High-frequency electrical properties tomography at 9.4T as a novel contrast mechanism for brain tumors



Lesbats, Clementine, Katoch, Nitish, Minhas, Atul Singh, Taylor, Arthur ORCID: 0000-0003-2028-6694, Kim, Hyung Joong, Woo, Eung Je and Poptani, Harish ORCID: 0000-0002-0593-3235
(2021) High-frequency electrical properties tomography at 9.4T as a novel contrast mechanism for brain tumors. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE, 86 (1). pp. 382-392.

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Abstract

<h4>Purpose</h4>To establish high-frequency magnetic resonance electrical properties tomography (MREPT) as a novel contrast mechanism for the assessment of glioblastomas using a rat brain tumor model.<h4>Methods</h4>Six F98 intracranial tumor bearing rats were imaged longitudinally 8, 11 and 14 days after tumor cell inoculation. Conductivity and mean diffusivity maps were generated using MREPT and Diffusion Tensor Imaging. These maps were co-registered with T<sub>2</sub> -weighted images and volumes of interests (VOIs) were segmented from the normal brain, ventricles, edema, viable tumor, tumor rim, and tumor core regions. Longitudinal changes in conductivity and mean diffusivity (MD) values were compared in these regions. A correlation analysis was also performed between conductivity and mean diffusivity values.<h4>Results</h4>The conductivity of ventricles, edematous area and tumor regions (tumor rim, viable tumor, tumor core) was significantly higher (P < .01) compared to the contralateral cortex. The conductivity of the tumor increased over time while MD from the tumor did not change. A marginal positive correlation was noted between conductivity and MD values for tumor rim and viable tumor, whereas this correlation was negative for the tumor core.<h4>Conclusion</h4>We demonstrate a novel contrast mechanism based on ionic concentration and mobility, which may aid in providing complementary information to water diffusion in probing the microenvironment of brain tumors.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: conductivity, diffusion, DTI, EPT, MREPT
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 09 Feb 2021 16:50
Last Modified: 18 Jan 2023 23:00
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.28685
Open Access URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.28685
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3115381