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Abstract #2129

An investigation into the derangement of the linear relationship between 1/T1 and 1/H2O in brain tumours

Dennis C. Thomas1,2,3,4, Ralf Deichmann5, Elke Hattingen1,2,3,4, Seyma Alcicek1,2,3,4, Ulrich Pilatus1,2,3,4, and Katharina J. Wenger1,2,3,4
1Institute of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, 2University Cancer Center Frankfurt (UCT), Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, 3Frankfurt Cancer Institute (FCI), Frankfurt, Germany, 4German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Heidelberg, Germany, 55 Brain Imaging Center, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany

Synopsis

Keywords: Tumors, Brain, Water content mapping, T1 mappingQuantitative MRI was applied to assess T1 and water content (H2O) in brain tumors. 1/T1 and 1/H2O are linearly related in healthy WM and GM. Here, we explore deviations from this linear relationship in the tumor regions in 3 glioblastoma patients. Linear regression between 1/T1 and 1/H2O was performed in the healthy brain in the contralateral hemisphere and the obtained values were used to calculate predicted 1/H2O maps for the whole brain. Difference maps between predicted and true 1/H2O were calculated . Further, the importance of robust bias field correction techniques is demonstrated here by comparing two bias field correction approaches.

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