Terahertz reflectometry imaging for low and high grade gliomas

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 6; no. 1; p. 36040
• Main Authors: Ji, Young Bin, Oh, Seung Jae, Kang, Seok-Gu, Heo, Jung, Kim, Sang-Hoon, Choi, Yuna, Song, Seungri, Son, Hye Young, Kim, Se Hoon, Lee, Ji Hyun, Haam, Seung Joo, Huh, Yong Min, Chang, Jong Hee, Joo, Chulmin, Suh, Jin-Suck
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 26.10.2016; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/67/2321; 639/624/1107/510; Animals; Blood-brain barrier; Brain cancer; Brain research; Brain tumors; Contrast agents; Glioma; Glioma - diagnostic imaging; Glioma - metabolism; Glioma - pathology; Hospitals; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Magnetic resonance imaging; Male; Medical prognosis; Medical schools; Medicine; Methods; Mice; Mice, Inbred BALB C; Mice, Nude; multidisciplinary; Neoplasms, Experimental - diagnostic imaging; Neoplasms, Experimental - metabolism; Neoplasms, Experimental - pathology; Neuroimaging; Research centers; Science; Surgery; Survival; Terahertz Imaging - methods; Tumors; University colleges

Gross total resection (GTR) of glioma is critical for improving the survival rate of glioma patients. One of the greatest challenges for achieving GTR is the difficulty in discriminating low grade tumor or peritumor regions that have an intact blood brain barrier (BBB) from normal brain tissues and...