Journal
NEUROIMAGE
Volume 242, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118447
Keywords
Cortex; Relaxometry; Freesurfer; Motion; Retest; Reliability
Funding
- National Institutes of Health [AG051216, AG15001, DA050258, HD094715, MH097464, MH100031, MH101504]
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [IDDRC U54 HD090256]
- Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Hartwell Foundation's Individual Biomedical Award
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A study on pediatric subjects using SNARE-MPnRAGE technology for cortical measurements showed that motion correction significantly improved the reliability of parameters, with CoVs and ICCs values varying depending on different parameters, regions, and measurement types. Retrospectively motion-corrected MPnRAGE showed lower CoVs and higher ICCs compared to PROMO MPRAGE, effectively removing motion-related biases in R1 and morphometric measures in nearly all regions.
A test-retest study of FreeSurfer derived cortical thickness, cortical surface area, and cortical volume, as well as quantitative R1 relaxometry assessed on the midpoint of the cortex, was performed on a cohort of pediatric subjects (6-12 years old) scanned without sedation using SNARE-MPnRAGE (self navigated retrospective motion corrected magnetization prepared with n rapid gradient echoes) imaging. Reliability was assessed with coefficients of variation (CoVs) and intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) and statistical tests were used to determine differences with and without SNARE motion correction. Comparison of the test-retest measures of SNARE-MPnRAGE with prospectively motion corrected PROMO MPRAGE were also performed. When SNARE motion correction was used all parameters had statistically significant improvements and demonstrated high reliability. Reliability varied depending on parameter, region, and measurement type (vertex or region of interest). For mean thickness/surface area/volume/mean R1 across the regions of FreeSurfer's DK Atlas, the mean CoVs (% x100) were (1.2/1.6/1.9/0.9) and the mean ICCs were (0.88/0.96/0.94/0.83). When assessed on a per-vertex basis, the CoVs and ICCs for thickness/R1 had mean values of (2.9/1.9) and (0.82/0.68) across the regions of the DK Atlas. Retrospectively motion corrected MPnRAGE had significantly lower CoVs and higher ICCs for the morphological measures than PROMO MPRAGE. Motion correction effectively removed motion related biases in nearly all regions for R1 and morphometric measures.
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