Correlation of dual energy computed tomography electron density measurements with cerebral glioma grade.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To correlate dual energy computed tomography electron density measurements with histopathological cerebral glioma grading to determine whether it can be used as a non-invasive predictor of cerebral glioma grade.

Materials and methods

Fifty patients with suspected cerebral gliomas on imaging scheduled to undergo resection were included. We tested our hypothesis that with increasing glioma grade, increased tumor cellularity should translate into increased electron density and if a statistically significant difference between electron density of low-grade gliomas and high-grade gliomas is seen, we may have a clinical use of dual energy computed tomography as a non-invasive tool to predict cerebral glioma grade.A pre-operative dual energy computed tomography scan of th

SUBMITTER: Chakrabarti R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9244748 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature