Anisotropy of anomalous diffusion improves the accuracy of differentiating low- and high-grade cerebral gliomas

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8159753	Magnetic Resonance Imaging	2018	6 Pages	PDF

Abstract

The anisotropy of anomalous diffusion can provide distinctive information and benefit the differentiation of low- and high-grade gliomas. The utility of anisotropic anomalous diffusion may have an improved effect for investigating pathological changes in tissues.

Keywords

ROI GFA NAWM DTI ROC ADC AUC dMRI generalized fractional anisotropy anomalous diffusion diffusion tensor imaging Diffusion MRI Tumor grading World Health Organization apparent diffusion coefficient Normal-appearing white matter area under the curve region of interest Anisotropy fractional anisotropy WHO Cerebral glioma receiver operating characteristic

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Anisotropy of anomalous diffusion improves the accuracy of differentiating low- and high-grade cerebral gliomas

Authors

Boyan Xu, Lu Su, Zhenxiong Wang, Yang Fan, Gaolang Gong, Wenzhen Zhu, Peiyi Gao, Jia-Hong Gao,