Measuring Tumor Metabolism in Pediatric Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Using Hyperpolarized Carbon-13 MR Metabolic Imaging.
Adam W AutryRintaro HashizumeC David JamesPeder E Z LarsonDaniel B VigneronIlwoo ParkPublished in: Contrast media & molecular imaging (2018)
Results from this study characterized pyruvate and lactate metabolism in orthotopic DIPG xenografts and suggest that hyperpolarized 13C MRSI may serve as a noninvasive imaging technique for in vivo monitoring of biochemical processes in patients with DIPG.