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Abstract #0481

Neuroimaging based (PET and MR) measurements of cerebral oxygen extraction fraction (OEF) in patients with brain tumors

Parinaz Massoumzadeh 1 , Safa Najmi 2 , Jonathan McConathy 1 , Andrei Vlassenko 1 , An Hongyu 3 , Yi Su 1 , Daniel Marcus 1 , Keith Rich 4 , and Tammie Benzinger 1

1 Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, 2 Department of of Neurology, Tabriz Medical University, Tabriz, East Azarbaijan, Iran, 3 Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 4 Neurological Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Cerebral hypoxia can potentially impact treatment outcome and brain tumor patient survival. Preliminary results of a non-contrast oxygen sensitive magnetic resonance (MR) procedure for measuring brain and brain tumoral oxygen extraction fraction (OEF) are presented and compared with the results obtain using 15 O positron emission tomography ( 15 O-PET) technique. Both MR and 15 O-PET can measure OEF in brain tumors and in peritumoral edema, however, BOLD MR fails in regions with signal loss on SWI or T2*. Both techniques have tremendous potential and may offer new insight into the underlying physiology of brain tumors.

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