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Regional corpus callosum morphometry: effect of field strength and pulse sequence.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19856453     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
PURPOSE: To investigate whether scanning at different field strengths and pulse sequences would influence reproducibility of corpus callosum (CC) morphometric measurements as variations in scanning parameters may result in differences in contrast properties between resulting images that are independent of the underlying tissue but rather reflect the physics of the imaging process. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Ten subjects were scanned twice at 3T using magnetization-prepared rapid gradient-echo imaging (MPRAGE) and modified driven equilibrium Fourier transform (MDEFT) sequences and once at 1.5T using MPRAGE. Cross-sectional area measurements of four callosal regions were performed on midsagittal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sections. RESULTS: Repeated measures analysis of variance with four regions as dependent variables and three scanning protocols (1.5T MPRAGE, 3T MPRAGE and 3T MDEFT) as independent variables revealed no significant region by protocol interaction: F(6,54) = 0.69, P = 0.52. Reliability measures for (3T MPRAGE/3T MDEFT) and (1.5T MPRAGE/3T MPRAGE; 1.5T MPRAGE/3T MDEFT) comparisons were high, ranging between 0.90 and 0.97. CONCLUSION: Based on our results, combining and comparing CC morphometric data obtained at different field strengths and/or with different pulse sequences appears possible.
Authors:
Ihssan A Abdul-Kareem; Andrej Stancak; Laura M Parkes; Vanessa Sluming
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI     Volume:  30     ISSN:  1522-2586     ISO Abbreviation:  J Magn Reson Imaging     Publication Date:  2009 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-10-29     Completed Date:  2010-01-21     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9105850     Medline TA:  J Magn Reson Imaging     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1184-90     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Magnetic Resonance and Image Analysis Research Centre, School of Health Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK. Ihssan.abdulkareem@liv.ac.uk
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Algorithms
Brain Mapping / methods
Contrast Media / pharmacology
Corpus Callosum / pathology*
Female
Fourier Analysis
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Male
Phantoms, Imaging
Reproducibility of Results
Software
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Contrast Media

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