期刊
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE
卷 79, 期 5, 页码 2759-2765出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.26945
关键词
AxCaliber; diffusion; MRI; myelin content; spinal cord; g-ratio
资金
- National Institutes of Health, the NIH Blueprint Initiative for Neuroscience Research Grant [U01MH093765]
- National Institutes of Health [P41EB015896]
- MS Society of Canada [EGID 2370]
- Canada Research Chair in Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging (JCA)
- Canadian Institute of Health Research [CIHR FDN-143263]
- Canada Foundation for Innovation [32454, 34824]
- Fonds de Recherche du Quebec - Sante [28826]
- Fonds de Recherche du Quebec - Nature et Technologies [2015-PR-182754]
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada [435897-2013]
- IVADO grant program
- Quebec Bio-Imaging Network
PurposeRecent MRI techniques have been introduced that can extract microstructural information in the white matter, such as the density or macromolecular content. Translating quantitative MRI to the clinic raises many challenges in terms of acquisition strategy, modeling of the MRI signal, artifact corrections, and metric extraction (template registration and partial volume effects). In this work, we investigated the scan-rescan repeatability of several quantitative MRI techniques in the human spinal cord. MethodsAxCaliber metrics, macromolecular tissue volume, and the fiber g-ratio were estimated in the spinal cord of eight healthy subjects, scanned and rescanned the same day in two different sessions. ResultsScan-rescan repeatability deviation was 3% for all metrics, in average in the white matter of all subjects. Intraclass correlation coefficient was up to 0.9. A three-way analysis of variance showed significant effects of white matter pathway, laterality, and subject. ConclusionThe present study suggests that quantitative MRI gives stable measurements of white matter microstructure in the spinal cord of healthy subjects. Our findings remain to be evaluated in diseased populations. Magn Reson Med 79:2759-2765, 2018. (c) 2017 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
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