The Utility and Efficiency of Diffusion Tensor Imaging Values to Determine Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Gene Mutation Status in Brain Metastasis from Lung Adenocarcinoma; A Preliminary Study.

Gultekin M. A., Turk H. M., Yurtsever I., Atasoy B., Aliyev A., Yilmaz T. F., ...More

Current medical imaging, vol.16, no.10, pp.1271-1277, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 16 Issue: 10
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.2174/1573405615666191122122207
  • Journal Name: Current medical imaging
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, Biotechnology Research Abstracts, EMBASE, MEDLINE
  • Page Numbers: pp.1271-1277
  • Keywords: Lung adenocarcinoma, brain metastases, EGFR, diffusion tensor imaging, ADC, axial diffusivity, HISTOLOGIC TYPE, EGFR MUTATION, CANCER, DIFFERENTIATION, GLIOBLASTOMAS, GLIOMAS, METRICS, TUMORS
  • Bezmialem Vakıf University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: This study aims to investigate the existence of any Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) value differences in Brain Metastases (BM) due to lung adenocarcinoma based on the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) gene mutation status.