Framework created for improved imaging diagnostics of brain tumors

Diffuse gliomas are malignant brain tumors and cannot be optimally examined by conventional imaging using MRI. Amino acid PET can better visualize the activity and spread of gliomas. An international research group (RANO Group) led by MedUni Vienna and LMU Munich has now established the first international criteria for standardized imaging of gliomas using amino acid PET. This groundbreaking work has been published in the renowned journal "The Lancet Oncology". Under the joint leadership of oncologist Matthias Preusser from the Medical University of Vienna and nuclear medicine specialist Nathalie Albert from LMU Munich, the RANO group has developed new criteria for assessing the treatment response of diffuse gliomas. Tatjana-Traub Weidinger (Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine) and Maximilian Mair (Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine I) from MedUni Vienna are also involved in the work. Diffuse gliomas are malignant brain tumors that arise from glial cells in the brain.
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