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Eleven patients had low-grade and 5 had high-grade tumors. Fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity, and axial (\u03bb<jats:sub>\u2225<\/jats:sub>) and radial (\u03bb<jats:sub>\u22a5<\/jats:sub>) eigenvalues within selected regions were studied. Mitotic index, necrosis, and vascularity of the tumors were compared with DT imaging parameters.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The mean diffusivity was significantly higher in low-grade than in high-grade tumors (p = 0.04); the 2 tumor grades also significantly differed for both \u03bb<jats:sub>\u2225<\/jats:sub> (p &lt; 0.05) and \u03bb<jats:sub>\u22a5<\/jats:sub> (p &lt; 0.05). Mean diffusivity values in low-grade tumors were significantly higher than in adjacent normal-appearing white matter (NAWM; p = 0.0004) and contralateral NAWM (p = 0.0001). In both low- and high-grade tumors, the FA was significantly lower than in NAWM (p &lt; 0.0001 and p &lt; 0.03, respectively) and contralateral NAWM (p &lt; 0.0001 and p &lt; 0.003, respectively). Tumor cellularity highly correlated with mean diffusivity and \u03bb<jats:sub>\u2225<\/jats:sub>and \u03bb<jats:sub>\u22a5<\/jats:sub>.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Diffusion tensor imaging is a useful tool in the evaluation of supratentorial tumors in children. The mean diffusivity appears to be a significant marker in differentiating tumors grades. 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