Description
- Inclusion Criteria for Healthy Participants:
- * No history of cerebrovascular disease.
- * No cognitive impairments.
- * Able to provide informed consent.
- Inclusion Criteria for Participants with Brain Tumors:
- * Biopsy-proven cases of developed recurrent tumor or radiation necrosis,
- OR:
- * a. PET identified with developed recurrent tumor or radiation necrosis. OR
- * b. Highly suspicious case with developed recurrent tumor or radiation necrosis confirmed by tumor board, attending physician or surgeon.
- * ECOG performance status 0-2.
- * Life expectancy \> 6 months.
- * Participant with other sites of extracranial metastatic disease or any prior or current systemic therapies will be considered and evaluated by the investigators of the study on a subject basis.
Exclusion Criteria:
- * Pregnant women OR lactating women
- * Participants with ferromagnetic or otherwise non-MRI compatible aneurysm clips.
- * Participants who cannot go into the MRI scanner due to metal implants and other medical conditions.
- * The presence of an implanted medical device that is not MRI-compatible, including, but not limited to: pacemaker, defibrillator.
- * Participants with contraindications for MRI due to embedded foreign metallic objects such as bullets, shrapnel, metalwork fragments, or other metallic material.
- * Known history of severe claustrophobia.
- * Participants unable to lay still in the scanner for 30 minutes at a time.
Ages Eligible for Study:
21 Years to 60 Years (ADULT)
Sexes Eligible for Study: ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Yes