Journal
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY OPEN
Volume 5, Issue -, Pages 20-23Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejro.2018.01.002
Keywords
Diffusion kurtosis imaging; Tractography; Corticospinal tract; Brain tumor
Funding
- portuguese Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT)
- Ministerio para a Ciencia e Educacao (PIDDAC) [PTDC/SAU-ENB/120718/2010]
- FCT Investigator Programme [IF/00364/2013]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [PTDC/SAU-ENB/120718/2010] Funding Source: FCT
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Tractography studies for pre-surgical planning of primary brain tumors is typically done using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), which cannot resolve crossing, kissing or highly angulated fibres. Tractography based on the estimation of the diffusion kurtosis (DK) tensor was recently demonstrated to enable tackling these limitations. However, its use in the clinical context at low 1.5T field has not yet been reported. Purpose: To evaluate if the estimation of whole-brain tractography using the DK tensor is feasible for pre-surgical investigation of patients with brain tumors at 1.5T. Methods: Eight healthy subjects and 3 patients with brain tumors were scanned at 1.5T using a 12-channel head coil. Diffusion-weighted images were acquired with repetition/echo times of 5800/107 ms, 82x82 resolution, 3x3x3mm(3) voxel size, b-values of 0, 1000, 2000 s/mm(2) and 64 gradient sensitising directions. Whole-brain tractography was estimated using the DK tensor and corticospinal tracts (CST) were isolated using regions-of-interest placed at the cerebral peduncles and motor gyrus. Tract size, DK metrics and CST deviation index (highest curvature point) were compared between healthy subjects and patients. Results: Tract sizes did not differ between groups. The CST deviation index was significantly higher in patients compared to healthy subjects. Fractional anisotropy was significantly lower in patients, with higher mean kurtosis asymmetry index at the highest curvature point in patients. Conclusions: Corticospinal fibre bundles estimated using DK tensor in a 1.5T scanner presented similar properties in patients with brain gliomas as those reported in the literature using DTI-based tractography.
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