scholarly journals Volumetric navigators for real-time motion correction in diffusion tensor imaging

2012 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 1097-1108 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Alhamud ◽  
M. Dylan Tisdall ◽  
Aaron T. Hess ◽  
Khader M. Hasan ◽  
Ernesta M. Meintjes ◽  
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2011 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 366-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murat Aksoy ◽  
Christoph Forman ◽  
Matus Straka ◽  
Stefan Skare ◽  
Samantha Holdsworth ◽  
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NeuroImage ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 103 ◽  
pp. 290-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Bogner ◽  
Borjan Gagoski ◽  
Aaron T. Hess ◽  
Himanshu Bhat ◽  
M. Dylan Tisdall ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
András Jakab ◽  
Ruth O`Gorman Tuura ◽  
Christian Kellenberger ◽  
Ianina Scheer

AbstractOur purpose was to evaluate the within-subject reproducibility of in utero diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) metrics and the visibility of major white matter structures.Images for 30 fetuses (20-33. postmenstrual weeks, normal neurodevelopment: 6 cases, cerebral pathology: 24 cases) were acquired on 1.5T or 3.0T MRI. DTI with 15 diffusion-weighting directions was repeated three times for each case, TR/TE: 2200/63 ms, voxel size: 1*1 mm, slice thickness: 3-5 mm, b-factor: 700 s/mm2. Reproducibility was evaluated from structure detectability, variability of DTI measures using the coefficient of variation (CV), image correlation and structural similarity across repeated scans for six selected structures. The effect of age, scanner type, presence of pathology was determined using Wilcoxon rank sum test.White matter structures were detectable in the following percentage of fetuses in at least two of the three repeated scans: corpus callosum genu 76%, splenium 64%, internal capsule, posterior limb 60%, brainstem fibers 40% and temporooccipital association pathways 60%. The mean CV of DTI metrics ranged between 3% and 14.6% and we measured higher reproducibility in fetuses with normal brain development. Head motion was negatively correlated with reproducibility, this effect was partially ameliorated by motion-correction algorithm using image registration. Structures on 3.0 T had higher variability both with- and without motion correction.Fetal DTI is reproducible for projection and commissural bundles during mid-gestation, however, in 16-30% of the cases, data were corrupted by artifacts, resulting in impaired detection of white matter structures. To achieve robust results for the quantitative analysis of diffusivity and anisotropy values, fetal-specific image processing is recommended and repeated DTI is needed to ensure the detectability of fiber pathways.AbbreviationsADaxial diffusivity;CCAcorpus callosum agenesis;CVcoefficient of variation,DTIdiffusion tensor imaging;FAfractional anisotropy;GWgestational week;MDmean diffusivity;RDradial diffusivity;ROIregion of interest;SSIMstructural similarity index


2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (9) ◽  
pp. 3742-3758 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Kowalczyk ◽  
Feng Shi ◽  
Mikolaj Magnuski ◽  
Maciek Skorko ◽  
Pawel Dobrowolski ◽  
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Author(s):  
Devon M. Middleton ◽  
Feroze B. Mohamed ◽  
Nadia Barakat ◽  
Louis N. Hunter ◽  
Jurgen Finsterbusch ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 39 (12) ◽  
pp. 2362-2373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan M. Miller ◽  
Yohan Kim ◽  
Kuang-Wei Lin ◽  
Charles A. Cain ◽  
Gabe E. Owens ◽  
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