Application of voxelwise analysis in the detection of regions of reduced fractional anisotropy in multiple sclerosis patients

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 552-556

  Patel, Sunil A ^a,b   Hum, Barbara A ^c   Gonzalez, Carlos F ^a   Schwartzman, Robert J ^d   Faro, Scott H ^a,b   Mohamed, Feroze B ^a,b,e  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; DTI; Fractional anisotropy; Multiple sclerosis; Voxelwise analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 35248825526     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21076     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Miller DH, Grossman RI, Reingold SC, McFarland HF. The role of magnetic resonance techniques in understanding and managing multiple sclerosis. Brain 1998;121(Pt 1):3-24.
2. Basser PJ, Mattiello J, LeBihan D. Estimation of the effective self-diffusion tensor from the NMR spin echo. J Magn Reson B 1994;103:247-254.
3. Basser PJ, Mattiello J, LeBihan D. MR diffusion tensor spectroscopy and imaging. Biophys J 1994;66:259-267.
4. Basser PJ, Pierpaoli C. Microstructural and physiological features of tissues elucidated by quantitative-diffusion-tensor MRI. J Magn Reson B 1996;111:209-219.
5. Le Bihan D, Mangin JF, Poupon C, et al. Diffusion tensor imaging: concepts and applications. J Magn Reson Imaging 2001;13:534-546.
6. Ciccarelli O, Werring DJ, Wheeler-Kingshott CA, et al. Investigation of MS normal-appearing brain using diffusion tensor MRI with clinical correlations. Neurology 2001;56:926-933.
7. Guo AC, MacFall JR, Provenzale JM. Multiple sclerosis: diffusion tensor MR imaging for evaluation of normal-appearing white matter. Radiology 2002;222:729-736.
8. Kealey SM, Kim Y, Provenzale JM. Redefinition of multiple sclerosis plaque size using diffusion tensor MRI. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2004;183:497-503.
9. Filippi M, Horsfield MA, Tofts PS, Barkhof F, Thompson AJ, Miller DH. Quantitative assessment of MRI lesion load in monitoring the evolution of multiple sclerosis. Brain 1995;118:1601-1612.
10. Eriksson SH, Rugg-Gunn FJ, Symms MR, Barker GJ, Duncan JS. Diffusion tensor imaging in patients with epilepsy and malformations of cortical development. Brain 2001;124:617-626.
11. Rugg-Gunn FJ, Eriksson SH, Symms MR, Barker GJ, Duncan JS. Diffusion tensor imaging of cryptogenic and acquired partial epilepsies. Brain 2001;124:627-636.
12. Stammatakis EA, Tyler LK. Identifying lesions on structural brain images - validation of the method and application to neuropsychological patients. Brain Lang 2005;94:167-177.
13. Rugg-Gunn FJ, Eriksson SH, Boulby PA, Symms MR, Barker GJ, Duncan JS. Magnetization transfer imaging in focal epilepsy. Neurology 2003;60:1638-1645.
14. McDonald WI, Compston A, Edan G, et al. Recommended diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: guidelines from the international panel on the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Ann Neurol 2001;50:121-127.
15. Black KJ, Snyder AZ, Roller JM, Gado MH, Perlmutter JS. Template images for nonhuman primate neuroimaging: 1. Baboon. Neuroimage 2001;14:736-743.
16. Vercellino M, Piano F, Votta B, Mutani R, Giordana MT, Cavalla P. Grey matter pathology in multiple sclerosis. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2005;64:1101-1107.
17. Crum WR, Hartkens T, Hill DLG. Non-rigid image registration: theory and practice. Br J Radiol 2004;77:S140-S153.
18. Ashburner J, Friston KJ. Nonlinear spatial normalization using basis functions. Hum Brain Mapp 1999;7:254-266.
19. Brett M, Leff AP, Rorden C, Ashburner J. Spatial normalization of brain images with focal lesions using cost function masking. Neuroimage 2001;14:486-500.
20. Salat DH, Tuch DS, Greve DN, et al. Age-related alterations in white matter microstructure measured by diffusion tensor imaging. Neurobiol Aging 2005;26:1215-1227.
21. Abe O, Aoki S, Hayashi N, et al. Normal aging in the central nervous system: quantitative MR diffusion-tensor analysis. Neurobiol Aging 2002;23:433-441.
22. Matthews PM, Arnold DL. Magnetic resonance imaging of multiple sclerosis: new insights linking pathology to clinical evolution. Curr Opin Neurol 2001;14:279-287.
23. Meier DS, Weiner HL, Khoury SJ, Guttmann CRG. Magnetic resonance imaging surrogates of multiple sclerosis pathology and their relationship to central nervous system atrophy. J Neuroimaging 2004;14:46S-53S.
24. Kurtzke JF. Rating neurologic impairment in multiple sclerosis: an expanded disability status scale (EDSS). Neurology 1983;33:1444-1452.
25. Cercignani M, Inglese M, Pagani E, Comi G, Filippi M. Mean diffusivity and fractional anisotropy histograms of patients with multiple sclerosis. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2001;22:952-958.