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• The 5th ed of Diagnostic Imaging Brain includes updates related to advances in neuroimaging, including vessel wall imaging, and also next generation photon counting CT that enables a higher spatial resolution and can accurately identify CSF leaks in patients • In addition there are a dozen+ new diagnoses in place: • COVID • SLIPPERS • GFAP Astropathy • CHANTER syndrome • Amyloid-related imaging abnormalities( ARIA) • Diffuse Astrocytoma, *MYB or *MYBL1-Altered • Diffuse Low-Grade Glioma, MAPK Pathway-Altered • Diffuse Pediatric-Type High-Grade Glioma, H3-Wildtype and IDG-Wildtype • Myxoid Glioneuronal Tumor • Malignant Glioneuronal Tumor • The are new chapters on inflammatory and demyelinating diseases, metabolic conditions, and CNS tumors. There is a total revamp in place of the book’s brain tumor categories based on the revised 2021 WHO CNS Classification and the work of the Consortium to Inform Molecular and Practical Approaches to CNS Tumor Taxonomy. The new WHO Classification added major changes which advance the role of molecular diagnostics in CNS tumor classification, and the 5th edition includes updated chapters across the book to reflect these advances.