Contribution of diffusion tensor imaging to delineation of gliomas and glioblastomas

To determine if the diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) parameters fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD) can differentiate between accompanying edema and tumor cell infiltration of white matter (WM) beyond the tumor edge as defined from conventional MRI in low‐ and high‐grade gliomas.

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