Image-guided cancer diagnosis and treatment (Translation version)

Author: Li Yan
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: The book Imaging-Guided Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment introduces both advanced imaging technologies and prospects for the future development of this field, clearly outlining the new directions in imaging advancements today. It will become the gold-standard practical guide for imaging in prostate, breast, and central nervous system tumors. The book covers the diagnosis, staging, and treatment of prostate cancer, breast cancer, and central nervous system tumors under imaging guidance; introduces the use of transrectal ultrasound and MRI for diagnosing and treating prostate cancer; presents imaging techniques for evaluating chemotherapy response and mapping temperature changes; describes techniques for tumor resection and functional abnormal areas guided by MPI; comprehensively summarizes minimally invasive treatments for cancer guided by imaging for the first time; and introduces molecular imaging that reflects gene expression.