Peritumoral diffusion tensor imaging of high-grade gliomas and metastatic brain tumors

S Lu, D Ahn, G Johnson, S Cha - American Journal of …, 2003 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is an advanced MR
technique that describes the movement of water molecules by using two metrics, mean …

Diffusion tensor MR imaging of high-grade cerebral gliomas

S Sinha, ME Bastin, IR Whittle… - American Journal of …, 2002 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Optimizing high-grade glioma treatment requires the
delineation of edematous and normal brain from tumor, perhaps by using potential …

Contribution of diffusion tensor imaging to delineation of gliomas and glioblastomas

A Tropine, G Vucurevic, P Delani, S Boor… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To determine if the diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) parameters fractional anisotropy
(FA) and mean diffusivity (MD) can differentiate between accompanying edema and tumor …

Diffusion tensor imaging for preoperative evaluation of tumor grade in gliomas

T Inoue, K Ogasawara, T Beppu, A Ogawa… - Clinical neurology and …, 2005 - Elsevier
The relationship between water diffusion parameters measured using diffusion tensor
imaging (DTI) and histological malignancy of gliomas was investigated. DTI was performed …

Diffusion tensor imaging in glioblastoma multiforme and brain metastases: the role of p, q, L, and fractional anisotropy

W Wang, CE Steward… - American Journal of …, 2009 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Microinvasive tumor cells, which are not detected on
conventional imaging, contribute to poor prognoses for patients diagnosed with …

Measurement of fractional anisotropy using diffusion tensor MRI in supratentorial astrocytic tumors

T Beppu, T Inoue, Y Shibata, A Kurose, H Arai… - Journal of neuro …, 2003 - Springer
In vivo, water diffusion displays directionality due to presence of complex microstructural
barriers in tissue. The extent of directionality of water diffusion can be expressed as a …

Diffusion tensor imaging discriminates between glioblastoma and cerebral metastases in vivo

TJD Byrnes, TR Barrick, BA Bell… - NMR in …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
In a prospective study, patients with a radiologically proven brain tumour underwent
diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) prior to definitive diagnosis and treatment. Twenty‐eight …

Gliomas: Histopathologic Evaluation of Changes in Directionality and Magnitude of Water Diffusion at Diffusion-Tensor MR Imaging1

A Stadlbauer, O Ganslandt, R Buslei, T Hammen… - Radiology, 2006 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose: To retrospectively correlate changes in fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean
diffusivity in gliomas at diffusion-tensor magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with the degree of …

Diffusion tensor imaging of brain tumours at 3 T: a potential tool for assessing white matter tract invasion?

SJ Price, NG Burnet, T Donovan, HAL Green, A Pena… - Clinical radiology, 2003 - Elsevier
AIM: To determine whether diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) of brain tumours can demonstrate
abnormalities distal to hyperintensities on T2-weighted images, and possibly relate these to …

Diffusion-tensor MR imaging of intracranial neoplasia and associated peritumoral edema: introduction of the tumor infiltration index

S Lu, D Ahn, G Johnson, M Law, D Zagzag… - Radiology, 2004 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To determine whether diffusion-tensor magnetic resonance (MR) imaging
metrics of peritumoral edema can be used to differentiate intra-from extraaxial lesions …