title: Diffusion tensor tractography of gliomatosis cerebri: fiber tracking through the tumor.
abstract: In previous reports, tracts obtained by diffusion tensor (DT) fiber tracking were terminated or deviated by the brain tumors or surrounding edema. There has been no report showing diffusion tensor tractography penetrating through the tumor. A case of glioma is reported, whose DT fiber tract passing through the tumor was observed by changing the threshold of fractional anisotropy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. hakai-tky@umin.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akai
authors.forename: Harushi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Shigeki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Masutani
authors.forename: Nobutaka
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kawahara
authors.forename: Jyunichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shibahara
authors.forename: Kuni
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohtomo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D017352:Echo-Planar Imaging / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D018302:Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial / Q000473:pathology*; D011712:Pyramidal Tracts / Q000473:pathology*; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology