an overview of the methodological approach and illustrates research findings and recent developments from pharmacological functional magnetic resonance imaging studies by means of selective examples from the dopaminergic and cholinergic neurotransmitter system.

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