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Zhu Y, Wang Y. Brain fiber structure estimation based on principal component analysis and RINLM filter. Med Biol Eng Comput 2024; 62:751-771. [PMID: 37996628 DOI: 10.1007/s11517-023-02972-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023]
Abstract
Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging is a technique for non-invasive detection of microstructure in the white matter of the human brain, which is widely used in neuroscience research of the brain. However, diffusion-weighted images(DWI) are sensitive to noise, which affects the subsequent reconstruction of fiber orientation direction, microstructural parameter estimation and fiber tracking. In order to better eliminate the noise in diffusion-weighted images, this study proposes a noise reduction method combining Marchenko-Pastur principal component analysis(MPPCA) and rotation-invariant non-local means filter(RINLM) to further remove residual noise and preserve the image texture detail information. In this study, the algorithm is applied to the fiber structure and the prevailing microstructural models within the human brain voxels based on simulated and real human brain datasets. Experimental comparisons between the proposed method and the state-of-the-art methods are performed in single-fiber, multi-fiber, crossed and curved-fiber regions as well as in different microstructure estimation models. Results demonstrated the superior performance of the proposed method in denoising DWI data, which can reduce the angular error in fiber orientation reconstruction to obtain more valid fiber structure estimation and enable more complete fiber tracking trajectories with higher coverage. Meanwhile, the method reduces the estimation errors of various white matter microstructural parameters and verifies the performance of the method in white matter microstructure estimation.
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- Yuemin Zhu
- Institute of Medical Imaging and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Medical Imaging and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.
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Tallus J, Mohammadian M, Kurki T, Roine T, Posti JP, Tenovuo O. A comparison of diffusion tensor imaging tractography and constrained spherical deconvolution with automatic segmentation in traumatic brain injury. Neuroimage Clin 2023; 37:103284. [PMID: 36502725 PMCID: PMC9758569 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2022.103284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Revised: 10/20/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Detection of microstructural white matter injury in traumatic brain injury (TBI) requires specialised imaging methods, of which diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) has been extensively studied. Newer fibre alignment estimation methods, such as constrained spherical deconvolution (CSD), are better than DTI in resolving crossing fibres that are ubiquitous in the brain and may improve the ability to detect microstructural injuries. Furthermore, automatic tract segmentation has the potential to improve tractography reliability and accelerate workflow compared to the manual segmentation commonly used. In this study, we compared the results of deterministic DTI based tractography and manual tract segmentation with CSD based probabilistic tractography and automatic tract segmentation using TractSeg. 37 participants with a history of TBI (with Glasgow Coma Scale 13-15) and persistent symptoms, and 41 healthy controls underwent deterministic DTI-based tractography with manual tract segmentation and probabilistic CSD-based tractography with TractSeg automatic segmentation.Fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity of corpus callosum and three bilateral association tracts were measured. FA and MD values derived from both tractography methods were generally moderately to strongly correlated. CSD with TractSeg differentiated the groups based on FA, while DTI did not. CSD and TractSeg-based tractography may be more sensitive in detecting microstructural changes associated with TBI than deterministic DTI tractography. Additionally, CSD with TractSeg was found to be applicable at lower b-value and number of diffusion-encoding gradients data than previously reported.
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- Jussi Tallus
- Turku Brain Injury Center, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Hämeentie 11, Turku FI-20521, Finland; Department of Radiology, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Hämeentie 11, Turku FI-20521, Finland.
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- Turku Brain Injury Center, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Hämeentie 11, Turku FI-20521, Finland
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- Turku Brain Injury Center, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Hämeentie 11, Turku FI-20521, Finland; Department of Radiology, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Hämeentie 11, Turku FI-20521, Finland
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- Turku Brain and Mind Center, University of Turku, Turku FI-20014, Finland; Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Aalto University School of Science, Rakentajanaukio 2 C, Espoo 02150, Finland
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- Turku Brain Injury Center, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Hämeentie 11, Turku FI-20521, Finland; Neurocenter, Department of Neurosurgery, Turku University Hospital, University of Turku, Hämeentie 11, Turku FI-20521, Finland
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- Turku Brain Injury Center, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Hämeentie 11, Turku FI-20521, Finland
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Pan Y, Wang Y. [Fiber direction estimation using constrained spherical deconvolution based on multi-model response function]. Sheng Wu Yi Xue Gong Cheng Xue Za Zhi 2022; 39:1117-1126. [PMID: 36575080 DOI: 10.7507/1001-5515.202202034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
Constrained spherical deconvolution can quantify white matter fiber orientation distribution information from diffusion magnetic resonance imaging data. But this method is only applicable to single shell diffusion magnetic resonance imaging data and will provide wrong fiber orientation information in white matter tissue which contains isotropic diffusion signals. To solve these problems, this paper proposes a constrained spherical deconvolution method based on multi-model response function. Multi-shell data can improve the stability of fiber orientation, and multi-model response function can attenuate isotropic diffusion signals in white matter, providing more accurate fiber orientation information. Synthetic data and real brain data from public database were used to verify the effectiveness of this algorithm. The results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm can attenuate isotropic diffusion signals in white matter and overcome the influence of partial volume effect on fiber direction estimation, thus estimate fiber direction more accurately. The reconstructed fiber direction distribution is stable, the false peaks are less, and the recognition ability of cross fiber is stronger, which lays a foundation for the further research of fiber bundle tracking technology.
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- Yingyu Pan
- School of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China
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- School of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China
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Metzak PD, Shakeel MK, Long X, Lasby M, Souza R, Bray S, Goldstein BI, MacQueen G, Wang J, Kennedy SH, Addington J, Lebel C. Brain connectomes in youth at risk for serious mental illness: an exploratory analysis. BMC Psychiatry 2022; 22:611. [PMID: 36109720 PMCID: PMC9476574 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-022-04118-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Identifying early biomarkers of serious mental illness (SMI)-such as changes in brain structure and function-can aid in early diagnosis and treatment. Whole brain structural and functional connectomes were investigated in youth at risk for SMI. METHODS Participants were classified as healthy controls (HC; n = 33), familial risk for serious mental illness (stage 0; n = 31), mild symptoms (stage 1a; n = 37), attenuated syndromes (stage 1b; n = 61), or discrete disorder (transition; n = 9) based on clinical assessments. Imaging data was collected from two sites. Graph-theory based analysis was performed on the connectivity matrix constructed from whole-brain white matter fibers derived from constrained spherical deconvolution of the diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) scans, and from the correlations between brain regions measured with resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data. RESULTS Linear mixed effects analysis and analysis of covariance revealed no significant differences between groups in global or nodal metrics after correction for multiple comparisons. A follow up machine learning analysis broadly supported the findings. Several non-overlapping frontal and temporal network differences were identified in the structural and functional connectomes before corrections. CONCLUSIONS Results suggest significant brain connectome changes in youth at transdiagnostic risk may not be evident before illness onset.
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- Paul D. Metzak
- grid.22072.350000 0004 1936 7697Department of Psychiatry, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB Canada
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- grid.22072.350000 0004 1936 7697Department of Psychiatry, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB Canada ,grid.195094.00000 0000 9471 9454Department of Psychology, St.Mary’s University, Calgary, AB Canada ,grid.22072.350000 0004 1936 7697Mathison Centre, 3280 Hospital Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6 Canada
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- grid.22072.350000 0004 1936 7697Department of Radiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB Canada ,grid.413571.50000 0001 0684 7358Department of Radiology, Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Calgary, AB Canada ,Department of Radiology, Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, Calgary, AB Canada
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- grid.22072.350000 0004 1936 7697Department of Psychiatry, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB Canada ,grid.22072.350000 0004 1936 7697Department of Electrical and Software Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB Canada
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- grid.22072.350000 0004 1936 7697Department of Psychiatry, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB Canada ,grid.22072.350000 0004 1936 7697Department of Electrical and Software Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB Canada
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- grid.22072.350000 0004 1936 7697Department of Radiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB Canada ,grid.413571.50000 0001 0684 7358Department of Radiology, Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Calgary, AB Canada ,Department of Radiology, Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, Calgary, AB Canada
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- grid.155956.b0000 0000 8793 5925Centre for Youth Bipolar Disorder, Center for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON Canada ,grid.17063.330000 0001 2157 2938Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada ,grid.17063.330000 0001 2157 2938Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada
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- grid.22072.350000 0004 1936 7697Department of Psychiatry, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB Canada
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- grid.55602.340000 0004 1936 8200Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- grid.231844.80000 0004 0474 0428Department of Psychiatry, University Health Network, Toronto, ON Canada ,grid.415502.7Department of Psychiatry, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON Canada ,grid.415502.7Arthur Sommer Rotenberg Chair in Suicide and Depression Studies, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON Canada ,grid.415502.7Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON Canada ,grid.231844.80000 0004 0474 0428Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON Canada
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- grid.22072.350000 0004 1936 7697Department of Psychiatry, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB Canada
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- grid.22072.350000 0004 1936 7697Department of Radiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB Canada ,grid.413571.50000 0001 0684 7358Department of Radiology, Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Calgary, AB Canada ,Department of Radiology, Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, Calgary, AB Canada
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Goghari VM, Kusi M, Shakeel MK, Beasley C, David S, Leemans A, De Luca A, Emsell L. Diffusion kurtosis imaging of white matter in bipolar disorder. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2021; 317:111341. [PMID: 34411810 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2021.111341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Revised: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
White matter pathology likely contributes to the pathogenesis of bipolar disorder (BD). Most studies of white matter in BD have used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), but the advent of more advanced multi-shell diffusion MRI imaging offers the possibility to investigate other aspects of white matter microstructure. Diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) extends the DTI model and provides additional measures related to diffusion restriction. Here, we investigated white matter in BD by applying whole-brain voxel-based analysis (VBA) and a network-based connectivity approach using constrained spherical deconvolution tractography to assess differences in DKI and DTI metrics between BD (n = 25) and controls (n = 24). The VBA showed lower mean kurtosis in the corona radiata and posterior association fibers in BD. Regional differences in connectivity were indicated by lower mean kurtosis and kurtosis anisotropy in streamlines traversing the temporal and occipital lobes, and lower mean axial kurtosis in the right cerebellar, thalamo-subcortical pathways in BD. Significant differences were not seen in DTI metrics following FDR-correction. The DKI findings indicate altered connectivity across cortical, subcortical and cerebellar areas in BD. DKI is sensitive to different microstructural properties and is a useful complementary technique to DTI to more fully investigate white matter in BD.
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- Vina M Goghari
- Department of Psychology & Graduate Department of Psychological Clinical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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- Department of Psychology & Graduate Department of Psychological Clinical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Image Sciences Institute, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Department of Radiation Oncology, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Image Sciences Institute, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Neurology Department, Brain Center, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, University Psychiatric Center, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Imaging and Pathology and Department of Neurosciences, Translational MRI and Neuropsychiatry, Leuven Brain Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Lucena O, Vos SB, Vakharia V, Duncan J, Ashkan K, Sparks R, Ourselin S. Enhancing the estimation of fiber orientation distributions using convolutional neural networks. Comput Biol Med 2021; 135:104643. [PMID: 34280774 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Revised: 07/07/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Local fiber orientation distributions (FODs) can be computed from diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI). The accuracy and ability of FODs to resolve complex fiber configurations benefits from acquisition protocols that sample a high number of gradient directions, a high maximum b-value, and multiple b-values. However, acquisition time and scanners that follow these standards are limited in clinical settings, often resulting in dMRI acquired at a single shell (single b-value). In this work, we learn improved FODs from clinically acquired dMRI. We evaluate patch-based 3D convolutional neural networks (CNNs) on their ability to regress multi-shell FODs from single-shell FODs, using constrained spherical deconvolution (CSD). We evaluate U-Net and High-Resolution Network (HighResNet) 3D CNN architectures on data from the Human Connectome Project and an in-house dataset. We evaluate how well each CNN can resolve FODs 1) when training and testing on datasets with the same dMRI acquisition protocol; 2) when testing on a dataset with a different dMRI acquisition protocol than used to train the CNN; and 3) when testing on a dataset with a fewer number of gradient directions than used to train the CNN. This work is a step towards more accurate FOD estimation in time- and resource-limited clinical environments.
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- Oeslle Lucena
- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, UK.
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- Centre for Medical Image Computing, Department of Computer Sciences, University College London, London, UK; Neuroradiological Academic Unit, University College London Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, University College London, UK
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, University College London, UK; National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, UK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, UK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, UK
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Shakeel MK, Hassel S, Davis AD, Metzak PD, MacQueen GM, Arnott SR, Bray S, Frey BN, Goldstein BI, Hall GB, Harris J, Lam RW, MacIntosh BJ, Milev R, Mueller DJ, Rotzinger S, Strother SC, Wang J, Zamyadi M, Kennedy SH, Addington J, Lebel C. White matter microstructure in youth at risk for serious mental illness: A comparative analysis. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2021; 312:111289. [PMID: 33910139 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2021.111289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Revised: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 04/08/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
Abstract
Identifying biomarkers of serious mental illness, such as altered white matter microstructure, can aid in early diagnosis and treatment. White matter microstructure was assessed using constrained spherical deconvolution of diffusion imaging data in a sample of 219 youth (age 12-25 years, 64.84% female) across 8 sites. Participants were classified as healthy controls (HC; n = 47), familial risk for serious mental illness (n = 31), mild-symptoms (n = 37), attenuated syndromes (n = 66), or discrete disorder (n = 38) based on clinical assessments. Fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD) values were derived for the whole brain white matter, forceps minor, anterior cingulate, anterior thalamic radiations (ATR), inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus, superior longitudinal fasciculus (SLF), and uncinate fasciculus (UF). Linear mixed effects models showed a significant effect of age on MD of the left ATR, left SLF, and left UF, and a significant effect of group on FA for all tracts examined. For most tracts, the discrete disorder group had significantly lower FA than other groups, and the attenuated syndromes group had higher FA compared to HC, with few differences between the remaining groups. White matter differences in MDD are most evident in individuals following illness onset, as few significant differences were observed in the risk phase.
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- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behavior, Canada; Imaging Research Center, Canada; Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Centre, Toronto
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- Department of Psychiatry, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Radiology, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute,; Department of Radiology, Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Women's Health Concerns Clinic, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton
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- Centre for Youth Bipolar Disorder, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Department of Psychiatry and Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behavior, Canada; Imaging Research Center, Canada
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Hurvitz Brain Sciences Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, and Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, and Department of Psychiatry (RM), Queen's University and Providence Care Hospital, Kingston
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, St. Michael's Hospital, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, Krembil Research Centre, University Health Network, Canada; Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario
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- Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Centre, Toronto; Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Canada
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- Work and Mental Health Research Unit, Institute of Mental Health Research, and School of Epidemiology and Public Health (JW), Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, St. Michael's Hospital, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, Krembil Research Centre, University Health Network, Canada; Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario
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- Department of Psychiatry, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Radiology, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute,; Department of Radiology, Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Jaroszynski C, Attyé A, Job A, Delon-Martin C. Tracking white-matter brain modifications in chronic non-bothersome acoustic trauma tinnitus. Neuroimage Clin 2021; 31:102696. [PMID: 34029920 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Revised: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Tractography was compared between two groups of tinnitus and control participants. Diffusion was modeled with ss3t-CSD allowing apparent fiber density (AFD) calculation. 27 bundles of interest were chosen for their link to the auditory and limbic systems. AFD was significantly increased in the tinnitus group in the right frontal isthmus. AFD in the acoustic radiations was not significantly different between the groups.
Subjective tinnitus is a symptom characterized by the perception of sound with no external acoustic source, most often accompanied by co-morbidities. To date, the specific role of white matter abnormalities related to tinnitus reaches no consensus in the literature. The goal of this study was to explore the structural connectivity related to tinnitus percept per se, thus focusing on a specific population presenting chronic non-bothersome tinnitus of similar etiology (noise induced) without co-morbidities. We acquired diffusion-weighted images with high angular resolution in a homogeneous group of mildly impacted tinnitus participants (n = 19) and their matched controls (n = 19). We focused the study on two subsets of fiber bundles of interest: on one hand, we extracted the acoustic radiation and further included any intersecting fiber bundles; on the other hand, we explored the tracts related to the limbic system. We modeled the diffusion signal using constrained spherical deconvolution. We conducted a deep-learning based tractography segmentation and mapped Apparent Fiber Density (AFD) on the bundles of interest. C, as well as Fractional Anisotropy (FA) and FOD peak amplitude for comparison. Between group statistical comparison was performed along the 27 tracts of interest controlling for confounding hearing loss, tinnitus severity, and duration since onset. We tested a potential correlation with hearing loss, tinnitus duration and tinnitus handicap score along these tracts. In the tinnitus group, we observed increased AFD related to chronic tinnitus percept after acoustic trauma in two main white matter regions. First, in the right hemisphere, in the isthmus between inferior temporal and inferior frontal cortices, in the uncinate fasciculus (UF), and in the inferior fronto-occipital bundle (IFO). Second, in the left hemisphere, underneath the superior parietal region in the thalamo parietal tract and parieto-occipital pontine tract. Between-group differences in the acoustic radiations were not significant with AFD but were with FA. Furthermore, significant correlations with hearing loss were found in the left hemisphere in the inferior longitudinal fasciculus and in the fronto-pontine tract. No additional correlation was found with tinnitus duration nor with tinnitus handicap, as reflected by THI scores. The regions that displayed tinnitus related increased AFD also displayed increased FA. The isthmus of the UF and IFO in the right hemisphere appear to be involved with a number of neuropsychiatric and traumatic disorders confirming the involvement of the limbic system even in chronic non-bothersome tinnitus subjects, potentially suggesting a common pathway between these pathologies. White matter changes underneath the superior parietal cortex found here in tinnitus participants supports the implication of an auditory-somatosensory pathway in tinnitus perception.
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Kappert KDR, Voskuilen L, Smeele LE, Balm AJM, Jasperse B, Nederveen AJ, van der Heijden F. Personalized biomechanical tongue models based on diffusion-weighted MRI and validated using optical tracking of range of motion. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2021; 20:1101-1113. [PMID: 33682028 PMCID: PMC8154835 DOI: 10.1007/s10237-021-01435-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
For advanced tongue cancer, the choice between surgery and organ-sparing treatment is often dependent on the expected loss of tongue functionality after treatment. Biomechanical models might assist in this choice by simulating the post-treatment function loss. However, this function loss varies between patients and should, therefore, be predicted for each patient individually. In the present study, the goal was to better predict the postoperative range of motion (ROM) of the tongue by personalizing biomechanical models using diffusion-weighted MRI and constrained spherical deconvolution reconstructions of tongue muscle architecture. Diffusion-weighted MRI scans of ten healthy volunteers were obtained to reconstruct their tongue musculature, which were subsequently registered to a previously described population average or atlas. Using the displacement fields obtained from the registration, the segmented muscle fiber tracks from the atlas were morphed back to create personalized muscle fiber tracks. Finite element models were created from the fiber tracks of the atlas and those of the individual tongues. Via inverse simulation of a protruding, downward, left and right movement, the ROM of the tongue was predicted. This prediction was compared to the ROM measured with a 3D camera. It was demonstrated that biomechanical models with personalized muscles bundles are better in approaching the measured ROM than a generic model. However, to achieve this result a correction factor was needed to compensate for the small magnitude of motion of the model. Future versions of these models may have the potential to improve the estimation of function loss after treatment for advanced tongue cancer.
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- K D R Kappert
- Department of Head and Neck Oncology and Surgery, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. .,Department of Robotics and Mechatronics, Faculty of EEMCS, Technical Medical Centre, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Head and Neck Oncology and Surgery, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam and Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Head and Neck Oncology and Surgery, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Head and Neck Oncology and Surgery, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Robotics and Mechatronics, Faculty of EEMCS, Technical Medical Centre, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.,Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Head and Neck Oncology and Surgery, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Head and Neck Oncology and Surgery, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Robotics and Mechatronics, Faculty of EEMCS, Technical Medical Centre, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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Guberman GI, Houde JC, Ptito A, Gagnon I, Descoteaux M. Structural abnormalities in thalamo-prefrontal tracks revealed by high angular resolution diffusion imaging predict working memory scores in concussed children. Brain Struct Funct 2020; 225:441-459. [PMID: 31894406 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-019-02002-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Accepted: 12/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Because of their high prevalence, heterogeneous clinical presentation, and wide-ranging sequelae, concussions are a challenging neurological condition, especially in children. Shearing forces transmitted across the brain during concussions often result in white matter damage. The neuropathological impact of concussions has been discerned from animal studies and includes inflammation, demyelination, and axonal loss. These pathologies can overlap during the sub-acute stage of recovery. However, due to the challenges of accurately modeling complex white matter structure, these neuropathologies have not yet been differentiated in children in vivo. In the present study, we leveraged recent advances in diffusion imaging modeling, tractography, and tractometry to better understand the neuropathology underlying working memory problems in concussion. Studying a sample of 16 concussed and 46 healthy youths, we used novel tractography methods to isolate 11 working memory tracks. Along these tracks, we measured fractional anisotropy, diffusivities, track volume, apparent fiber density, and free water fraction. In three tracks connecting the right thalamus to the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), we found microstructural differences suggestive of myelin alterations. In another track connecting the left anterior-cingulate cortex with the left DLPFC, we found microstructural changes suggestive of axonal loss. Structural differences and tractography reconstructions were reproduced using test-retest analyses. White matter structure in the three thalamo-prefrontal tracks, but not the cingulo-prefrontal track, appeared to play a key role in working memory function. The present results improve understanding of working memory neuropathology in concussions, which constitutes an important step toward developing neuropathologically informed biomarkers of concussion in children.
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- Guido I Guberman
- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
- Montreal Neurological Institute, 3801 University, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4, Canada.
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Computer Science, Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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Talozzi L, Testa C, Evangelisti S, Cirignotta L, Bianchini C, Ratti S, Fantazzini P, Tonon C, Manners DN, Lodi R. Along-tract analysis of the arcuate fasciculus using the Laplacian operator to evaluate different tractography methods. Magn Reson Imaging 2018; 54:183-193. [PMID: 30165094 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2018.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2018] [Revised: 07/08/2018] [Accepted: 08/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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PURPOSE We propose a new along-tract algorithm to compare different tractography algorithms in tract curvature mapping and along-tract analysis of the arcuate fasciculus (AF). In particular, we quantified along-tract diffusion parameters and AF spatial distribution evaluating hemispheric asymmetries in a group of healthy subjects. METHODS The AF was bilaterally reconstructed in a group of 29 healthy subjects using the probabilistic ball-and-sticks model, and both deterministic and probabilistic constrained spherical deconvolution. We chose cortical ROIs as tractography targets and the developed along-tract algorithm used the Laplacian operator to parameterize the volume of the tract, allowing along-tract analysis and tract curvature mapping independent of the tractography algorithm used. RESULTS The Laplacian parameterization successfully described the tract geometry underlying hemispheric asymmetries in the AF curvature. Using the probabilistic tractography methods, we found more tracts branching towards cortical terminations in the left hemisphere. This influenced the left AF curvature and its diffusion parameters, which were significantly different with respect to the right. In particular, we detected projections towards the middle temporal and inferior frontal gyri bilaterally, and towards the superior temporal and precentral gyri in the left hemisphere, with a significantly increased volume and connectivity. CONCLUSIONS The approach we propose is useful to evaluate brain asymmetries, assessing the volume, the diffusion properties and the quantitative spatial localization of the AF.
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- Lia Talozzi
- Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences, Functional MR Unit, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italia
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- Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences, Functional MR Unit, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italia
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- Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences, Functional MR Unit, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italia
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- Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences, Functional MR Unit, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italia
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- Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences, Functional MR Unit, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italia
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- Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences, Cellular Signalling Laboratory, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, and Centro Enrico Fermi, Roma, Italia
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- Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences, Functional MR Unit, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italia; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Diagnostica Funzionale Neuroradiologica, Bologna, Italia.
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- Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences, Functional MR Unit, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italia
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- Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences, Functional MR Unit, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italia; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Diagnostica Funzionale Neuroradiologica, Bologna, Italia
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Sinke MRT, Otte WM, Christiaens D, Schmitt O, Leemans A, van der Toorn A, Sarabdjitsingh RA, Joëls M, Dijkhuizen RM. Diffusion MRI-based cortical connectome reconstruction: dependency on tractography procedures and neuroanatomical characteristics. Brain Struct Funct 2018; 223:2269-2285. [PMID: 29464318 PMCID: PMC5968063 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-018-1628-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2017] [Accepted: 02/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
Diffusion MRI (dMRI)-based tractography offers unique abilities to map whole-brain structural connections in human and animal brains. However, dMRI-based tractography indirectly measures white matter tracts, with suboptimal accuracy and reliability. Recently, sophisticated methods including constrained spherical deconvolution (CSD) and global tractography have been developed to improve tract reconstructions through modeling of more complex fiber orientations. Our study aimed to determine the accuracy of connectome reconstruction for three dMRI-based tractography approaches: diffusion tensor (DT)-based, CSD-based and global tractography. Therefore, we validated whole brain structural connectome reconstructions based on ten ultrahigh-resolution dMRI rat brain scans and 106 cortical regions, from which varying tractography parameters were compared against standardized neuronal tracer data. All tested tractography methods generated considerable numbers of false positive and false negative connections. There was a parameter range trade-off between sensitivity: 0.06-0.63 interhemispherically and 0.22-0.86 intrahemispherically; and specificity: 0.99-0.60 interhemispherically and 0.99-0.23 intrahemispherically. Furthermore, performance of all tractography methods decreased with increasing spatial distance between connected regions. Similar patterns and trade-offs were found, when we applied spherical deconvolution informed filtering of tractograms, streamline thresholding and group-based average network thresholding. Despite the potential of CSD-based and global tractography to handle complex fiber orientations at voxel level, reconstruction accuracy, especially for long-distance connections, remains a challenge. Hence, connectome reconstruction benefits from varying parameter settings and combination of tractography methods to account for anatomical variation of neuronal pathways.
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- Michel R T Sinke
- Biomedical MR Imaging and Spectroscopy Group, Center for Image Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht/Utrecht University, Yalelaan 2, 3584 CM, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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- Biomedical MR Imaging and Spectroscopy Group, Center for Image Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht/Utrecht University, Yalelaan 2, 3584 CM, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht/Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, KU Leuven, ESAT/PSI, Leuven, Belgium
- Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Anatomy, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Image Sciences Institute, University Medical Center Utrecht/Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Biomedical MR Imaging and Spectroscopy Group, Center for Image Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht/Utrecht University, Yalelaan 2, 3584 CM, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Translational Neuroscience, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht/Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Translational Neuroscience, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht/Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Biomedical MR Imaging and Spectroscopy Group, Center for Image Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht/Utrecht University, Yalelaan 2, 3584 CM, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Hales PW, Smith V, Dhanoa-Hayre D, O'Hare P, Mankad K, d'Arco F, Cooper J, Kaur R, Phipps K, Bowman R, Hargrave D, Clark C. Delineation of the visual pathway in paediatric optic pathway glioma patients using probabilistic tractography, and correlations with visual acuity. Neuroimage Clin 2017. [PMID: 29527480 PMCID: PMC5842647 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2017.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Background Radiological biomarkers which correlate with visual function are needed to improve the clinical management of optic pathway glioma (OPG) patients. Currently, these are not available using conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequences. The aim of this study was to determine whether diffusion MRI could be used to delineate the entire optic pathway in OPG patients, and provide imaging biomarkers within this pathway which correlate with a patient's visual acuity (VA). Methods Multi-shell diffusion MRI data were acquired in a cohort of paediatric OPG patients, along with VA measurements in each eye. Diffusion MRI data were processed using constrained spherical deconvolution and probabilistic fibre tractography, to delineate the white matter bundles forming the optic pathway in each patient. Median fractional anisotropy (FA) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) were measured in the optic nerves, tracts, and radiations, and correlated against each patient's VA. Results In the optic nerves, median FA significantly correlated with VA (R2adj = 0.31, p = 0.0082), with lower FA associated with poorer vision. In the optic radiations, both lower FA and higher ADC were significantly associated with poorer vision (R2adj = 0.52, p = 0.00075 and R2adj = 0.50, p = 0.0012 respectively). No significant correlations between VA and either FA or ADC were found in the optic tracts. Conclusions Multi-shell diffusion MRI provides in vivo delineation of the optic pathway in OPG patients, despite the presence of tumour invasion. This technique provides imaging biomarkers which are sensitive to microstructural damage to the underlying white matter in this pathway, which is not always visible on conventional MRI. Diffusion MRI can delineate the entire visual pathway in optic pathway glioma patients. Decreased FA in the optic nerves and radiations is associated with poorer vision. This provides sub-clinical biomarkers of structural damage to the visual pathway. These biomarkers correlate strongly with a patient's visual acuity.
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- Patrick W Hales
- Developmental Imaging & Biophysics Section, University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK.
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- Ophthalmology Department, Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, London, UK
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- Ophthalmology Department, Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, London, UK
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- Haematology and Oncology Department, Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, London, UK
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- Radiology Department, Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, London, UK
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- Radiology Department, Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, London, UK
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- Radiology Department, Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, London, UK
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- Developmental Imaging & Biophysics Section, University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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- Haematology and Oncology Department, Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, London, UK
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- Ophthalmology Department, Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, London, UK
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- Haematology and Oncology Department, Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, London, UK
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- Developmental Imaging & Biophysics Section, University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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Mormina E, Arrigo A, Calamuneri A, Alafaci C, Tomasello F, Morabito R, Marino S, Longo M, Vinci SL, Granata F. Optic radiations evaluation in patients affected by high-grade gliomas: a side-by-side constrained spherical deconvolution and diffusion tensor imaging study. Neuroradiology 2016; 58:1067-1075. [PMID: 27516100 DOI: 10.1007/s00234-016-1732-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2016] [Accepted: 07/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The need to improve surgical efficacy in patients affected by high-grade gliomas has led to development of advanced pre-surgical MRI-based techniques such as tractography. This study investigates pre-surgical planning of optic radiations (ORs) in patients affected by occipito-temporo-parietal high-grade gliomas, by means of constrained spherical deconvolution (CSD) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) tractography. METHODS Twelve patients with occipito-temporo-parietal high-grade gliomas were recruited and analyzed using a 3 T MRI scanner. Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) was conducted with 64 gradient diffusion directions. OR alterations were assessed qualitatively and quantitatively to evaluate the effectiveness of CSD- and DTI-based pre-surgical planning. RESULTS CSD-based tractography provided better qualitative evaluation of affected white matter tracts when compared to DTI; by thresholding tractographic probabilistic maps coming from all reconstructions, we detected, at the highest cutoff level, OR involvement in 75 % of patients (vs 41.67 % of patients with probabilistic DTI). Quantitative analysis of diffusion parameters revealed a statistically significant decrease in fractional anisotropy (FA) in the affected side following CSD-based reconstructions; on the contrary, DTI-based reconstructions did not show any significant quantitative alteration. CONCLUSION Our results showed improvement in pre-surgical planning of high-grade gliomas involving ORs with use of CSD-based tractography. This technique provided more useful information regarding the white matter spatial relationship with brain neoplasm and its involvement in the glioma, when compared to DTI. Using CSD model for OR evaluation may optimize safe surgical resection margins, helping to reduce risk of post-operative visual deficits.
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- Enricomaria Mormina
- Department of Biomedical Science and Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina, via Consolare Valeria, 1 c/o A.O.U. Policlinico "G. Martino", 98125, Messina, Italy
- Department of Neurology - Icahn School of Medicine, New York, Mount Sinai, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina, via Consolare Valeria, 1 c/o A.O.U. Policlinico "G. Martino", 98125, Messina, Italy.
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina, via Consolare Valeria, 1 c/o A.O.U. Policlinico "G. Martino", 98125, Messina, Italy
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- IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina, via Consolare Valeria, 1 c/o A.O.U. Policlinico "G. Martino", 98125, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina, via Consolare Valeria, 1 c/o A.O.U. Policlinico "G. Martino", 98125, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina, via Consolare Valeria, 1 c/o A.O.U. Policlinico "G. Martino", 98125, Messina, Italy
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García-Gomar MG, Soto-Abraham J, Velasco-Campos F, Concha L. Anatomic characterization of prelemniscal radiations by probabilistic tractography: implications in Parkinson's disease. Brain Struct Funct 2016; 222:71-81. [PMID: 26902343 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-016-1201-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2015] [Accepted: 02/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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To characterize the anatomical connectivity of the prelemniscal radiations (Raprl), a white matter region within the posterior subthalamic area (PSA) that is an effective neurosurgical target for treating motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD). Diffusion-weighted images were acquired from twelve healthy subjects using a 3T scanner. Constrained spherical deconvolution, a method that allows the distinction of crossing fibers within a voxel, was used to compute track-density images with sufficient resolution to accurately delineate distinct PSA regions and probabilistic tractography of Raprl in both hemispheres. Raprl connectivity was reproducible across all subjects and showed fibers traversing through this region towards primary and supplementary motor cortices, the orbitofrontal cortex, ventrolateral thalamus, and the globus pallidus, cerebellum and dorsal brainstem. All brain regions reached by Raprl fibers are part of motor circuits involved in the pathophysiology of PD; while these fiber systems converge at the level of the PSA, they can be spatially segregated. Fibers of distinct and specific motor control networks are identified within Raprl. The description of this anatomical crossroad suggests that, in the future, tractography could allow deep brain stimulation or lesional therapies in white matter targets according to individual patient's symptoms.
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- Unit for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery and Radiosurgery, Mexico General Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Unit for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery and Radiosurgery, Mexico General Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, México.
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Snow NJ, Peters S, Borich MR, Shirzad N, Auriat AM, Hayward KS, Boyd LA. A reliability assessment of constrained spherical deconvolution-based diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in individuals with chronic stroke. J Neurosci Methods 2016; 257:109-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2015.09.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2015] [Revised: 09/12/2015] [Accepted: 09/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Auriat AM, Borich MR, Snow NJ, Wadden KP, Boyd LA. Comparing a diffusion tensor and non-tensor approach to white matter fiber tractography in chronic stroke. Neuroimage Clin 2015; 7:771-81. [PMID: 25844329 PMCID: PMC4375634 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2015.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2014] [Revised: 02/21/2015] [Accepted: 03/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)-based tractography has been used to demonstrate functionally relevant differences in white matter pathway status after stroke. However, it is now known that the tensor model is insensitive to the complex fiber architectures found in the vast majority of voxels in the human brain. The inability to resolve intra-voxel fiber orientations may have important implications for the utility of standard DTI-based tract reconstruction methods. Intra-voxel fiber orientations can now be identified using novel, tensor-free approaches. Constrained spherical deconvolution (CSD) is one approach to characterize intra-voxel diffusion behavior. In the current study, we performed DTI- and CSD-based tract reconstruction of the corticospinal tract (CST) and corpus callosum (CC) to test the hypothesis that characterization of complex fiber orientations may improve the robustness of fiber tract reconstruction and increase the sensitivity to identify functionally relevant white matter abnormalities in individuals with chronic stroke. Diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging was performed in 27 chronic post-stroke participants and 12 healthy controls. Transcallosal pathways and the CST bilaterally were reconstructed using DTI- and CSD-based tractography. Mean fractional anisotropy (FA), apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), axial diffusivity (AD), and radial diffusivity (RD) were calculated across the tracts of interest. The total number and volume of reconstructed tracts was also determined. Diffusion measures were compared between groups (Stroke, Control) and methods (CSD, DTI). The relationship between post-stroke motor behavior and diffusion measures was evaluated. Overall, CSD methods identified more tracts than the DTI-based approach for both CC and CST pathways. Mean FA, ADC, and RD differed between DTI and CSD for CC-mediated tracts. In these tracts, we discovered a difference in FA for the CC between stroke and healthy control groups using CSD but not DTI. CSD identified ipsilesional CST pathways in 9 stroke participants who did not have tracts identified with DTI. Additionally, CSD differentiated between stroke ipsilesional and healthy control non-dominant CST for several measures (number of tracts, tract volume, FA, ADC, and RD) whereas DTI only detected group differences for number of tracts. In the stroke group, motor behavior correlated with fewer diffusion metrics derived from the DTI as compared to CSD-reconstructed ipsilesional CST and CC. CSD is superior to DTI-based tractography in detecting differences in diffusion characteristics between the nondominant healthy control and ipsilesional CST. CSD measures of microstructure tissue properties related to more motor outcomes than DTI measures did. Our results suggest the potential utility and functional relevance of characterizing complex fiber organization using tensor-free diffusion modeling approaches to investigate white matter pathways in the brain after stroke. Compared tensor and tensor-free tractography methods in stroke participants Tensor-free method detected white matter tracts in more individuals with stroke Superior identification of white matter abnormalities with tensor-free method Relationship between white matter and motor outcome revealed with tensor-free method Tensor-free method is a sensitive tractography method for studying chronic stroke.
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- A M Auriat
- Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Division of Physical Therapy, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Kurniawan ND, Richards KL, Yang Z, She D, Ullmann JFP, Moldrich RX, Liu S, Yaksic JU, Leanage G, Kharatishvili I, Wimmer V, Calamante F, Galloway GJ, Petrou S, Reutens DC. Visualization of mouse barrel cortex using ex-vivo track density imaging. Neuroimage 2013; 87:465-75. [PMID: 24060319 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.09.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2013] [Revised: 09/06/2013] [Accepted: 09/13/2013] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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We describe the visualization of the barrel cortex of the primary somatosensory area (S1) of ex vivo adult mouse brain with short-tracks track density imaging (stTDI). stTDI produced much higher definition of barrel structures than conventional fractional anisotropy (FA), directionally-encoded color FA maps, spin-echo T1- and T2-weighted imaging and gradient echo T1/T2*-weighted imaging. 3D high angular resolution diffusion imaging (HARDI) data were acquired at 48 micron isotropic resolution for a (3mm)(3) block of cortex containing the barrel field and reconstructed using stTDI at 10 micron isotropic resolution. HARDI data were also acquired at 100 micron isotropic resolution to image the whole brain and reconstructed using stTDI at 20 micron isotropic resolution. The 10 micron resolution stTDI maps showed exceptionally clear delineation of barrel structures. Individual barrels could also be distinguished in the 20 micron stTDI maps but the septa separating the individual barrels appeared thicker compared to the 10 micron maps, indicating that the ability of stTDI to produce high quality structural delineation is dependent upon acquisition resolution. Close homology was observed between the barrel structure delineated using stTDI and reconstructed histological data from the same samples. stTDI also detects barrel deletions in the posterior medial barrel sub-field in mice with infraorbital nerve cuts. The results demonstrate that stTDI is a novel imaging technique that enables three-dimensional characterization of complex structures such as the barrels in S1 and provides an important complementary non-invasive imaging tool for studying synaptic connectivity, development and plasticity of the sensory system.
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- Nyoman D Kurniawan
- Centre for Advanced Imaging, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- ITEE, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Advanced Imaging, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Advanced Imaging, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Advanced Imaging, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Queensland Brain Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Advanced Imaging, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Advanced Imaging, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Advanced Imaging, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Medicine, Austin Health and Northern Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Advanced Imaging, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Advanced Imaging, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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