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ArticleMagma (New York, N.Y.)2022

Feasibility of intravoxel incoherent motion in the assessment of tumor microvasculature and blood-brain barrier integrity: a case-based evaluation of gliomas.

Andre Monteiro Paschoal, Maria Clara Zanon Zotin, Lucas Murilo da Costa, Antonio Carlos Dos Santos, Renata Ferranti Leoni

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Article in Magma (New York, N.Y.), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Clinical implications of Peri-hematomal edema microperfusion fraction in intracerebral hemorrhage intravoxel incoherent motion imaging - A pilot study.Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association · 2023
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Andre Monteiro PaschoalLIM44, Instituto e Departamento de Radiologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, 05403-010, Brazil. andre.paschoal@hc.fm.usp.br.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8269-711X
Maria Clara Zanon ZotinMedical School of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, 14040-900, Brazil.
Lucas Murilo da CostaInBrain Lab, FFCLRP, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, 14040-900, Brazil.
Antonio Carlos Dos SantosMedical School of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, 14040-900, Brazil.
Renata Ferranti LeoniInBrain Lab, FFCLRP, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, 14040-900, Brazil.
Universidade de São Paulo · BRHarvard University · USUniversidade de Ribeirão Preto · BR

Funding

conselho nacional de desenvolvimento científico e tecnológico 151245/2019-3fundação de amparo à pesquisa do estado de são paulo 2019/06148-6
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate the feasibility of intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) in assessing blood-brain barrier (BBB) integrity and microvasculature in tumoral tissue of glioma patients.

methodsImages from 8 high-grade and 4 low-grade glioma patients were acquired on a 3 T MRI scanner. Acquisition protocol included pre- and post-contrast T1- and T2-weighted imaging, FLAIR, dynamic susceptibility contrast (DSC), and susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI). In addition, IVIM was acquired with 15 b-values and fitted under the non-negative least square (NNLS) model to output the diffusion (D) and pseudo-diffusion (D*) coefficients, perfusion fraction (f), and f times D* (fD*) maps.

resultsIVIM perfusion-related maps were sensitive to (1) blood flow and perfusion alterations within the microvasculature of brain tumors, in agreement with intra-tumoral susceptibility signal (ITSS); (2) enhancing areas of BBB breakdown in agreement with DSC maps as well as areas of BBB abnormality that was not detected on DSC maps; (3) enhancing perfusion changes within edemas; (4) detecting early foci of increased perfusion within low-grade gliomas.

conclusionThe results suggest IVIM may be a promising approach to delineate tumor extension and progression in size, and to predict histological grade, which are clinically relevant information that characterize tumors and guide therapeutic decisions in patients with glioma.

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Blood-Brain BarrierGliomaMicrovesselsDiffusion Magnetic Resonance ImagingFeasibility StudiesHumansMicrocirculationMotionBlood–brain barrierGliomasIntravoxel incoherent motionMicrovasculature

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