Purpose#R##N#Brain tumor patients are usually accompanied by impairments in cognitive functions, and these dysfunctions arise from the altered diffusion tensor of water molecules and disrupted neuronal conduction in white matter. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a powerful noninvasive imaging technique that can reflect diffusion anisotropy of water and brain white matter neural connectivity in vivo. This study was aimed to analyze the topological properties and connection densities of the brain anatomical networks in brain tumor patients based on DTI and provide new insights into the investigation of the structural plasticity and compensatory mechanism of tumor patient’s brain.
['Zhou Yu', 'Ling Tao', 'Zhiyu Qian', 'Jiangfen Wu', 'Hongyi Liu', 'Yun Yu', 'Jiantai Song', 'Shaobo Wang', 'Jinyang Sun']
Altered brain anatomical networks and disturbed connection density in brain tumor patients revealed by diffusion tensor tractography.