کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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11014828 | 1790012 | 2018 | 29 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Validation of diffusion MRI estimates of compartment size and volume fraction in a biomimetic brain phantom using a human MRI scanner with 300â¯mT/m maximum gradient strength
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موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری
علم عصب شناسی
علوم اعصاب شناختی
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چکیده انگلیسی
Diffusion microstructural imaging techniques have attracted great interest in the last decade due to their ability to quantify axon diameter and volume fraction in healthy and diseased human white matter. The estimates of compartment size and volume fraction continue to be debated, in part due to the lack of a gold standard for validation and quality control. In this work, we validate diffusion MRI estimates of compartment size and volume fraction using a novel textile axon (“taxon”) phantom constructed from hollow polypropylene yarns with distinct intra- and extra-taxonal compartments to mimic white matter in the brain. We acquired a comprehensive set of diffusion MRI measurements in the phantom using multiple gradient directions, diffusion times and gradient strengths on a human MRI scanner equipped with maximum gradient strength (Gmax) of 300â¯mT/m. We obtained estimates of compartment size and restricted volume fraction through a straightforward extension of the AxCaliber/ActiveAx frameworks that enables estimation of mean compartment size in fiber bundles of arbitrary orientation. The voxel-wise taxon diameter estimates of 12.2â¯Â±â¯0.9â¯Î¼m were close to the manufactured inner diameter of 11.8â¯Â±â¯1.2â¯Î¼m with Gmaxâ¯=â¯300â¯mT/m. The estimated restricted volume fraction demonstrated an expected decrease along the length of the fiber bundles in accordance with the known construction of the phantom. When Gmax was restricted to 80â¯mT/m, the taxon diameter was overestimated, and the estimates for taxon diameter and packing density showed greater uncertainty compared to data with Gmaxâ¯=â¯300â¯mT/m. In conclusion, the compartment size and volume fraction estimates resulting from diffusion measurements on a human scanner were validated against ground truth in a phantom mimicking human white matter, providing confidence that this method can yield accurate estimates of parameters in simplified but realistic microstructural environments. Our work also demonstrates the importance of a biologically analogous phantom that can be applied to validate a variety of diffusion microstructural imaging methods in human scanners and be used for standardization of diffusion MRI protocols for neuroimaging research.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: NeuroImage - Volume 182, 15 November 2018, Pages 469-478
Journal: NeuroImage - Volume 182, 15 November 2018, Pages 469-478
نویسندگان
Qiuyun Fan, Aapo Nummenmaa, Barbara Wichtmann, Thomas Witzel, Choukri Mekkaoui, Walter Schneider, Lawrence L. Wald, Susie Y. Huang,