Abstract #1692

Correlation of glioma grade with basal ganglia iron content using QSMnet+

Thomas Reith¹, Eun-Jung Choi², Jongho Lee², Melissa Prah¹, Robert Wujek^1,3, Mona Al-Gizawiy¹, Christopher Chitambar⁴, and Kathleen Schmainda¹

¹Biophysics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States, ²Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Biomedical Engineering, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States, ⁴Hematology & Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Basal ganglia iron levels were assessed in 55 patients with gliomas by using a deep neural network-powered quantitative susceptibility mapping method (QSMnet+). Basal ganglia QSM values increased with higher tumor grade, suggesting a correlation between BG iron content and glioma severity.

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