Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
403-01-009 ISMRM Abstract

Toward patient-specific prediction of recurrence directions in glioblastoma: a tractography-based Index of Tumor Invasiveness

Primary: Diffusion - Tractography
Secondary: Neuro - Tumors
403-01-009 · Diffusion Tractography · Tuesday, 12 May, 8:20 AM–10:10 AM · Auditorium 1
Keywords: Radiotherapy Tractography & Fibre Modelling Recurrence prediction Tumor microenvironment Tumor Invasiveness
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Elena Cantoni 1, Giovanni Sighinolfi1, Gianluca Carlini2, Gianfranco Vornetti1,3, Paola Berardi4, Caterina Tonon1,3, Raffaele Lodi1,3, David Neil Manners1,5
1Programma Neuroimmagini Funzionali e Molecolari, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
2HPC Department, CINECA, Casalecchio di Reno, Italy
3Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
4AUSL di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
5Department for Life Quality Studies, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Presenting Author: Elena Cantoni

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