論文

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2016年

Repeatability of Brain Volume Measurements Made with the Atlas-based Method from T1-weighted Images Acquired Using a 0.4 Tesla Low Field MR Scanner

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences
  • Masami GOTO
  • ,
  • Makoto SUZUKI
  • ,
  • Shinya MIZUKAMI
  • ,
  • Osamu ABE
  • ,
  • Shigeki AOKI
  • ,
  • Tosiaki MIYATI
  • ,
  • Michinari FUKUDA
  • ,
  • Tsutomu GOMI
  • ,
  • Tohoru TAKEDA

15
4
開始ページ
365
終了ページ
370
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.2463/mrms.mp.2015-0107
出版者・発行元
Japanese Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

PURPOSE: An understanding of the repeatability of measured results is important for both the atlas-based and voxel-based morphometry (VBM) methods of magnetic resonance (MR) brain volumetry. However, many recent studies that have investigated the repeatability of brain volume measurements have been performed using static magnetic fields of 1-4 tesla, and no study has used a low-strength static magnetic field. The aim of this study was to investigate the repeatability of measured volumes using the atlas-based method and a low-strength static magnetic field (0.4 tesla). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Ten healthy volunteers participated in this study. Using a 0.4 tesla magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner and a quadrature head coil, three-dimensional T1-weighted images (3D-T1WIs) were obtained from each subject, twice on the same day. VBM8 software was used to construct segmented normalized images [gray matter (GM), white matter (WM), and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) images]. The regions-of-interest (ROIs) of GM, WM, CSF, hippocampus (HC), orbital gyrus (OG), and cerebellum posterior lobe (CPL) were generated using WFU PickAtlas. The percentage change was defined as[100 × (measured volume with first segmented image - mean volume in each subject)/(mean volume in each subject)]The average percentage change was calculated as the percentage change in the 6 ROIs of the 10 subjects. RESULTS: The mean of the average percentage changes for each ROI was as follows: GM, 0.556%; WM, 0.324%; CSF, 0.573%; HC, 0.645%; OG, 1.74%; and CPL, 0.471%. The average percentage change was higher for the orbital gyrus than for the other ROIs. CONCLUSION: We consider that repeatability of the atlas-based method is similar between 0.4 and 1.5 tesla MR scanners. To our knowledge, this is the first report to show that the level of repeatability with a 0.4 tesla MR scanner is adequate for the estimation of brain volume change by the atlas-based method.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2463/mrms.mp.2015-0107
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26841856
PubMed Central
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5608110
URL
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/mrms/15/4/15_mp.2015-0107/_pdf
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.2463/mrms.mp.2015-0107
  • ISSN : 1347-3182
  • eISSN : 1880-2206
  • PubMed ID : 26841856
  • PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC5608110

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