Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 568: Detection of Glioblastoma Subclinical Recurrence Using Serial Diffusion Tensor Imaging

Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 568: Detection of Glioblastoma Subclinical Recurrence Using Serial Diffusion Tensor Imaging Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12030568 Authors: Jin Randall Elhalawani Feghali Elliott Anderson Lacerda Tran Mohamed Brock Fuller Chung Glioblastoma is an aggressive brain tumor with a propensity for intracranial recurrence. We hypothesized that tumors can be visualized with diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) before they are detected on anatomical magnetic resonance (MR) images. We retrospectively analyzed serial MR images from 30 patients, including the DTI and T1-weighted images at recurrence, at 2 months and 4 months before recurrence, and at 1 month after radiation therapy. The diffusion maps and T1 images were deformably registered longitudinally. The recurrent tumor was manually segmented on the T1-weighted image and then applied to the diffusion maps at each time point to collect mean FA, diffusivities, and neurite density index (NDI) values, respectively. Group analysis of variance showed significant changes in FA (p = 0.01) and NDI (p = 0.0015) over time. Pairwise t tests also revealed that FA and NDI at 2 months before recurrence were 11.2% and 6.4% lower than those at 1 month after radiation therapy (p < 0.05), respectively. Changes in FA and NDI were observed 2 months before recurrence, suggesting that progressive microstructural changes and neurite density loss may be detectable before tumor detection i...
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