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Identification of single-dose, dual-echo based CBV threshold for fractional tumor burden mapping in recurrent glioblastoma.

Aliya AnilAshley M StokesRenee ChaoLeland S HuLea AlhilaliJohn P KarisLaura C BellC Chad Quarles
Published in: Frontiers in oncology (2023)
The optimal sRCBV threshold for single-dose, dual-echo protocol was found to be 1.0 and 1.64 for distinguishing tumor recurrence from PTRE; however, minimal differences were observed when using the standard threshold (1.75) as the upper threshold, suggesting that the standard threshold could be used for both protocols. While the prior study validated the agreement of the mean sRCBV values between the protocols, this study confirmed that their voxel-wise agreement is suitable for reliable FTB mapping. Dual-echo DSC-MRI acquisitions enable robust single-dose sRCBV and FTB mapping, provide pulse sequence parameter flexibility and should improve reproducibility by mitigating variations in preload dose and incubation time.
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