Abstract #4363

Multiparametric quantitative MRI of meningiomas (H2O, T1, T2*, kurtosis) for microscopic tissue characterization

A.M. Oros-Peusquens^1,2, M. Zimmermann³, E. Iordanishvili¹, O. Nikoubashman⁴, F. Jablawi⁴, B Ulus⁴, G Neuloh⁴, H. Cluesmann⁵, M. Wiesmann⁴, and N.J. Shah¹

¹Institute of Medicine and Neuroscience (INM-4), Research Centre Juelich, Juelich, Germany, ²Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine 4 (INM-4), Research centre Juelich, Juelich, Germany, ³Institute of Medicine and Neuroscience (INM-4), Research Centre Juelich, Juelich, Georgia, ⁴University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany, ⁵university Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Differentiation between meningioma types has implications in preoperative planning but is seldom achieved by conventional MRI. We investigate a multiparameter quantitative characterization of meningioma in clinically acceptable measurement times characterizing each tumour by its “qMRI fingerprint”. The parameters included are water content, T1, T2* and diffusion maps (MD, FA, MK, axonal water fraction, tortuosity) derived from a diffusion kurtosis acquisition. The “qMRI fingerprints” are distinct for each tumour.

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