Assessment of auditory pathway microstructure in vestibular schwannoma patients: a quantitative diffusion tensor tractography study
This work outlines that quantitative DTI is a useful tool to evaluate the white matter microstructural alterations in the auditory neural pathway. Importantly, as a noninvasive tool, diffusion metrics can help in understanding the pathophysiology of hearing impairment in this group of patients.
Authors
- Rana Barake (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9583-2760)
- Michael D. Cusimano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9989-0650)
- Aisha Halawani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5793-7935)
- Michael L. Schwartz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5244-1666)
- Suneil K. Kalia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2054-1915)
- David J. Mikulis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3956-0892)
- Sarasa Tohyama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2439-3190)
- Fatemeh Hassannia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2358-9738)
- John Rutka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4318-8467)
- Normand Laperrière (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8930-9650)
- Mojgan Hodaie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6278-4929)
- Gelareh Mohammed Zadeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6637-4502)
- Pascale Tsai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6897-6331)
- Mark Bernstein
Institutions
- St. Michael's Hospital (CA)
- Sunnybrook Health Science Centre (CA)
- University Health Network (CA)
- Harvard University (US)
- King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (SA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Toronto Western Hospital (CA)
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (US)
- Health Sciences Centre (CA)
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (CA)
- King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (SA)
- Brain Tumour Research (GB)
- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (US)
- Ontario Brain Institute (CA)
- Krembil Research Institute
- National Guard Health Affairs (SA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of neurosurgery
- Published
- 2025-10-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/2025.6.jns241972
- Primary Topic
- Meningioma and schwannoma management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00