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Article Dans Une Revue IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging Année : 2005

Realistic Simulation of the 3D Growth of Brain Tumors in MR Images Coupling Diffusion with Mass Effect

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We propose a new model to simulate the 3D growth of glioblastomas multiforma (GBMs), the most aggressive glial tumors. The GBM speed of growth depends on the invaded tissue: faster in white than in gray matter, it is stopped by the dura or the ventricles. These different structures are introduced into the model using an atlas matching technique. The atlas includes both the segmentations of anatomical structures and diffusion information in white matter fibers. We use the finite element method (FEM) to simulate the invasion of the GBM in the brain parenchyma and its mechanical interaction with the invaded structures (mass effect). Depending on the considered tissue, the former effect is modeled with a reaction-diffusion or a Gompertz equation, while the latter is based on a linear elastic brain constitutive equation. In addition, we propose a new coupling equation taking into account the mechanical influence of the tumor cells on the invaded tissues. The tumor growth simulation is assessed by comparing the in-silico GBM growth with the real growth observed on two magnetic resonance images (MRIs) of a patient acquired with six months difference. Results show the feasibility of this new conceptual approach and justifies its further validation.
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inria-00615662 , version 1 (19-08-2011)

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Olivier Clatz, Maxime Sermesant, Pierre-Yves Bondiau, Hervé Delingette, Simon K. K. Warfield, et al.. Realistic Simulation of the 3D Growth of Brain Tumors in MR Images Coupling Diffusion with Mass Effect. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2005, 24 (10), pp.1334-1346. ⟨inria-00615662⟩
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