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Abstract #0848

Ex-Vivo Infiltrative Brain Tumor Histologically Correlates with Decreased ADC and Increased RCBV as Measured with Functional Diffusion and Perfusion Maps

Peter S. LaViolette1, Melissa A. Prah1, Mona Al-Gizawiy1, Elizabeth J. Cochran2, Scott D. Rand, Jennifer Connelly3, Mark G. Malkin4, Wade M. Mueller5, Kathleen M. Schmainda6

1Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States; 2Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States; 3Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin; 4Neurology & Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin; 5Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States; 6Radiology and Biophysics, Medical College of Wisconsin

The aim of this study was to examine areas of overlapping dark ADC and bright rCBV in a human case of high grade glioma and compare to ex-vivo tissue acquired following death in this case report.

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