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ArticleMagnetic resonance in medicine2021

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

Clémentine Lesbats, Nitish Katoch, Atul Singh Minhas, Arthur Taylor, Hyung Joong Kim, Eung Je Woo, Harish Poptani

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Article in Magnetic resonance in medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Clémentine LesbatsCentre for Preclinical Imaging, Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Nitish KatochDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-4488-201X
Atul Singh MinhasCentre for Preclinical Imaging, Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7922-3236
Arthur TaylorCentre for Preclinical Imaging, Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Hyung Joong KimDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea.
Eung Je WooDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea.
Harish PoptaniCentre for Preclinical Imaging, Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0593-3235
University of Liverpool · GBKyung Hee University · KR

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_PC_17108
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo 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.

methodsSix 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

resultsThe 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.

conclusionWe 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.

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Brain NeoplasmsDiffusion Tensor ImagingAnimalsBrainDiffusion Magnetic Resonance ImagingRatsTomographyTumor MicroenvironmentconductivitydiffusionDTIEPTMREPT

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PMID33533114
PMCPMC8603929
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