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In radiotherapy of gliomas, a precise definition of the treatment volume is problematic, because current imaging modalities reveal only the central part of the tumor with a high cellular density, but fail to detect all regions of microscopic tumor cell spread in the adjacent brain parenchyma. Mathematical models can be used to integrate known growth characteristics of gliomas into the target delineation process. In this paper, we demonstrate the use of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) for simulating anisotropic cell migration in a glioma growth model that is based on the Fisher-Kolmogorov equation. For a clinical application of the model, it is crucial to develop a detailed understanding of its behavior, capabilities, and limitations. For that purpose, we perform a retrospective analysis of glioblastoma patients treated at our institution. We analyze the impact of diffusion anisotropy on model-derived target volumes, and interpret the results in the context of the underlying images. It was found that, depending on the location of the tumor relative to major fiber tracts, DTI can have significant influence on the shape of the radiotherapy target volume.
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Dittmann, F., Menze, B., Konukoglu, E., Unkelbach, J. (2013). Use of Diffusion Tensor Images in Glioma Growth Modeling for Radiotherapy Target Delineation. In: Shen, L., Liu, T., Yap, PT., Huang, H., Shen, D., Westin, CF. (eds) Multimodal Brain Image Analysis. MBIA 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8159. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02126-3_7
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