A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ORTHOGONAL PLANES FOR DIFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF BRAIN TUMOR LESIONS THROUGH MRI
Keywords:
Brain tumor, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Axial, Sagittal, Coronal, Tumor VolumeAbstract
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a sensitive tool, for differential diagnosis of normal as well as abnormal structures of internal organs. MRI provides superior structural characterization by capturing the cellular, vascular, metabolic and functional properties for differential diagnosis of brain tumors by measuring volume, axial, sagittal and coronal planes through two dimensional slices. The aim of the study is to characterize and identify the orthogonal imaging planes to detect brain tumor lesions through MRI. This study included 69 patients, both males and females, suspected of brain lesions and underwent MRI for diagnosis. The variations in the volume of the anatomical structures were measured and compared the planes as axial/sagittal, axial/coronal and coronal/sagittal for tumor brain lesions. The present study revealed that there is difference in the measurement of volume in tumor lesions in orthogonal planes (axial, sagital and coronal). It was found that the volume of axial planes is measured as larger volume than the sagittal and coronal planes in tumor lesions. Statistical Analysis was done by SPSS version 16 software. The quantitative variables were expressed in mean and standard deviation (SD). Two way/Friedman Test were used for comparing the three groups. Statistically there was a significant diiference between coronal and axial planes. From this study it is concluded that, in most of the brain lesions irrespective of the type of tumors, axial planes helps more in the detection of tumor volume as compared to sagittal and coronal planes for precise diagnosis of brain lesions.
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