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Hruşcã A, Rãchişan AL, Rödl S, Sorantin E. Can Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Predict the Clinical Outcome in Drowned Children? Can Assoc Radiol J 2017; 68:217-223. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carj.2016.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2016] [Revised: 11/22/2016] [Accepted: 12/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Introduction Pediatric cerebral hypoxic-ischemic injury frequently results in severe neurological outcome. Imaging with diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWi) demonstrates that the acute cerebral injury and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) allow the assessment of the severity of brain damage. The main objective was to examine if spatial distribution of reductions in ADC values is associated with clinical outcome in drowned children. Methods This is a retrospective study of 7 children (7 examinations) suffering from a hypoxic-ischemic event who underwent DWi. Seven subjects with normal DWi served as controls. The mean patient age was 4.88 ± 2.93 years and the male-to-female ratio was 5:2. The neurological outcome was divided into 2 categories: 4 children with Apallic syndrome and 3 deaths. We analysed the differences between the drowned children and the control group regarding clinical data, DWi abnormalities, and ADC values. Results The ADC values in the occipital and parietal grey matter were significantly different between the drowned children (765.14 ± 65.47 vs 920.95 ± 69.62; P = .003) and the control group (670.82 ± 233.99 vs 900.66 ± 92.72; P = .005). The ADC showed low values in the precentral area also ( P = .044). Conclusion The ADC reduction may be useful to predict the poor outcome in drowned children and can be a valuable tool for clinical assessment.
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- Adrian Hruşcã
- Division of Medical Biophysics, University of Medicine & Pharmacy “Iuliu Hatieganu”, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Division of Pediatrics II, University of Medicine & Pharmacy “Iuliu Hatieganu”, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Division of Pediatric Radiology, Department of Radiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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Dekker I, Wattjes MP. Brain and Spinal Cord MR Imaging Features in Multiple Sclerosis and Variants. Neuroimaging Clin N Am 2017; 27:205-227. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2016.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Xing Z, Yang X, She D, Lin Y, Zhang Y, Cao D. Noninvasive Assessment of IDH Mutational Status in World Health Organization Grade II and III Astrocytomas Using DWI and DSC-PWI Combined with Conventional MR Imaging. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2017; 38:1138-1144. [PMID: 28450436 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a5171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2016] [Accepted: 02/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) has been shown to have both diagnostic and prognostic implications in gliomas. The purpose of this study was to examine whether DWI and DSC-PWI combined with conventional MR imaging could noninvasively predict IDH mutational status in World Health Organization grade II and III astrocytomas. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed DWI, DSC-PWI, and conventional MR imaging in 42 patients with World Health Organization grade II and III astrocytomas. Minimum ADC, relative ADC, and relative maximum CBV values were compared between IDH-mutant and wild-type tumors by using the Mann-Whitney U test. Receiver operating characteristic curve and logistic regression were used to assess their diagnostic performances. RESULTS Minimum ADC and relative ADC were significantly higher in IDH-mutated grade II and III astrocytomas than in IDH wild-type tumors (P < .05). Minimum ADC with the cutoff value of ≥1.01 × 10-3 mm2/s could differentiate the mutational status with a sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of 76.9%, 82.6%, 91.2%, and 60.5%, respectively. The threshold value of <2.35 for relative maximum CBV in the prediction of IDH mutation provided a sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of 100.0%, 60.9%, 85.6%, and 100.0%, respectively. A combination of DWI, DSC-PWI, and conventional MR imaging for the identification of IDH mutations resulted in a sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of 92.3%, 91.3%, 96.1%, and 83.6%. CONCLUSIONS A combination of conventional MR imaging, DWI, and DSC-PWI techniques produces a high sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value for predicting IDH mutations in grade II and III astrocytomas. The strategy of using advanced, semiquantitative MR imaging techniques may provide an important, noninvasive, surrogate marker that should be studied further in larger, prospective trials.
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- Z Xing
- From the Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, P.R. China
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- From the Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, P.R. China
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- From the Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, P.R. China
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- From the Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, P.R. China
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- From the Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, P.R. China
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- From the Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, P.R. China.
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Magnetic resonance apparent diffusion coefficient values of the brain in COPD. EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF CHEST DISEASES AND TUBERCULOSIS 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcdt.2016.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Chen W, Zhang J, Long D, Wang Z, Zhu JM. Optimization of intra-voxel incoherent motion measurement in diffusion-weighted imaging of breast cancer. J Appl Clin Med Phys 2017; 18:191-199. [PMID: 28349630 PMCID: PMC5689860 DOI: 10.1002/acm2.12065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2016] [Revised: 01/04/2017] [Accepted: 02/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Purpose The purpose of this study was to optimize intra‐voxel incoherent motion (IVIM) measurement in diffusion‐weighted imaging (DWI) of breast cancer by separating perfusion and diffusion effects through the determination of an optimal threshold b‐value, thus benign and cancerous breast tissues can be accurately differentiated using IVIM‐derived diffusion and perfusion parameters. Materials and Methods Twenty‐eight patients, with biopsy‐confirmed breast cancers, were studied with a 3T MRI scanner, using T1‐weighted dynamic contrast‐enhanced MRI images, and diffusion‐weighted images with nine b‐values, ranging from 0 to 1000 s/mm². IVIM‐derived parameter maps for tissue diffusion coefficients D, perfusion fraction f, and pseudo‐diffusion coefficients D* were computed using the segmented fitting method with optimized threshold b‐value, and the sum of squared residuals (SSR) were calculated for IVIM‐derived parameters in different breast lesions. Results The IVIM analysis method developed in this work can separate perfusion and diffusion effects with the optimal threshold b‐value of 300 s/mm², and the results of diffusion and perfusion parameters from IVIM analysis can be used to differentiate pathological changes in breast tissues. It was found that the averages and standard deviations of the diffusion and perfusion parameters, D, f, D*, are the following, for malignant, benign and normal breast tissues respectively: D (0.813 ± 0.225 × 10−3 mm2/s, 1.437 ± 0.538 × 10−3 mm2/s, 1.838 ± 0.213 × 10−3 mm2/s), f (10.73 ± 3.44%, 7.86 ± 3.70%, 8.92 ± 3.72%), D* (15.23 ± 12.17×10−3 mm²/s, 12.02 ± 3.19 × 10−3 mm2/s, 12.03 ± 7.21 × 10−3 mm2/s). Conclusion IVIM‐derived diffusion and perfusion parameter maps depend highly on the choice of threshold b‐value. Using the methodology developed in this work, and with the optimized threshold b‐value, the diffusion and perfusion parameters of breast tissues can be accurately assessed, making IVIM MRI a technique of choice for differential diagnosis of breast cancer.
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- Wenjing Chen
- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Radiology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Radiology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Radiology and Center for Medical Imaging Research, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.,Department of Radiology and Center for Medical Imaging Research, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Khalvati F, Haider MA, Wong A. Enhanced dual-stage correlated diffusion imaging. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2017; 2016:5537-5540. [PMID: 28269511 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2016.7591981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer and third leading cause of cancer death in Canadian men. Multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) has become a powerful non-invasive diagnostic tool for the detection of prostate cancer. Among mpMRI imaging modalities, diffusion-weighed imaging has shown the most promising results in accurate detection of prostate cancer. Introduced recently, correlated diffusion imaging (CDI) is a new form of diffusion imaging which accounts for the joint correlation of diffusion signal attenuation across multiple gradient pulse strengths and timings to improve the separability of cancerous and healthy tissues. Dual-stage CDI (D-CDI) is a newer generation of CDI where in contrast to CDI that does not capture anatomical information, an additional signal mixing stage between the correlated diffusion signal from the first signal mixing stage (CDI) and an auxiliary diffusion signal is performed to incorporate anatomical context. The core of D-CDI is a signal mixing algorithm that combines diffusion images at different b values to construct a single image. In this paper, we enhance the signal mixing algorithm to optimize the contribution of each single b-value image to maximize the separability of cancerous and healthy tissues. We evaluated the enhanced D-CDI (eD-CDI) using area under the ROC curve for datasets of 17 patient cases with confirmed prostate cancer and the results show that eD-CDI outperforms the original D-CDI as well as T2 weighted images and diffusion-weighed images used in the form of apparent diffusion coefficient maps.
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Advanced structural neuroimaging in progressive supranuclear palsy: Where do we stand? Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2017; 36:19-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2016.12.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2016] [Revised: 12/01/2016] [Accepted: 12/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Post-operative diffusion weighted imaging as a predictor of posterior fossa syndrome permanence in paediatric medulloblastoma. Childs Nerv Syst 2017; 33:457-465. [PMID: 28190209 DOI: 10.1007/s00381-017-3356-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2016] [Accepted: 01/31/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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PURPOSE Posterior fossa syndrome (PFS) is a serious complication faced by neurosurgeons and their patients, especially in paediatric medulloblastoma patients. The uncertain aetiology of PFS, myriad of cited risk factors and therapeutic challenges make this phenomenon an elusive entity. The primary objective of this study was to identify associative factors related to the development of PFS in medulloblastoma patient post-tumour resection. METHODS This is a retrospective study based at a single institution. Patient data and all related information were collected from the hospital records, in accordance to a list of possible risk factors associated with PFS. These included pre-operative tumour volume, hydrocephalus, age, gender, extent of resection, metastasis, ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion, post-operative meningitis and radiological changes in MRI. Additional variables included molecular and histological subtypes of each patient's medulloblastoma tumour. Statistical analysis was employed to determine evidence of each variable's significance in PFS permanence. RESULTS A total of 19 patients with appropriately complete data was identified. Initial univariate analysis did not show any statistical significance. However, multivariate analysis for MRI-specific changes reported bilateral DWI restricted diffusion changes involving both right and left sides of the surgical cavity was of statistical significance for PFS permanence. CONCLUSION The authors performed a clinical study that evaluated possible risk factors for permanent PFS in paediatric medulloblastoma patients. Analysis of collated results found that post-operative DWI restriction in bilateral regions within the surgical cavity demonstrated statistical significance as a predictor of PFS permanence-a novel finding in the current literature.
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Celik A. Effect of imaging parameters on the accuracy of apparent diffusion coefficient and optimization strategies. Diagn Interv Radiol 2017; 22:101-7. [PMID: 26573977 DOI: 10.5152/dir.2015.14440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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PURPOSE We aimed to investigate the effect of key imaging parameters on the accuracy of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps using a phantom model combined with ADC calculation simulation and propose strategies to improve the accuracy of ADC quantification. METHODS Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) sequences were acquired on a phantom model using single-shot echo-planar imaging DWI at 1.5 T scanner by varying key imaging parameters including number of averages (NEX), repetition time (TR), echo time (TE), and diffusion preparation pulses. DWI signal simulations were performed for varying TR and TE. RESULTS Magnetic resonance diffusion signal and ADC maps were dependent on TR and TE imaging parameters as well as number of diffusion preparation pulses, but not on the NEX. However, the choice of a long TR and short TE could be used to minimize their effects on the resulting DWI sequences and ADC maps. CONCLUSION This study shows that TR and TE imaging parameters affect the diffusion images and ADC maps, but their effect can be minimized by utilizing diffusion preparation pulses. Another key imaging parameter, NEX, is less relevant to DWI and ADC quantification as long as DWI signal-to-noise ratio is above a certain level. Based on the phantom results and data simulations, DWI acquisition protocol can be optimized to obtain accurate ADC maps in routine clinical application for whole body imaging.
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van Erp S, Ercan E, Breedveld P, Brakenhoff L, Ghariq E, Schmid S, Osch MV, van Buchem M, Emmer B, van der Grond J, Wolterbeek R, Hommes D, Fidder H, van der Wee N, Huizinga T, van der Heijde D, Middelkoop H, Ronen I, van der Meulen-de Jong A. Cerebral magnetic resonance imaging in quiescent Crohn’s disease patients with fatigue. World J Gastroenterol 2017; 23:1018-1029. [PMID: 28246475 PMCID: PMC5311090 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i6.1018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2016] [Revised: 11/14/2016] [Accepted: 12/08/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM
To evaluate brain involvement in quiescent Crohn’s disease (CD) patients with fatigue using quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
METHODS
Multiple MRI techniques were used to assess cerebral changes in 20 quiescent CD patients with fatigue (defined with at least 6 points out of an 11-point numeric rating scale compared with 17 healthy age and gender matched controls without fatigue. Furthermore, mental status was assessed by cognitive functioning, based on the neuropsychological inventory including the different domains global cognitive functioning, memory and executive functioning and in addition mood and quality of life scores. Cognitive functioning and mood status were correlated with MRI findings in the both study groups.
RESULTS
Reduced glutamate + glutamine (Glx = Glu + Gln) concentrations (P = 0.02) and ratios to total creatine (P = 0.02) were found in CD patients compared with controls. Significant increased Cerebral Blood Flow (P = 0.05) was found in CD patients (53.08 ± 6.14 mL/100 g/min) compared with controls (47.60 ± 8.62 mL/100 g/min). CD patients encountered significantly more depressive symptoms (P < 0.001). Cognitive functioning scores related to memory (P = 0.007) and executive functioning (P = 0.02) were lower in CD patients and both scores showed correlation with depression and anxiety. No correlation was found subcortical volumes between CD patients and controls in the T1-weighted analysis. In addition, no correlation was found between mental status and MRI findings.
CONCLUSION
This work shows evidence for perfusion, neurochemical and mental differences in the brain of CD patients with fatigue compared with healthy controls.
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Benjamin P, Khan F, MacKinnon AD. The use of diffusion weighted imaging to evaluate pathology outside the brain parenchyma in neuroimaging studies. Br J Radiol 2017; 90:20160821. [PMID: 28195506 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20160821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) has transformed the radiological assessment of a variety of cerebral pathologies, in particular acute stroke. In neuroimaging studies, DWI can also be used to evaluate pathology outside the brain parenchyma, although it is sometimes underutilized for this purpose. In this pictorial review, the principles of DWI are outlined, and 13 cases of abnormal diffusion outside the brain parenchyma are illustrated in order to show DWI as a useful sequence for the evaluation of the following recommended review areas: the dural venous sinuses, internal carotid arteries, meninges, ventricles, cavernous sinus and orbits, skull base and lymph nodes.
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- Philip Benjamin
- 1 Neurosciences Research Centre, Cardiovascular and Cell Sciences Research Institute, St George's University of London, London, UK
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- 2 Atkinson Morley Regional Neuroscience Centre, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- 2 Atkinson Morley Regional Neuroscience Centre, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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Pinto DS, George A, Hoisala RV. MR urogram findings and diffusion restriction in the renal papilla and calyx in papillary necrosis-a new finding: preliminary report. BJR Case Rep 2017; 3:20150476. [PMID: 30363219 PMCID: PMC6159245 DOI: 10.1259/bjrcr.20150476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2015] [Revised: 09/09/2016] [Accepted: 11/26/2015] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Renal papillary necrosis is a clinicopathological entity where any or all of the papillae undergo selective necrosis, which can be demonstrated either radiologically or histologically. The most important causes are diabetes, pyelonephritis, obstructive uropathy, tuberculosis, analgesic abuse or overuse, sickle cell disease and renal vein thrombosis. Although this condition was first described in the 19th century the clinical diagnosis of this condition remains a problem to this day. Uncomplicated papillary necrosis may initially remain occult to imaging by ultrasound and non-contrast CT, but may later be complicated by obstructive uropathy. A few studies have described renal papillary necrosis on CT urogram. In this case series, the authors describe the finding of calyceal filling defect with diffusion restriction in the calyx and the tip of the renal pyramid on MR urogram, along with other findings that are classically seen on intravenous urogram or CT urogram. To the best of our knowledge, the finding of diffusion restriction at the tip of the renal pyramid has not been described before. Further, literature review showed only a single study describing the classical findings of papillary necrosis on an MR urogram. The early diagnosis of papillary necrosis on MR imaging equips the radiologist to suggest short-term clinical and radiological follow-up to check for the development of hydronephrosis. Additionally, such risk stratification may enable early ureteric stenting to prevent the development of obstructive uropathy.
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- Denver Steven Pinto
- Department of Radiodiagnosis, St Johns Medical College, Koramangala, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis, St Johns Medical College, Koramangala, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis, St Johns Medical College, Koramangala, Bangalore, India
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Abdelgawad EA, Higazi MM, Abdelbaky AO, Abdelghany HS. Diagnostic performance of CT cerebral blood volume colour maps for evaluation of acute infarcts; comparison with diffusion-weighted MRI within 12hours of major stroke onset. J Neuroradiol 2017; 44:10-16. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2016.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2015] [Revised: 08/10/2016] [Accepted: 10/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Clinical application of apparent diffusion coefficient mapping in voxel-based morphometry in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Clin Radiol 2017; 72:108-115. [DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2016.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2016] [Accepted: 11/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Grover VPB, McPhail MJW, Wylezinska-Arridge M, Crossey MME, Fitzpatrick JA, Southern L, Saxby BK, Cook NA, Cox IJ, Waldman AD, Dhanjal NS, Bak-Bol A, Williams R, Morgan MY, Taylor-Robinson SD. A longitudinal study of patients with cirrhosis treated with L-ornithine L-aspartate, examined with magnetization transfer, diffusion-weighted imaging and magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Metab Brain Dis 2017; 32:77-86. [PMID: 27488112 PMCID: PMC5225223 DOI: 10.1007/s11011-016-9881-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2016] [Accepted: 07/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The presence of overt hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is associated with structural, metabolic and functional changes in the brain discernible by use of a variety of magnetic resonance (MR) techniques. The changes in patients with minimal HE are less well documented. Twenty-two patients with well-compensated cirrhosis, seven of whom had minimal HE, were examined with cerebral 3 Tesla MR techniques, including T1- and T2-weighted, magnetization transfer and diffusion-weighted imaging and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy sequences. Studies were repeated after a 4-week course of oral L-ornithine L-aspartate (LOLA). Results were compared with data obtained from 22 aged-matched healthy controls. There was no difference in mean total brain volume between patients and controls at baseline. Mean cerebral magnetization transfer ratios were significantly reduced in the globus pallidus and thalamus in the patients with cirrhosis irrespective of neuropsychiatric status; the mean ratio was significantly reduced in the frontal white matter in patients with minimal HE compared with healthy controls but not when compared with their unimpaired counterparts. There were no significant differences in either the median apparent diffusion coefficients or the mean fractional anisotropy, calculated from the diffusion-weighted imaging, or in the mean basal ganglia metabolite ratios between patients and controls. Psychometric performance improved in 50 % of patients with minimal HE following LOLA, but no significant changes were observed in brain volumes, cerebral magnetization transfer ratios, the diffusion weighted imaging variables or the cerebral metabolite ratios. MR variables, as applied in this study, do not identify patients with minimal HE, nor do they reflect changes in psychometric performance following LOLA.
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- Vijay P B Grover
- Liver Unit, Division of Digestive Health, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, 10th Floor QEQM Wing, St Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London, W2 1NY, UK
- Robert Steiner MRI Unit, Imaging Sciences Department, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Liver Unit, Division of Digestive Health, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, 10th Floor QEQM Wing, St Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London, W2 1NY, UK
- Robert Steiner MRI Unit, Imaging Sciences Department, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Liver Unit, Division of Digestive Health, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, 10th Floor QEQM Wing, St Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London, W2 1NY, UK
- Robert Steiner MRI Unit, Imaging Sciences Department, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Liver Unit, Division of Digestive Health, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, 10th Floor QEQM Wing, St Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London, W2 1NY, UK
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- Liver Unit, Division of Digestive Health, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, 10th Floor QEQM Wing, St Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London, W2 1NY, UK
- Robert Steiner MRI Unit, Imaging Sciences Department, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Liver Unit, Division of Digestive Health, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, 10th Floor QEQM Wing, St Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London, W2 1NY, UK
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- Centre for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
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- Liver Unit, Division of Digestive Health, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, 10th Floor QEQM Wing, St Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London, W2 1NY, UK
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- The Foundation for Liver Research, Institute of Hepatology, 69-75 Chenies Mews, London, WC1E 6HX, UK
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- Robert Steiner MRI Unit, Imaging Sciences Department, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Division of Brain Sciences, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Liver Unit, Division of Digestive Health, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, 10th Floor QEQM Wing, St Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London, W2 1NY, UK
- Robert Steiner MRI Unit, Imaging Sciences Department, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- The Foundation for Liver Research, Institute of Hepatology, 69-75 Chenies Mews, London, WC1E 6HX, UK
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- UCL Institute for Liver & Digestive Health, Division of Medicine, Royal Free Campus, University College London, London, UK
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- Liver Unit, Division of Digestive Health, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, 10th Floor QEQM Wing, St Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London, W2 1NY, UK.
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Pyogenic brain abscess with atypical features resembling glioblastoma in advanced MRI imaging. Radiol Case Rep 2017; 12:365-370. [PMID: 28491190 PMCID: PMC5417631 DOI: 10.1016/j.radcr.2016.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2016] [Revised: 11/28/2016] [Accepted: 12/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Differentiation between infectious and neoplastic brain processes is crucial for treatment planning. Advanced magnetic resonance imaging techniques, such as diffusion, perfusion, susceptibility weighted imaging, and magnetic resonance spectroscopy, enhance the imaging differences between these two pathologies. However, despite the utilization of these advanced techniques, the pathologic process may be confound by atypical findings. Here, we report a case of an autistic patient with multiple brain lesions with diffusion weighted imaging, susceptibility weighted imaging, and perfusion patterns resembling features of a multicentric glioblastoma, which were confirmed surgically, neuropathologically, and bacteriologically as brain abscesses. We discuss the differentiation of these different entities in the light of advanced magnetic resonance imaging techniques.
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Dmytriw AA, Sawlani V, Shankar J. Diffusion-Weighted Imaging of the Brain: Beyond Stroke. Can Assoc Radiol J 2017; 68:131-146. [PMID: 28131336 DOI: 10.1016/j.carj.2016.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2016] [Accepted: 10/11/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Diffusion-weighted imaging provides image contrast that is different from that provided by conventional magnetic resonance imaging techniques. It is highly sensitive for detection of cytotoxic oedema, and as such has gained favor in the detection of acute infarcts. However, diffusion-weighted imaging is underrepresented in the characterisation of many other disease processes. Our objective is to differentiate diseases that manifest with various neurological disorders, based on diffusion contrast and apparent diffusion coefficient values and review of hyper- and hypointense lesions on diffusion-weighted imaging.
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- Adam A Dmytriw
- Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- University Hospitals Birmingham, NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, QE II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Tsai CY, Su CH, Chan JYH, Chan SHH. Nitrosative Stress-Induced Disruption of Baroreflex Neural Circuits in a Rat Model of Hepatic Encephalopathy: A DTI Study. Sci Rep 2017; 7:40111. [PMID: 28079146 PMCID: PMC5228038 DOI: 10.1038/srep40111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2016] [Accepted: 12/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The onset of hepatic encephalopathy (HE) in liver failure is associated with high mortality; the underlying mechanism is undecided. Here we report that in an acute liver failure model employing intraperitoneal administration of thioacetamide in Sprague-Dawley rats, diffusion weighted imaging revealed a progressive reduction in apparent diffusion coefficient in the brain stem. Diffusion tensor imaging further showed that the connectivity between nucleus tractus solitarii (NTS), the terminal site of baroreceptor afferents in brain stem and rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM), the origin of sympathetic innervation of blood vessels, was progressively disrupted until its disappearance, coincidental with the irreversible cessation of baroreflex-mediated sympathetic vasomotor tone signifying clinically the occurrence of brain death. In addition, superoxide, nitric oxide, peroxynitrite and ammonia levels in the NTS or RVLM were elevated, alongside swelling of astroctytes. A scavenger of peroxynitrite, but not an antioxidant, delivered intracisternally reversed all these events. We conclude that nitrosative stress because of augmented peroxynitrite related to accumulation of ammonia and swelling of astrocytes in the NTS or RVLM, leading to cytotoxic edema in the brain stem and severance of the NTS-RVLM connectivity, underpins the defunct baroreflex-mediated sympathetic vasomotor tone that accounts for the high mortality associated with HE.
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- Ching-Yi Tsai
- Institute for Translational Research in Biomedicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Institute for Translational Research in Biomedicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Institute for Translational Research in Biomedicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Institute for Translational Research in Biomedicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Lin SH, Hsu WC, Ng SH, Cheng JS, Khegai O, Huang CC, Chen YL, Chen YC, Wang JJ. Increased Water Diffusion in the Parcellated Cortical Regions from the Patients with Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease. Front Aging Neurosci 2017; 8:325. [PMID: 28123367 PMCID: PMC5225103 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2016.00325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2016] [Accepted: 12/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background: The loss of cortical neuron environment integrity is the hallmark of neurodegeneration diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI). To reveal the microenvironment changes in cerebral cortex, the current study aimed to examine the changes of mean diffusivity (MD) in parcellated brain among AD, aMCI patients and normal controls (NC). Methods: Diffusion tensor imaging data with the whole brain coverage were acquired from 28 AD (aged 69.4 ± 8.2 year old), 41 aMCI patients (aged 68.2 ± 6.4 year old) and 40 NC subjects (aged 65.7 ± 6.4 year old). Subsequently, the MD values were parcellated according to the standard automatic anatomic labeling (AAL) template. Only the 90 regions located in the cerebral cortex were used in the final analysis. The mean values of MD from each brain region were extracted and compared among the participant groups. The integrity of the white matter tracts and gray matter atrophy was analyzed using the track-based spatial statistics and voxel-based morphometry approaches, respectively. Results: Significant differences of MD were noticed both in aMCI and AD patients, in terms of the affected regions and the amount of increase. The hippocampus, parahippocampal gyrus and cingulum were the most significantly affected regions in AD patients. From all the 90 cerebral cortex regions, significant increase of MD in the AD patients was found in 40 regions, compared to only one (fusiform gyrus on the right) in aMCI patients. In the disease affected regions, the MD from aMCI patients is in state between NC and AD patients. Conclusions: Increased MD in the specific regions of the brain shows the feasibility of MD as an indicator of the early stage cortical degeneration in aMCI and AD patients.
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- Sung-Han Lin
- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Chang Gung UniversityTaoyuan, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, Chang Gung UniversityTaoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial HospitalTaoyuan, Taiwan; Dementia Center, Chang Gung Memorial HospitalTaoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Chang Gung UniversityTaoyuan, Taiwan; Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial HospitalLinkou, Taiwan
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- Clinical Informatics and Medical Statistics Research Center, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Chang Gung University Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, College of Medicine Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial HospitalLinkou, Taiwan; Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chang Gung Memorial HospitalKeelung, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial HospitalTaoyuan, Taiwan; Dementia Center, Chang Gung Memorial HospitalTaoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Chang Gung UniversityTaoyuan, Taiwan; Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Healthy Aging Research Center, College of Medicine, Chang Gung UniversityTaoyuan, Taiwan; Neuroscience Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial HospitalTaoyuan, Taiwan; Medical Imaging Research Center, Institute for Radiological Research, Chang Gung University/Chang Gung Memorial HospitalTaoyuan, Taiwan; Center for Advanced Molecular Imaging and Translation, Chang Gung Memorial HospitalLinkou, Taiwan
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Toussaint M, Pinel S, Auger F, Durieux N, Thomassin M, Thomas E, Moussaron A, Meng D, Plénat F, Amouroux M, Bastogne T, Frochot C, Tillement O, Lux F, Barberi-Heyob M. Proton MR Spectroscopy and Diffusion MR Imaging Monitoring to Predict Tumor Response to Interstitial Photodynamic Therapy for Glioblastoma. Theranostics 2017; 7:436-451. [PMID: 28255341 PMCID: PMC5327359 DOI: 10.7150/thno.17218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2016] [Accepted: 10/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Despite recent progress in conventional therapeutic approaches, the vast majority of glioblastoma recur locally, indicating that a more aggressive local therapy is required. Interstitial photodynamic therapy (iPDT) appears as a very promising and complementary approach to conventional therapies. However, an optimal fractionation scheme for iPDT remains the indispensable requirement. To achieve that major goal, we suggested following iPDT tumor response by a non-invasive imaging monitoring. Nude rats bearing intracranial glioblastoma U87MG xenografts were treated by iPDT, just after intravenous injection of AGuIX® nanoparticles, encapsulating PDT and imaging agents. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) allowed us an original longitudinal follow-up of post-treatment effects to discriminate early predictive markers. We successfully used conventional MRI, T2 star (T2*), Diffusion Weighted Imaging (DWI) and MRS to extract relevant profiles on tissue cytoarchitectural alterations, local vascular disruption and metabolic information on brain tumor biology, achieving earlier assessment of tumor response. From one day post-iPDT, DWI and MRS allowed us to identify promising markers such as the Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC) values, lipids, choline and myoInositol levels that led us to distinguish iPDT responders from non-responders. All these responses give us warning signs well before the tumor escapes and that the growth would be appreciated.
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El-Gerby KM, El-Anwar MW. Differentiating Benign from Malignant Sinonasal Lesions: Feasibility of Diffusion Weighted MRI. Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2017; 21:358-365. [PMID: 29018499 PMCID: PMC5629089 DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1597323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2016] [Accepted: 10/06/2016] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Introduction
Appearance of nasal masses on routine CT and MRI are not pathognomonic. We utilized the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) value obtained from diffusion weighted image (DWI) to detect the differences in the microstructures of tumor and non-tumor tissues.
Objective
The objective of our study was to evaluate the diagnostic role of DWI and ADC values in differentiating between malignant and benign sinonasal lesions and its correlation with histopathological results as the reference standard.
Methods
Patients with nasal and / or paranasal mass underwent CT, MRI, and DWI before any surgical intervention. We used diagnostic sinonasal endoscopy and biopsy to confirm the diagnosis after MRI.
Results
When we used ADC value of (1.2 × 10–3 mm2/s) as a cut-off value for differentiating benign from malignant sinonasal lesions, we achieved 90% accuracy, 100% sensitivity, 88.4% specificity, 77.8% positive predictive value, and 100% negative predictive value. At this cut-off, benign lesions show statistically significant higher ADC value than malignant tumors.
Conclusion
DW MRI and ADC value calculation are promising quantitative methods helping to differentiate between malignant and benign sinonasal lesions. Thus, they are effective methods compared with other conventional methods with short imaging time thus it is recommended to be incorporated into routine evaluations.
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- Khaled M El-Gerby
- Radiodiagnosis Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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ANDICA CHRISTINA, SAITO ASAMI, MURATA SYO, HATTORI AKI, IKENOUCHI YUTAKA, HORI MASAAKI, AOKI SHIGEKI. Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging: From Isotropic Diffusion-Weighted Imaging to Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Beyond. JUNTENDO MEDICAL JOURNAL 2017. [DOI: 10.14789/jmj.63.285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- CHRISTINA ANDICA
- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine
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Muçaj S, Ugurel MS, Dedushi K, Ramadani N, Jerliu N. Role of MRI in Diagnosis of Ruptured Intracranial Dermoid Cyst. Acta Inform Med 2017; 25:141-144. [PMID: 28883682 PMCID: PMC5544451 DOI: 10.5455/aim.2017.25.141-144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Introduction: Intracranial dermoid cystic tumors account for <1% of all intracranial masses. Case report: A 52-year-old male, having headaches, nausea and is presented with a history of 2 episodes of new onset seizures. On presentation, the patient had a normal physical exam, including a complete neurological and cranial nerve exam. Methods: Precontrast MRI; TSE/T2Wsequence in axial/coronal planes; 3D – HI-resolution T1W sagittal; FLAIR/T2W axial; FLAIR/T2W, Flash/T2W oblique coronal plane, GRE/T2W axial. Post-contrast TSE/T1W sequence in axial, coronal and sagittal planes. Diffusion weighted and ADC mapping, postcontrast: TSE/T1W sequence in axial, coronal and sagittal planes. Results: Subsequent MRI of the brain revealed an oval and lobulated 47x34x30mm (TRxAPxCC) non-enhancing T1-hyperintense mass in right cavernous sinus, with compression of surrounding mesial temporal lobe and right anterolateral aspect of mesencephalon. Findings are consistent with ruptured dermoid cyst, given the evacuated sebum content at its lower half. Sebum particles in millimetric sizes are seen within right Sylvian fissure, anterior horns of lateral ventricles and to a lesser extent within left Sylvian fissure, right parietal sulci, cerebral aqueduct, and basal cisterns. No restricted diffusion is seen, eliminating the possibility of epidermoid. A shunt catheter is evident traversing between right lateral ventricle and right parietal bone; besides, slit-like right lateral ventricle is noted (likely secondary to over-draining shunt catheter). Conclusion: Intracranial dermoid cysts are benign rare slow-growing tumors that upon rupture, however, widespread presence of T1 hyperintense droplets and leptomeningeal enhancement can be noted–making MRI the best imaging modality for diagnosis of this rare entity.
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- Sefedin Muçaj
- Faculty of Medicine, Pristine University, Pristine, Kosovo.,National Institute of Public Health of Kosovo, Pristine, Kosovo
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- Faculty of Medicine, Pristine University, Pristine, Kosovo.,Department of Radiology, Diagnostic Centre, UCCK, Pristine, Kosovo
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- Faculty of Medicine, Pristine University, Pristine, Kosovo.,National Institute of Public Health of Kosovo, Pristine, Kosovo
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- Faculty of Medicine, Pristine University, Pristine, Kosovo.,National Institute of Public Health of Kosovo, Pristine, Kosovo
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Toselli B, Tortora D, Severino M, Arnulfo G, Canessa A, Morana G, Rossi A, Fato MM. Improvement in White Matter Tract Reconstruction with Constrained Spherical Deconvolution and Track Density Mapping in Low Angular Resolution Data: A Pediatric Study and Literature Review. Front Pediatr 2017; 5:182. [PMID: 28913326 PMCID: PMC5582070 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2017.00182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2017] [Accepted: 08/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) allows noninvasive investigation of brain structure in vivo. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a frequently used application of DW-MRI that assumes a single main diffusion direction per voxel, and is therefore not well suited for reconstructing crossing fiber tracts. Among the solutions developed to overcome this problem, constrained spherical deconvolution with probabilistic tractography (CSD-PT) has provided superior quality results in clinical settings on adult subjects; however, it requires particular acquisition parameters and long sequences, which may limit clinical usage in the pediatric age group. The aim of this work was to compare the results of DTI with those of track density imaging (TDI) maps and CSD-PT on data from neonates and children, acquired with low angular resolution and low b-value diffusion sequences commonly used in pediatric clinical MRI examinations. MATERIALS AND METHODS We analyzed DW-MRI studies of 50 children (eight neonates aged 3-28 days, 20 infants aged 1-8 months, and 22 children aged 2-17 years) acquired on a 1.5 T Philips scanner using 34 gradient directions and a b-value of 1,000 s/mm2. Other sequence parameters included 60 axial slices; acquisition matrix, 128 × 128; average scan time, 5:34 min; voxel size, 1.75 mm × 1.75 mm × 2 mm; one b = 0 image. For each subject, we computed principal eigenvector (EV) maps and directionally encoded color TDI maps (DEC-TDI maps) from whole-brain tractograms obtained with CSD-PT; the cerebellar-thalamic, corticopontocerebellar, and corticospinal tracts were reconstructed using both CSD-PT and DTI. Results were compared by two neuroradiologists using a 5-point qualitative score. RESULTS The DEC-TDI maps obtained presented higher anatomical detail than EV maps, as assessed by visual inspection. In all subjects, white matter (WM) tracts were successfully reconstructed using both tractography methodologies. The mean qualitative scores of all tracts obtained with CSD-PT were significantly higher than those obtained with DTI (p-value < 0.05 for all comparisons). CONCLUSION CSD-PT can be successfully applied to DW-MRI studies acquired at 1.5 T with acquisition parameters adapted for pediatric subjects, thus providing TDI maps with greater anatomical detail. This methodology yields satisfactory results for clinical purposes in the pediatric age group.
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- Benedetta Toselli
- Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics and System Engineering (DIBRIS), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics and System Engineering (DIBRIS), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics and System Engineering (DIBRIS), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Neuroradiology Unit, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Neuroradiology Unit, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics and System Engineering (DIBRIS), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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van der Kleij LA, De Vis JB, Olivot JM, Calviere L, Cognard C, Zuithoff NPA, Rinkel GJE, Hendrikse J, Vergouwen MDI. Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Cerebral Ischemia After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Stroke 2017; 48:239-245. [DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.116.011707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2016] [Revised: 04/30/2016] [Accepted: 11/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Lisa A van der Kleij
- From the Department of Radiology (L.A.v.d.K., J.B.D.V., J.H.), Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care (N.P.A.Z.), and Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus (G.J.E.R., M.D.I.V.), University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands; and Department of Neurology (J.M.O., L.C.) and Department of Radiology (C.C.), University of Toulouse, France
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- From the Department of Radiology (L.A.v.d.K., J.B.D.V., J.H.), Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care (N.P.A.Z.), and Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus (G.J.E.R., M.D.I.V.), University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands; and Department of Neurology (J.M.O., L.C.) and Department of Radiology (C.C.), University of Toulouse, France
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- From the Department of Radiology (L.A.v.d.K., J.B.D.V., J.H.), Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care (N.P.A.Z.), and Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus (G.J.E.R., M.D.I.V.), University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands; and Department of Neurology (J.M.O., L.C.) and Department of Radiology (C.C.), University of Toulouse, France
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- From the Department of Radiology (L.A.v.d.K., J.B.D.V., J.H.), Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care (N.P.A.Z.), and Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus (G.J.E.R., M.D.I.V.), University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands; and Department of Neurology (J.M.O., L.C.) and Department of Radiology (C.C.), University of Toulouse, France
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- From the Department of Radiology (L.A.v.d.K., J.B.D.V., J.H.), Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care (N.P.A.Z.), and Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus (G.J.E.R., M.D.I.V.), University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands; and Department of Neurology (J.M.O., L.C.) and Department of Radiology (C.C.), University of Toulouse, France
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- From the Department of Radiology (L.A.v.d.K., J.B.D.V., J.H.), Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care (N.P.A.Z.), and Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus (G.J.E.R., M.D.I.V.), University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands; and Department of Neurology (J.M.O., L.C.) and Department of Radiology (C.C.), University of Toulouse, France
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- From the Department of Radiology (L.A.v.d.K., J.B.D.V., J.H.), Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care (N.P.A.Z.), and Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus (G.J.E.R., M.D.I.V.), University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands; and Department of Neurology (J.M.O., L.C.) and Department of Radiology (C.C.), University of Toulouse, France
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- From the Department of Radiology (L.A.v.d.K., J.B.D.V., J.H.), Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care (N.P.A.Z.), and Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus (G.J.E.R., M.D.I.V.), University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands; and Department of Neurology (J.M.O., L.C.) and Department of Radiology (C.C.), University of Toulouse, France
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- From the Department of Radiology (L.A.v.d.K., J.B.D.V., J.H.), Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care (N.P.A.Z.), and Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus (G.J.E.R., M.D.I.V.), University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands; and Department of Neurology (J.M.O., L.C.) and Department of Radiology (C.C.), University of Toulouse, France.
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Pokorney AL, Miller JH, Hu HH. Comparison of 2D single-shot turbo-spin-echo and spin-echo echo-planar diffusion weighted brain MRI at 3.0 Tesla: preliminary experience in children. Clin Imaging 2016; 42:152-157. [PMID: 28012357 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2016.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2016] [Revised: 11/04/2016] [Accepted: 12/13/2016] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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PURPOSE To qualitatively compare a 2D single-shot turbo-spin-echo (ssTSE) diffusion-weighted imaging MRI technique with a spin-echo echo-planar imaging (SE-EPI) approach in pediatric neuroimaging. METHODS Images were acquired at 3T in 15 patients (10.6±6.0years). A neuroradiologist rated the data based on the severity of image artifacts from air-tissue interfaces and devices such as ventriculoperitoneal shunts and orthodontia, and whether their presence affected diagnostic image quality. RESULTS ssTSE was preferred over SE-EPI in diagnostic image quality and exhibited fewer clinically relevant artifacts (p<0.01). CONCLUSION ssTSE provides superior diffusion-weighted brain images at 3T, particularly in the presence of orthodontia and shunts.
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- Amber L Pokorney
- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiology, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiology, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiology, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, USA..
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Reda I, Shalaby A, Elmogy M, Elfotouh AA, Khalifa F, El-Ghar MA, Hosseini-Asl E, Gimel'farb G, Werghi N, El-Baz A. A comprehensive non-invasive framework for diagnosing prostate cancer. Comput Biol Med 2016; 81:148-158. [PMID: 28063376 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2016.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2016] [Revised: 12/16/2016] [Accepted: 12/17/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Early detection of prostate cancer increases chances of patients' survival. Our automated non-invasive system for computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) of prostate cancer segments the prostate on diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance images (DW-MRI) acquired at different b-values, estimates its apparent diffusion coefficients (ADC), and classifies their descriptors - empirical cumulative distribution functions (CDF) - with a trained deep learning network. To segment the prostate, an evolving geometric (level-set-based) deformable model is guided by a speed function depending on intensity attributes extracted from the DW-MRI with nonnegative matrix factorization (NMF). For a more robust evolution, the attributes are fused with a probabilistic shape prior and estimated spatial dependencies between prostate voxels. To preserve continuity, the ADCs of the segmented prostate volume at different b-values are normalized and refined using a generalized Gauss-Markov random field image model. The CDFs of the refined ADCs at different b-values are considered global water diffusion features and used to distinguish between benign and malignant prostates. A deep learning network of stacked non-negativity-constrained auto-encoders (SNCAE) is trained to classify the benign or malignant prostates on the basis of the constructed CDFs. Our experiments on 53 clinical DW-MRI data sets resulted in 92.3% accuracy, 83.3% sensitivity, and 100% specificity, indicating that the proposed CAD system could be used as a reliable non-invasive diagnostic tool.
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- Islam Reda
- Faculty of Computers and Information, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt; Bioengineering Department, University of Louisville, Louisville KY 40292, USA
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- Bioengineering Department, University of Louisville, Louisville KY 40292, USA
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- Faculty of Computers and Information, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt; Bioengineering Department, University of Louisville, Louisville KY 40292, USA
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- Faculty of Computers and Information, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
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- Bioengineering Department, University of Louisville, Louisville KY 40292, USA; Electronics and Communication Engineering Department, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- Radiology Department, Urology and Nephrology Center, University of Mansoura, Egypt
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- Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Louisville, Louisville KY 40292, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Khalifa University of Science Technology and Research, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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- Bioengineering Department, University of Louisville, Louisville KY 40292, USA.
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Non-invasive imaging using reporter genes altering cellular water permeability. Nat Commun 2016; 7:13891. [PMID: 28008959 PMCID: PMC5196229 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2016] [Accepted: 11/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Non-invasive imaging of gene expression in live, optically opaque animals is important for multiple applications, including monitoring of genetic circuits and tracking of cell-based therapeutics. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could enable such monitoring with high spatiotemporal resolution. However, existing MRI reporter genes based on metalloproteins or chemical exchange probes are limited by their reliance on metals or relatively low sensitivity. Here we introduce a new class of MRI reporters based on the human water channel aquaporin 1. We show that aquaporin overexpression produces contrast in diffusion-weighted MRI by increasing tissue water diffusivity without affecting viability. Low aquaporin levels or mixed populations comprising as few as 10% aquaporin-expressing cells are sufficient to produce MRI contrast. We characterize this new contrast mechanism through experiments and simulations, and demonstrate its utility in vivo by imaging gene expression in tumours. Our results establish an alternative class of sensitive, metal-free reporter genes for non-invasive imaging. Magnetic resonance imaging combined with molecular reporters can visualise cellular functions in intact organisms. Here Mukherjee et al. present a cellular imaging approach based on intracellular changes in water diffusion using human aquaporin 1 gene as a genetically encoded reporter for MRI.
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Merrill ST, Nelson GR, Longo N, Bonkowsky JL. Cytotoxic edema and diffusion restriction as an early pathoradiologic marker in canavan disease: case report and review of the literature. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2016; 11:169. [PMID: 27927234 PMCID: PMC5142413 DOI: 10.1186/s13023-016-0549-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2016] [Accepted: 11/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Background Canavan disease is a devastating autosomal recessive leukodystrophy leading to spongiform degeneration of the white matter. There is no cure or treatment for Canavan disease, and disease progression is poorly understood. Results We report a new presentation of a patient found to have Canavan disease; brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed white matter cytotoxic edema, indicative of an acute active destructive process. We performed a comprehensive review of published cases of Canavan disease reporting brain MRI findings, and found that cytotoxic brain edema is frequently reported in early Canavan disease. Conclusions Our results and the literature review support the notion of an acute phase in Canavan disease progression. These findings suggest that there is a window available for therapeutic intervention and support the need for early identification of patients with Canavan disease.
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- Steven T Merrill
- College of Osteopathic Medicine, Touro University Nevada, Henderson, NV, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Neurology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, 295 Chipeta Way/Williams Building, 84108, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Neurology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. .,Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, 295 Chipeta Way/Williams Building, 84108, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
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This review article aims to provide an overview on of diffusion-weighted MR imaging (DW-MR imaging) in the urogenital tract. Compared with conventional cross-sectional imaging methods, the additional value of DW-MR imaging in the detection and further characterization of benign and malignant lesions of the kidneys, bladder, prostate, and pelvic lymph nodes is discussed as well as the role of DW-MR imaging in the evaluation of treatment response.
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- Martin H Maurer
- Department of Radiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse 10, Bern 3010, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse 10, Bern 3010, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse 10, Bern 3010, Switzerland.
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Lee JH. Unexpected survival of sudden cardiac arrest patient with large multiple brain infarction after therapeutic hypothermia. Am J Emerg Med 2016; 34:2462.e1-2462.e3. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2016.05.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2016] [Accepted: 05/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Grover VPB, Crossey MME, Fitzpatrick JA, Saxby BK, Shaw R, Waldman AD, Morgan MY, Taylor-Robinson SD. Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging in patients with cirrhosis: a cross-sectional study. Metab Brain Dis 2016; 31:1315-1325. [PMID: 26251205 DOI: 10.1007/s11011-015-9716-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2015] [Accepted: 07/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Cerebral magnetic resonance imaging was undertaken, at 3 Tesla field strength, employing magnetization transfer (MT) and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) sequences, in 26 patients with well-compensated cirrhosis, free of overt hepatic encephalopathy. Results were compared to those from 18 aged-matched healthy volunteers. Cerebral magnetization transfer ratios (MTR) were reduced in the frontal white matter, caudate, putamen and globus pallidus in patients with cirrhosis, compared to healthy controls, while the apparent diffusion coefficients (ADC) on DWI were significantly increased in the genu and body of the corpus callosum. An association between previous excessive alcohol consumption and both MTR and ADCs was noted, but this association was lost when controls were exercised for the severity of liver disease and psychometric impairment on multivariate analysis. Eight (31 %) of the 26 patients had impaired psychometric performance consistent with a diagnosis of minimal hepatic encephalopathy. No statistically significant difference in regional cerebral MTRs or ADCs was found in relation to neuropsychiatric status, although there was a trend towards lower MTRs in patients with impaired psychometric performance. The alterations in MTR and ADC in the patients with functionally compensated cirrhosis are compatible with theories governing the genesis of hepatic encephalopathy, including changes in astrocyte membrane permeability, with subsequent redistribution of macromolecules.
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- Vijay P B Grover
- Liver Unit, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, 10th Floor QEQM Wing, St. Mary's Hospital Campus, South Wharf Street, London, W2 1NY, UK
- Robert Steiner MRI Unit, Imaging Sciences Department, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Liver Unit, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, 10th Floor QEQM Wing, St. Mary's Hospital Campus, South Wharf Street, London, W2 1NY, UK
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- Liver Unit, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, 10th Floor QEQM Wing, St. Mary's Hospital Campus, South Wharf Street, London, W2 1NY, UK
- Robert Steiner MRI Unit, Imaging Sciences Department, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
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- Liver Unit, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, 10th Floor QEQM Wing, St. Mary's Hospital Campus, South Wharf Street, London, W2 1NY, UK
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- Robert Steiner MRI Unit, Imaging Sciences Department, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- UCL Institute for Liver & Digestive Health, Division of Medicine, University College London, Royal Free Campus, London, UK
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- Liver Unit, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, 10th Floor QEQM Wing, St. Mary's Hospital Campus, South Wharf Street, London, W2 1NY, UK.
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Talaat Ali M, Fouad Osman M, Homos MD, Mohamed Nabil D. Role of 3-T diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in differentiation between benign and malignant hepatic lesions. THE EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrnm.2016.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Sanganalmath SK, Gopal P, Parker JR, Downs RK, Parker JC, Dawn B. Global cerebral ischemia due to circulatory arrest: insights into cellular pathophysiology and diagnostic modalities. Mol Cell Biochem 2016; 426:111-127. [PMID: 27896594 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-016-2885-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2016] [Accepted: 11/08/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Circulatory arrest (CA) remains a major unresolved public health problem in the United States; the annual incidence of which is ~0.50 to 0.55 per 1000 population. Despite seminal advances in therapeutic approaches over the past several decades, brain injury continues to be the leading cause of morbidity and mortality after CA. In brief, CA typically results in global cerebral ischemia leading to delayed neuronal death in the hippocampal pyramidal cells as well as in the cortical layers. The dynamic changes occurring in neurons after CA are still unclear, and predicting these neurological changes in the brain still remains a difficult issue. It is hypothesized that the "no-flow" period produces a cytotoxic cascade of membrane depolarization, Ca2+ ion influx, glutamate release, acidosis, and resultant activation of lipases, nucleases, and proteases. Furthermore, during reperfusion injury, neuronal death occurs due to the generation of free radicals by interfering with the mitochondrial respiratory chain. The efficacy of many pharmacological agents for CA patients has often been disappointing, reflecting our incomplete understanding of this enigmatic disease. The primary obstacles to the development of a neuroprotective therapy in CA include uncertainties with regard to the precise cause(s) of neuronal dysfunction and what to target. In this review, we summarize our knowledge of the pathophysiology as well as specific cellular changes in brain after CA and revisit the most important neurofunctional, neuroimaging techniques, and serum biomarkers as potent predictors of neurologic outcome in CA patients.
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- Santosh K Sanganalmath
- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS, 66160, USA.
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- Department of Pathology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Division of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Division of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS, 66160, USA
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Kim BR, Choi SH, Yun TJ, Lee ST, Park CK, Kim TM, Kim JH, Park SW, Sohn CH, Park SH, Kim IH. MR Imaging Analysis of Non-Measurable Enhancing Lesions Newly Appearing after Concomitant Chemoradiotherapy in Glioblastoma Patients for Prognosis Prediction. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0166096. [PMID: 27835666 PMCID: PMC5105956 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2016] [Accepted: 10/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Purpose To analyze the enhancement patterns and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values of non-measurable surgical cavity wall enhancement pattern, newly appearing after completion of standard concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) with temozolomide in glioblastoma patients for the prognosis prediction. Materials and Methods From January 2010 to April 2014, among 190 patients with histopathologically confirmed glioblastoma, a total of 33 patients with non-measurable wall enhancement on post-CCRT MR imaging were enrolled and divided into two subgroups: non-progression (n = 18) and progression groups (n = 15). We analyzed the wall enhancement patterns, which were categorized into three patterns: thin, thick and nodular enhancement. ADC values were measured in the enhancing portions of the walls. The progression-free survival (PFS) related to the wall enhancement was analyzed by Kaplan-Meier analysis, and survival curves were compared using the log-rank test. Results Statistically significant differences in the surgical cavity wall enhancement patterns was shown between the progression and non-progression groups (P = 0.0032). Thin wall enhancement was more frequently observed in the non-progression group, and thick or nodular wall enhancement were observed in the progression group (P = 0.0016). There was no statistically significant difference in the mean ADC values between the progression and non-progression groups. The mean PFS was longer in patients with thin wall enhancement than in those with nodular or thick wall enhancement (35.5 months vs. 15.8 months, P = 0.008). Conclusion Pattern analysis of non-measurable surgical cavity wall enhancement on post-CCRT MR imaging might be useful tool for predicting prognosis of GBM patient before clear progression of non-measurable disease.
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- Bo Ram Kim
- Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Marupudi NI, Altinok D, Goncalves L, Ham SD, Sood S. Apparent diffusion coefficient mapping in medulloblastoma predicts non-infiltrative surgical planes. Childs Nerv Syst 2016; 32:2183-2187. [PMID: 27406557 DOI: 10.1007/s00381-016-3168-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2016] [Accepted: 07/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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INTRODUCTION An appropriate surgical approach for posterior fossa lesions is to start tumor removal from areas with a defined plane to where tumor is infiltrating the brainstem or peduncles. This surgical approach minimizes risk of damage to eloquent areas. Although magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the current standard preoperative imaging obtained for diagnosis and surgical planning of pediatric posterior fossa tumors, it offers limited information on the infiltrative planes between tumor and normal structures in patients with medulloblastomas. Because medulloblastomas demonstrate diffusion restriction on apparent diffusion coefficient map (ADC map) sequences, we investigated the role of ADC map in predicting infiltrative and non-infiltrative planes along the brain stem and/or cerebellar peduncles by medulloblastomas prior to surgery. METHODS Thirty-four pediatric patients with pathologically confirmed medulloblastomas underwent surgical resection at our facility from 2004 to 2012. An experienced pediatric neuroradiologist reviewed the brain MRIs/ADC map, assessing the planes between the tumor and cerebellar peduncles/brain stem. An independent evaluator documented surgical findings from operative reports for comparison to the radiographic findings. The radiographic findings were statistically compared to the documented intraoperative findings to determine predictive value of the test in identifying tumor infiltration of the brain stem cerebellar peduncles. RESULTS Twenty-six patients had preoperative ADC mapping completed and thereby, met inclusion criteria. Mean age at time of surgery was 8.3 ± 4.6 years. Positive predictive value of ADC maps to predict tumor invasion of the brain stem and cerebellar peduncles ranged from 69 to 88 %; negative predictive values ranged from 70 to 89 %. Sensitivity approached 93 % while specificity approached 78 %. CONCLUSIONS ADC maps are valuable in predicting the infiltrative and non-infiltrative planes along the tumor and brain stem interface in medulloblastomas. Inclusion and evaluation of ADC maps in preoperative evaluation can assist in surgical resection planning in patients with medulloblastoma.
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- Neena I Marupudi
- Department of Neurosurgery, Wayne State University, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Radiology, Wayne State University, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Radiology, Wayne State University, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Wayne State University, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Wayne State University, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA.
- Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital of Michigan, 3901 Beaubien St., 2nd Floor, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA.
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Grover VPB, Southern L, Dyson JK, Kim JU, Crossey MME, Wylezinska‐Arridge M, Patel N, Fitzpatrick JA, Bak‐Bol A, Waldman AD, Alexander GJ, Mells GF, Chapman RW, Jones DEJ, Taylor‐Robinson SD. Early primary biliary cholangitis is characterised by brain abnormalities on cerebral magnetic resonance imaging. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2016; 44:936-945. [PMID: 27604637 PMCID: PMC5082539 DOI: 10.1111/apt.13797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2016] [Revised: 06/09/2016] [Accepted: 08/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Brain change can occur in primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), potentially as a result of cholestatic and/or inflammatory processes. This change is linked to systemic symptoms of fatigue and cognitive impairment. AIM To identify whether brain change occurs early in PBC. If the change develops early and is progressive, it may explain the difficulty in treating these symptoms. METHODS Early disease brain change was explored in 13 patients with newly diagnosed biopsy-proven precirrhotic PBC using magnetisation transfer, diffusion-weighted imaging and 1 H magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Results were compared to 17 healthy volunteers. RESULTS Cerebral magnetisation transfer ratios were reduced in early PBC, compared to healthy volunteers, in the thalamus, putamen and head of caudate with no greater reduction in patients with greater symptom severity. Mean apparent diffusion coefficients were increased in the thalamus only. No 1 H magnetic resonance spectroscopy abnormalities were seen. Serum manganese levels were elevated in all PBC patients, but no relationship was seen with imaging or symptom parameters. There were no correlations between neuroimaging data, laboratory data, symptom severity scores or age. CONCLUSIONS This is the first study to be performed in this precirrhotic patient population, and we have highlighted that neuroimaging changes are present at a much earlier stage than previously demonstrated. The neuroimaging abnormalities suggest that the brain changes seen in PBC occur early in the pathological process, even before significant liver damage has occurred. If such changes are linked to symptom pathogenesis, this could have important implications for the timing of second-line-therapy use.
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- V. P. B. Grover
- Liver UnitDivision of Diabetes, Endocrinology and MetabolismDepartment of MedicineImperial College LondonLondonUK,Robert Steiner MRI UnitImaging Sciences DepartmentMRC Clinical Sciences CentreImperial College LondonLondonUK
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- Liver UnitDivision of Diabetes, Endocrinology and MetabolismDepartment of MedicineImperial College LondonLondonUK
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- Institute of Cellular MedicineNewcastle UniversityNewcastle‐upon‐TyneUK
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- Liver UnitDivision of Diabetes, Endocrinology and MetabolismDepartment of MedicineImperial College LondonLondonUK
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- Liver UnitDivision of Diabetes, Endocrinology and MetabolismDepartment of MedicineImperial College LondonLondonUK
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- Robert Steiner MRI UnitImaging Sciences DepartmentMRC Clinical Sciences CentreImperial College LondonLondonUK
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- Robert Steiner MRI UnitImaging Sciences DepartmentMRC Clinical Sciences CentreImperial College LondonLondonUK
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- Liver UnitDivision of Diabetes, Endocrinology and MetabolismDepartment of MedicineImperial College LondonLondonUK,Robert Steiner MRI UnitImaging Sciences DepartmentMRC Clinical Sciences CentreImperial College LondonLondonUK
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- Liver UnitDivision of Diabetes, Endocrinology and MetabolismDepartment of MedicineImperial College LondonLondonUK
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- Robert Steiner MRI UnitImaging Sciences DepartmentMRC Clinical Sciences CentreImperial College LondonLondonUK
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- Cambridge Hepatobiliary ServiceAddenbrookes Hospital. Hills RoadCambridgeUK
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- Cambridge Hepatobiliary ServiceAddenbrookes Hospital. Hills RoadCambridgeUK
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- Nuffield Department of MedicineOxford UniversityJohn Radcliffe HospitalOxfordUK
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- Institute of Cellular MedicineNewcastle UniversityNewcastle‐upon‐TyneUK
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- Liver UnitDivision of Diabetes, Endocrinology and MetabolismDepartment of MedicineImperial College LondonLondonUK
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Dogan F, Sen Dokumaci D, Yildirim A, Bozdogan E, Boyaci FN, Koca B, Karakas E. Brain diffusion changes in Eisenmenger syndrome. Br J Radiol 2016; 89:20151007. [PMID: 27767324 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20151007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE This preliminary study aimed to evaluate whether there are changes in the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values of the brain in patients presenting with Eisenmenger syndrome (ES). METHODS This cross-sectional study included 10 consecutively recruited patients with ES and 10 healthy control subjects. In the patients and controls, eight distinct neuroanatomical locations were selected for analysis. Quantitative measurements of ADC values of the frontal white matter (FWM), occipital white matter, lentiform nucleus (LN), thalamus, frontal cortex, anterior and posterior limbs of the internal capsule and caudate nucleus were measured. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS® (IBM Corp., New York, NY; formerly SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL) for Windows v. 20. Data were presented as mean ± standard deviation values. The Kruskal-Wallis test was used to assess differences in the ADC values of each brain location between the ES group and the control group. Statistical significance was accepted at the level of p < 0.05. RESULTS The ADC values of the FWM and LN were significantly higher in the ES group than that in the control group. The mean ADC levels of other brain regions were not significantly different between the groups. CONCLUSION Chronic hypoxia in patients with ES may lead to diffusion changes in the brain tissue. There is a need for further studies to assess the clinical significance of cerebral ADC values in patients with ES. Advances in knowledge: The ratio of extracellular volume to intracellular volume in the FWM and LN can be considered to be increased in patients with ES.
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- 1 Department of Radiology, Sanliurfa Children's Hospital, Sanliurfa, Turkey
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- 2 Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Harran University, Sanliurfa, Turkey
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- 3 Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Sanliurfa Children's Hospital, Sanliurfa, Turkey
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- 2 Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Harran University, Sanliurfa, Turkey
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- 2 Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Harran University, Sanliurfa, Turkey
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- 4 Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Harran University, Sanliurfa, Turkey
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- 2 Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Harran University, Sanliurfa, Turkey
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Karaman MM, Wang H, Sui Y, Engelhard HH, Li Y, Zhou XJ. A fractional motion diffusion model for grading pediatric brain tumors. NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL 2016; 12:707-714. [PMID: 27761401 PMCID: PMC5065039 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2016.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2016] [Revised: 09/30/2016] [Accepted: 10/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Objectives To demonstrate the feasibility of a novel fractional motion (FM) diffusion model for distinguishing low- versus high-grade pediatric brain tumors; and to investigate its possible advantage over apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and/or a previously reported continuous-time random-walk (CTRW) diffusion model. Materials and methods With approval from the institutional review board and written informed consents from the legal guardians of all participating patients, this study involved 70 children with histopathologically-proven brain tumors (30 low-grade and 40 high-grade). Multi-b-value diffusion images were acquired and analyzed using the FM, CTRW, and mono-exponential diffusion models. The FM parameters, Dfm, φ, ψ (non-Gaussian diffusion statistical measures), and the CTRW parameters, Dm, α, β (non-Gaussian temporal and spatial diffusion heterogeneity measures) were compared between the low- and high-grade tumor groups by using a Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon U test. The performance of the FM model for differentiating between low- and high-grade tumors was evaluated and compared with that of the CTRW and the mono-exponential models using a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. Results The FM parameters were significantly lower (p < 0.0001) in the high-grade (Dfm: 0.81 ± 0.26, φ: 1.40 ± 0.10, ψ: 0.42 ± 0.11) than in the low-grade (Dfm: 1.52 ± 0.52, φ: 1.64 ± 0.13, ψ: 0.67 ± 0.13) tumor groups. The ROC analysis showed that the FM parameters offered better specificity (88% versus 73%), sensitivity (90% versus 82%), accuracy (88% versus 78%), and area under the curve (AUC, 93% versus 80%) in discriminating tumor malignancy compared to the conventional ADC. The performance of the FM model was similar to that of the CTRW model. Conclusions Similar to the CTRW model, the FM model can improve differentiation between low- and high-grade pediatric brain tumors over ADC. The fractional motion (FM) diffusion model was applied to pediatric brain tumors. The FM model parameters can be sensitive to tissue microstructures. The FM model outperforms the mono-exponential diffusion model. The FM model performs similarly to the continuous-time random-walk (CTRW) model. Our results challenge those from recent biophysics studies in cell cultures.
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- M. Muge Karaman
- Center for MR Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Center for MR Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai, China
- Correspondence to: Yuhua. Li, Department of Radiology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, 1665 Kong Jiang Road, 200092 Shanghai, China.Department of RadiologyXinhua HospitalShanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine1665 Kong Jiang RoadShanghai200092China
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- Center for MR Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Department of Radiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Correspondence to: Xiaohong Joe Zhou, Center for Magnetic Resonance Research and Departments of Radiology, Neurosurgery, and Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2242 West Harrison Street, Suite 103, M/C 831, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.Center for Magnetic Resonance Research and Departments of Radiology, Neurosurgery, and BioengineeringUniversity of Illinois at Chicago2242 West Harrison StreetSuite 103M/C 831ChicagoIL60612USA
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Schneider T, Mahraun T, Schroeder J, Frölich A, Hoelter P, Wagner M, Darcourt J, Cognard C, Bonafé A, Fiehler J, Siemonsen S, Buhk JH. Intraparenchymal Hyperattenuations on Flat-Panel CT Directly After Mechanical Thrombectomy are Restricted to the Initial Infarct Core on Diffusion-Weighted Imaging. Clin Neuroradiol 2016; 28:91-97. [PMID: 27637922 DOI: 10.1007/s00062-016-0543-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2016] [Accepted: 08/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE The presence of intraparenchymal hyperattenuations (IPH) on flat-panel computed tomography (FP-CT) after endovascular recanalization in stroke patients is a common phenomenon. They are thought to occur in ischemic areas with breakdown of the blood-brain barrier but previous studies that investigated a mutual interaction are scarce. We aimed to assess the relationship of IPH localization with prethrombectomy diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) lesions. METHODS This retrospective multicenter study included 27 acute stroke patients who underwent DWI prior to FP-CT following mechanical thrombectomy. After software-based coregistration of DWI and FP-CT, lesion volumetry was conducted and overlapping was analyzed. RESULTS Two different patterns were observed: IPH corresponding to the DWI lesion and IPH exceeding the DWI lesion. The latter showed demarcated infarction of DWI exceeding IPH at 24 h. No major hemorrhage following IPH was observed. Most IPH were manifested within the basal ganglia and insular cortex. CONCLUSION The IPH primarily appeared within the initial ischemic core and secondarily within the penumbral tissue that progressed to infarction. The IPH represent the minimum final infarct volume, which may help in periinterventional decision making.
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- Tanja Schneider
- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, Haus O22, 20246, Hamburg, Germany.
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, Haus O22, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, Haus O22, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, University Clinic Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroradiology, Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Départment de Neuroradiologie diagnostique et thérapeutique, University Hospital of Purpan, Toulouse, France
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- Départment de Neuroradiologie diagnostique et thérapeutique, University Hospital of Purpan, Toulouse, France
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- Départment de Neuroradiologie, Hospitalier Universitaire Gui de Chauliac, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, Haus O22, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, Haus O22, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, Haus O22, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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Meeus EM, Novak J, Withey SB, Zarinabad N, Dehghani H, Peet AC. Evaluation of intravoxel incoherent motion fitting methods in low-perfused tissue. J Magn Reson Imaging 2016; 45:1325-1334. [PMID: 27545824 PMCID: PMC5412931 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.25411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2016] [Accepted: 07/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Purpose To investigate the robustness of constrained and simultaneous intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) fitting methods and the estimated IVIM parameters (D, D* and f) for applications in brain and low‐perfused tissues. Materials and Methods Model data simulations relevant to brain and low‐perfused tumor tissues were computed to assess the accuracy, relative bias, and reproducibility (CV%) of the fitting methods in estimating the IVIM parameters. The simulations were performed at a series of signal‐to‐noise ratio (SNR) levels to assess the influence of noise on the fitting. Results The estimated IVIM parameters from model simulations were found significantly different (P < 0.05) using simultaneous and constrained fitting methods at low SNR. Higher accuracy and reproducibility were achieved with the constrained fitting method. Using this method, the mean error (%) for the estimated IVIM parameters at a clinically relevant SNR = 40 were D 0.35, D* 41.0 and f 4.55 for the tumor model and D 1.87, D* 2.48, and f 7.49 for the gray matter model. The most robust parameters were the IVIM‐D and IVIM‐f. The IVIM‐D* was increasingly overestimated at low perfusion. Conclusion A constrained IVIM fitting method provides more accurate and reproducible IVIM parameters in low‐perfused tissue compared with simultaneous fitting. Level of Evidence: 3 J. MAGN. RESON. IMAGING 2017;45:1325–1334
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- Emma M Meeus
- Physical Sciences of Imaging in Biomedical Sciences (PSIBS), Doctoral Training Centre, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.,Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.,Department of Oncology, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.,Department of Oncology, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.,Department of Oncology, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom.,RRPPS, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.,Department of Oncology, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Physical Sciences of Imaging in Biomedical Sciences (PSIBS), Doctoral Training Centre, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.,School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.,Department of Oncology, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Sundaram VK, Doshi A. Infections of the spine: A review of clinical and imaging findings. APPLIED RADIOLOGY 2016. [DOI: 10.37549/ar2301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Liu T, Han Y, Tang L, Wu J, Miao Y, Gao B, Shang J. Detection of chronic brain damage by diffusion-weighted imaging with multiple b values in patients with type 2 diabetes. Medicine (Baltimore) 2016; 95:e4726. [PMID: 27583912 PMCID: PMC5008596 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000004726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The aim of the study was to evaluate the performance of parameters obtained from diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) with multiple b values in the detection of chronic brain damage in patients with type 2 diabetes.We enrolled 30 patients with or without abnormalities on brain magnetic resonance imaging (lacunar infarction, leukoaraiosis, and/or brain atrophy) and 15 nondiabetic controls; obtained DWI parameters that included apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), fast ADC (ADCfast), slow ADC (ADCslow), fraction of fast ADC (f), distributed diffusion coefficient (DDC), and stretched exponential (α); and performed receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis to evaluate the performance of parameters for the detection of chronic brain damage.The parameters ADC, ADCslow, f, and DDC were increased, whereas parameters ADCfast and α were decreased in type 2 diabetes patients compared with controls without diabetes. The centrum semiovale showed the most significant change in the evaluated parameters, and the changes in parameters ADCslow, f, and DDC were greater than the changes in other parameters. There was no significance between parameters of the biexponential model (ADCfast, ADCslow, f) and parameters of the stretched model (DDC, α), but parameters of both these models were superior to the parameter of monoexponential model (ADC). Moreover, ROC analysis showed that ADCslow of the centrum semiovale supplied by the anterior cerebral artery had the highest performance for detection of chronic brain damage (area under the ROC curve of 0.987, 93.3% sensitivity, and 100% specificity).Our study shows that DWI with multiple b values can quantitatively access chronic brain damage and may be used for detection and monitoring in type 2 diabetes patients.
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- Tieli Liu
- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital
- Graduate School, Dalian Medical University
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- Department of Radiology, Dalian Municipal Third People's Hospital
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital, Dalian University, Liaoning Province, China
- Correspondence: Jianlin Wu, Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University, Dalian, Liaoning, China (e-mail: ); Yanwei Miao, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, China (e-mail: )
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital
- Correspondence: Jianlin Wu, Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University, Dalian, Liaoning, China (e-mail: ); Yanwei Miao, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, China (e-mail: )
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital
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Nagy SA, Horváth R, Perlaki G, Orsi G, Barsi P, John F, Horváth A, Kovács N, Bogner P, Ábrahám H, Bóné B, Gyimesi C, Dóczi T, Janszky J. Age at onset and seizure frequency affect white matter diffusion coefficient in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav 2016; 61:14-20. [PMID: 27232377 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2016.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2016] [Revised: 04/05/2016] [Accepted: 04/06/2016] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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In mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis (MTLE-HS), structural abnormalities are present not only in the hippocampus but also in the white matter with ipsilateral predominance. Although the timing of epilepsy onset is commonly associated with clinical and semiological dissimilarities, limited data exist regarding white matter diffusion changes with respect to age at epilepsy onset. The aim of this study was to investigate diffusion changes in the white matter of patients with unilateral MTLE-HS with respect to clinical parameters and to compare them with an age- and sex-matched healthy control group. Apparent diffusion coefficients (ADCs) were derived using monoexponential approaches from 22 (11 early and 11 late age at onset) patients with unilateral MTLE-HS and 22 age- and sex-matched control subjects after acquiring diffusion-weighted images on a 3T MRI system. Data were analyzed using two-tailed t-tests and multiple linear regression models. In the group with early onset MTLE-HS, ADC was significantly elevated in the ipsilateral hemispheric (p=0.04) and temporal lobe white matter (p=0.01) compared with that in controls. These differences were not detectable in late onset MTLE-HS patients. Apparent diffusion coefficient of the group with early onset MTLE-HS was negatively related to age at epilepsy onset in the ipsilateral hemispheric white matter (p=0.03) and the uncinate fasciculus (p=0.03), while in patients with late onset MTLE-HS, ADC was no longer dependent on age at epilepsy onset itself but rather on the seizure frequency in the ipsilateral uncinate fasciculus (p=0.03). Such diffusivity pattern has been associated with chronic white matter degeneration, reflecting myelin loss and higher extracellular volume which are more pronounced in the frontotemporal regions and also depend on clinical features. In the group with early onset MTLE-HS, the timing of epilepsy seems to be the major cause of white matter abnormalities while in late onset disease, it has a secondary role in provoking diffusion changes.
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- Szilvia A Nagy
- Pécs Diagnostics Center, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary; MTA-PTE, Neurobiology of Stress Research Group, H-7624 Pécs, Ifjúság Street 20., Hungary.
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pécs, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary.
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- Pécs Diagnostics Center, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary; MTA-PTE, Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary.
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- Pécs Diagnostics Center, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary; MTA-PTE, Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary.
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- MR Research Centre, Semmelweis University, H-1083 Budapest, Balassa Street 6., Hungary.
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pécs, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary.
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- Pécs Diagnostics Center, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary; Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pécs, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary.
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pécs, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary; MTA-PTE, Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary.
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- Department of Radiology, University of Pécs, H-7624 Pécs, Ifjúság Street 13., Hungary.
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- Department of Medical Biology, University of Pécs, H-7624 Pécs, Szigeti Street 12., Hungary; Central Electron Microscopic Laboratory, University of Pécs, H-7624 Pécs, Honvéd Street 1., Hungary.
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pécs, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary.
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pécs, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary.
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- Pécs Diagnostics Center, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary; MTA-PTE, Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary; Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pécs, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary.
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pécs, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary; MTA-PTE, Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary.
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Zinn PO, Hatami M, Youssef E, Thomas GA, Luedi MM, Singh SK, Colen RR. Diffusion Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging Radiophenotypes and Associated Molecular Pathways in Glioblastoma. Neurosurgery 2016; 63 Suppl 1:127-135. [DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000001302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Lee EY, Flynn MR, Du G, Lewis MM, Herring AH, Van Buren E, Van Buren S, Kong L, Mailman RB, Huang X. Editor's Highlight: Lower Fractional Anisotropy in the Globus Pallidus of Asymptomatic Welders, a Marker for Long-Term Welding Exposure. Toxicol Sci 2016; 153:165-73. [PMID: 27466214 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfw116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Welding fumes contain several metals including manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), and copper (Cu) that at high exposure may co-influence welding-related neurotoxicity. The relationship between brain accumulation of these metals and neuropathology, especially in welders with subclinical exposure levels, is unclear. This study examined the microstructural integrity of basal ganglia (BG) regions in asymptomatic welders using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). METHODS Subjects with (n = 43) and without (age- and gender-matched controls; n = 31) history of welding were studied. Occupational questionnaires estimated short-term (HrsW; welding hours and E90; cumulative exposure, past 90 days) and long-term (YrsW; total years welding and ELT; cumulative exposure, lifetime) exposure. Whole blood metal levels (Mn, Fe, and Cu) were obtained. Brain MRI pallidal index (PI), R1 (1/T1), and R2* (1/T2*) were measured to estimate Mn and Fe accumulation in BG [caudate, putamen, and globus pallidus (GP)]. DTI was used to assess BG microstructural differences, and related with exposure measurements. RESULTS When compared with controls, welders had significantly lower fractional anisotropy (FA) in the GP. In welders, GP FA values showed non-linear relationships to YrsW, blood Mn, and PI. GP FA decreased after a critical level of YrsW or Mn was reached, whereas it decreased with increasing PI values until plateauing at the highest PI values. GP FA, however, did not show any relationship with short-term exposure measurements (HrsW, E90), blood Cu and Fe, or R(2)* values. CONCLUSION GP FA captured microstructural changes associated with chronic low-level Mn exposure, and may serve as a biomarker for neurotoxicity in asymptomatic welders.
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- Eun-Young Lee
- *Department of Neurology, Pennsylvania State University-Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033
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- Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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- *Department of Neurology, Pennsylvania State University-Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033
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- *Department of Neurology, Pennsylvania State University-Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033; Department of Pharmacology, Pennsylvania State University-Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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- Department of Public Health Sciences
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- *Department of Neurology, Pennsylvania State University-Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033; Department of Pharmacology, Pennsylvania State University-Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033
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- *Department of Neurology, Pennsylvania State University-Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033; Department of Pharmacology, Pennsylvania State University-Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033; Department of Radiology; Department of Neurosurgery; Department of Kinesiology, Pennsylvania State University-Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033
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Integrative analysis of diffusion-weighted MRI and genomic data to inform treatment of glioblastoma. J Neurooncol 2016; 129:289-300. [PMID: 27393347 DOI: 10.1007/s11060-016-2174-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2015] [Accepted: 06/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Gene expression profiling from glioblastoma (GBM) patients enables characterization of cancer into subtypes that can be predictive of response to therapy. An integrative analysis of imaging and gene expression data can potentially be used to obtain novel biomarkers that are closely associated with the genetic subtype and gene signatures and thus provide a noninvasive approach to stratify GBM patients. In this retrospective study, we analyzed the expression of 12,042 genes for 558 patients from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). Among these patients, 50 patients had magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies including diffusion weighted (DW) MRI in The Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA). We identified the contrast enhancing region of the tumors using the pre- and post-contrast T1-weighted MRI images and computed the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) histograms from the DW-MRI images. Using the gene expression data, we classified patients into four molecular subtypes, determined the number and composition of genes modules using the gap statistic, and computed gene signature scores. We used logistic regression to find significant predictors of GBM subtypes. We compared the predictors for different subtypes using Mann-Whitney U tests. We assessed detection power using area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. We computed Spearman correlations to determine the associations between ADC and each of the gene signatures. We performed gene enrichment analysis using Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA). We adjusted all p values using the Benjamini and Hochberg method. The mean ADC was a significant predictor for the neural subtype. Neural tumors had a significantly lower mean ADC compared to non-neural tumors ([Formula: see text]), with mean ADC of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] for neural and non-neural tumors, respectively. Mean ADC showed an area under the ROC of 0.75 for detecting neural tumors. We found eight gene modules in the GBM cohort. The mean ADC was significantly correlated with the gene signature related with dendritic cell maturation ([Formula: see text], [Formula: see text]). Mean ADC could be used as a biomarker of a gene signature associated with dendritic cell maturation and to assist in identifying patients with neural GBMs, known to be resistant to aggressive standard of care.
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Diffusion tensor imaging in children with tuberous sclerosis complex: tract-based spatial statistics assessment of brain microstructural changes. Pediatr Radiol 2016; 46:1158-64. [PMID: 27085522 DOI: 10.1007/s00247-016-3582-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2015] [Revised: 01/13/2016] [Accepted: 02/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND There is evidence of microstructural changes in normal-appearing white matter of patients with tuberous sclerosis complex. OBJECTIVE To evaluate major white matter tracts in children with tuberous sclerosis complex using tract-based spatial statistics diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) analysis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Eight children (mean age ± standard deviation: 8.5 ± 5.5 years) with an established diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis complex and 8 age-matched controls were studied. The imaging protocol consisted of T1-weighted high-resolution 3-D spoiled gradient-echo sequence and a spin-echo, echo-planar diffusion-weighted sequence. Differences in the diffusion indices were evaluated using tract-based spatial statistics. RESULTS Tract-based spatial statistics showed increased axial diffusivity in the children with tuberous sclerosis complex in the superior and anterior corona radiata, the superior longitudinal fascicle, the inferior fronto-occipital fascicle, the uncinate fascicle and the anterior thalamic radiation. No significant differences were observed in fractional anisotropy, mean diffusivity and radial diffusivity between patients and control subjects. No difference was found in the diffusion indices between the baseline and follow-up examination in the patient group. CONCLUSION Patients with tuberous sclerosis complex have increased axial diffusivity in major white matter tracts, probably related to reduced axonal integrity.
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Knight MJ, McGarry BL, Rogers HJ, Jokivarsi KT, Gröhn OHJ, Kauppinen RA. A spatiotemporal theory for MRI T2 relaxation time and apparent diffusion coefficient in the brain during acute ischaemia: Application and validation in a rat acute stroke model. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2016; 36:1232-43. [PMID: 26661188 PMCID: PMC4929697 DOI: 10.1177/0271678x15608394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2015] [Accepted: 06/22/2015] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The objective of this study is to present a mathematical model which can describe the spatiotemporal progression of cerebral ischaemia and predict magnetic resonance observables including the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) of water and transverse relaxation time T2 This is motivated by the sensitivity of the ADC to the location of cerebral ischaemia and T2 to its time-course, and that it has thus far proven challenging to relate observations of changes in these MR parameters to stroke timing, which is of considerable importance in making treatment choices in clinics. Our mathematical model, called the cytotoxic oedema/dissociation (CED) model, is based on the transit of water from the extra- to the intra-cellular environment (cytotoxic oedema) and concomitant degradation of supramacromolecular and macromolecular structures (such as microtubules and the cytoskeleton). It explains experimental observations of ADC and T2, as well as identifying the rate of spread of effects of ischaemia through a tissue as a dominant system parameter. The model brings the direct extraction of the timing of ischaemic stroke from quantitative MRI closer to reality, as well as providing insight on ischaemia pathology by imaging in general. We anticipate that this may improve patient access to thrombolytic treatment as a future application.
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- Michael J Knight
- School of Experimental Psychology and Clinical Research and Imaging Centre Bristol, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- School of Experimental Psychology and Clinical Research and Imaging Centre Bristol, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- School of Experimental Psychology and Clinical Research and Imaging Centre Bristol, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Neurobiology, A.I. Virtanen Institute, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Neurobiology, A.I. Virtanen Institute, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- School of Experimental Psychology and Clinical Research and Imaging Centre Bristol, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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