Postoperative imaging following intracranial tumor resection is imperative for the evaluation of residual disease, the detection of complications, and the planning of further treatment [1–5]. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), including diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), plays an essential role in postoperative evaluation due to its sensitivity to ischemic changes in the adjacent brain parenchyma [5–7]. Acute perioperative infarction can potentially occur in the surrounding tissue of the resection…