ReviewCancers2022
The Utilization of Diffusion Tensor Imaging as an Image-Guided Tool in Brain Tumor Resection Surgery: A Systematic Review.
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- The utilisation of fMRI for pre-operative mapping in the paediatric population with central nervous system tumours: a systematic review.Neuroradiology · 2025Pooled it
- Brain functional alteration and cognitive performance in cardiovascular diseases: a systematic review of fMRI studies.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Pooled it
- A systematic review: enhancing stroke recovery through complementary interventions-Clinical outcomes and neural activity insights.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Pooled it
- Awake Glioma Surgery with Intraoperative Mapping: Predictors of Language Outcome and Survival.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Emerging paradigms in connectome-guided neurosurgery for central nervous system tumors: a narrative review of structural and functional connectomics.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026Review
- Diffusion Tensor Imaging Biomarkers to Predict Neurological Outcomes in Brain Surgery: A Systematic Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Aligning brain tumor imaging: generating synthetic 3D FA maps from T1-weighted MRI using CycleGAN models.BJR artificial intelligence · 2026Article
- Imaging in Neuro-oncology.Seminars in neurology · 2025Review
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- Modernizing Neuro-Oncology: The Impact of Imaging, Liquid Biopsies, and AI on Diagnosis and Treatment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- 3.0 T diffusion tensor imaging and fiber tractography of the testes in nonobstructive azoospermia.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2024Article
- Systematic review of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging T1 and T2 mapping in patients with Takotsubo syndrome.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Comparative validation of automated presurgical tractography based on constrained spherical deconvolution and diffusion tensor imaging with direct electrical stimulation.Human brain mapping · 2024Article
- Resection of Eloquent Located Brain Tumors by Mapping Only-A Feasibility Study.Brain sciences · 2023Article
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- Functional Alteration in the Brain Due to Tumour Invasion in Paediatric Patients: A Systematic Review.Cancers · 2023Review
- Predictive Value of Preoperative Diffusion Tensor Imaging for Evaluating Postoperative Outcomes of Supratentorial Glioma in the Motor Function Area.Therapeutics and clinical risk management · 2023Article
- Effects of 3-month CPAP therapy on brain structure in obstructive sleep apnea: A diffusion tensor imaging study.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
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Abstract
The diffusion tensor imaging technique has been recognized as a neuroimaging tool for in vivo visualization of white matter tracts. However, DTI is not a routine procedure for preoperative planning for brain tumor resection. Our study aimed to systematically evaluate the effectiveness of DTI and the outcomes of surgery. The electronic databases, PubMed/MEDLINE and Scopus, were searched for relevant studies. Studies were systematically reviewed based on the application of DTI in pre-surgical planning, modification of operative planning, re-evaluation of preoperative DTI data intraoperatively, and the outcome of surgery decisions. Seventeen studies were selected based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Most studies agreed that preoperative planning using DTI improves postoperative neuro-deficits, giving a greater resection yield and shortening the surgery time. The results also indicate that the re-evaluation of preoperative DTI intraoperatively assists in a better visualization of white matter tract shifts. Seven studies also suggested that DTI modified the surgical decision of the initial surgical approach and the rate of the GTR in tumor resection surgery. The utilization of DTI may give essential information on white matter tract pathways, for a better surgical approach, and eventually reduce the risk of neurologic deficits after surgery.
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