Abstract #4542

The Relationship between Diffusivity and Electrical Conductivity: Initial Results of an In Vivo Assessment by MRI

Khin Khin Tha¹, Ulrich Katscher², Shigeru Yamaguchi³, Shunsuke Terasaka³, and Hiroki Shirato¹

¹Department of Radiation Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, ²Philips Research Laboratories, Hamburg, Germany, ³Department of Neurosurgery, Hokkaido University, Japan

Correlation between diffusion kurtosis imaging indices and electrical conductivity was tested in 24 patients with grade II to grade IV gliomas. The results suggest association of electrical conductivity with complexity of tissue microstructure.

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