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Abstract #3637

Optimization of B-Values for Diffusion Kurtosis Imaging in Patients with Glioblastoma

Masaki Katsura1, Masaaki Hori2, Issei Fukunaga3, Fumitaka Kumagai3, Hiroki Sasaki1, Harushi Mori1, Akira Kunimatsu1, Yoshitaka Masutani1, Keigo Shimoji2, Atsushi Nakanishi2, Shigeki Aoki2, Kuni Ohtomo1

1Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; 2Radiology, School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan; 3Graduate School of Health Promotion Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan

In the current study on clinical cases with glioblastoma, we performed diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) fitting analyses by applying different combination of b-values. It is crucial that an appropriate b-value combination be independently established for pathologic brain tissue before applying DKI to clinical practice.

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