Correlation between Diffusion Tensor and Perfusion Imaging in segmented enhancing lesion with high grade glioma
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Introduction Conventional MR imaging does not provide reliable information on tumor physiology such as microvascularity, angiogenesis or tumor cellularity, all of which are important in determing tumor grade. Advanced MR imaging techniques such as diffusion (DWI), perfusion (PWI) can provide important physiological information in brain tumors. Diffusion tensor metrics such as fractional anisotropy (FA) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in the tumor have been reported to be abnormal , and regional tumor blood volume (rTBV) has been reported to be higher in high grade gliomas compared to low grade gliomas . The purpose of this study was to determine whether there was any correlations between FA, ADC and rTBV values within enhanced lesion on T1 contrast enhanced imaging (ceT1WI).
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