The Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technique is common in brain tumor diagnosis. Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) is carried out by applying magnetic field gradient in several directions.
Papers:
Yu, Chun Shui. Diffusion tensor tractography in patient with cerebral tumors: a helpful technique for neurosurgical planning and postoperative assessment. European journal of Radiology 56.2(2005):197-204.
S. Wang, S. Kim, S. Chawla, R.L. Wolf, W.G. Zhang and D.M. Rourke, Differentiation between glioblastomas and solitary brain metastases using diffusion tensor imaging, in Neuroimage, 2009, Vol. 44, Issue 3, pp 653-660.
Dear Eduard,
There are some great recent advancements regarding the role of DTI to determine the glioblastoma infiltration zones that are more prone to recur and are not visible on classical MR imaging studies.
Take a look on the following papers.
References:
Article Intratumoral Heterogeneity of Glioblastoma Infiltration Reve...
Article Extent of resection of peritumoral diffusion tensor imaging-...
Challenges are accurate topographic localization of mass lesion and its relation to functional areas and differentiating different association, projection fibres.
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