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FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY
卷 12, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.680488
关键词
diffusion magnetic resonance imaging; tractography; fractional anisotropy; mean diffusivity; optic nerve
资金
- Basic Science Research Program of the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
- Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIT) [NRF2019R1A2C4070638]
- Bio & Medical Technology Development Program of the NRF [NRF2019M3E5D1A01069352]
This study quantitatively investigated the microstructural properties of the optic nerve in an elderly population using dMRI tractography, revealing a negative correlation between FA and age. Females exhibited significantly higher FA than males.
Purpose: To quantitatively investigate the microstructural properties of the optic nerve (ON) in vivo using diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) tractography in an elderly population and to determine the differences between the ON diffusion properties stratified by basic demographics. Methods: We measured fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD), radial diffusivity (RD), and axial diffusivity (AD) of the intraorbital ON in cognitively normal controls selected from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative 3 database (n =104; mean age = 73. 8 +/- 8.1 years) using dMRI probabilistic tractography and evaluated the correlation between diffusion parameters and demographic factors. Diffusion parameters were measured in 20 equidistant nodes along the tract, and the data from proximal 70% (14 nodes) of the intraorbital ON were averaged. Results: The mean FA of the intraorbital ON was 0.392 +/- 0.063, and the mean MD was 1.163 +/- 0.165 mu m(2)/s. The mean RD was 0.882 +/- 0.152 mu m(2)/s, and the mean AD was 1.693 +/- 0.183 mu m(2)/s. The multiple linear regression model showed a negative correlation between FA and age. FA in females was significantly higher than males, whereas RD in female was significantly lower. Conclusions: We measured the diffusion properties of the intraorbital ON using dMRI tractography in an elderly cognitively normal population. The diffusion properties detected by dMRI tractography may substantially reflect the microstructure of the ON.
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