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Mao A, Flassbeck S, Marchetto E, Masurkar AV, Rusinek H, Assländer J. Sensitivity of unconstrained quantitative magnetization transfer MRI to Amyloid burden in preclinical Alzheimer's disease. MEDRXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES 2024:2024.04.15.24305860. [PMID: 38699343 PMCID: PMC11065014 DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.15.24305860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2024]
Abstract
Magnetization transfer MRI is sensitive to semi-solid macromolecules, including amyloid beta, and has previously been used to discriminate Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients from controls. Here, we fit an unconstrained 2-pool quantitative MT (qMT) model, i.e., without constraints on the longitudinal relaxation rateR 1 s of semi-solids, and investigate the sensitivity of the estimated parameters to amyloid accumulation in preclinical subjects. We scanned 15 cognitively normal volunteers, of which 9 were amyloid positive by [18F]Florbetaben PET. A 12 min hybrid-state qMT scan with an effective resolution of 1.24 mm isotropic and whole-brain coverage was acquired to estimate the unconstrained 2-pool qMT parameters. Group comparisons and correlations with Florbetaben PET standardized uptake value ratios were analyzed at the lobar level. We find that the exchange rate and semi-solid pool'sR 1 s were sensitive to the amyloid concentration, while morphometric measures of cortical thickness derived from structural MRI were not. Changes in the exchange rate are consistent with previous reports in clinical AD, while changes inR 1 s have not been reported previously as its value is typically constrained in the literature. Our results demonstrate that qMT MRI may be a promising surrogate marker of amyloid beta without the need for contrast agents or radiotracers.
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- Andrew Mao
- Bernard and Irene Schwartz Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research (CAIR), Department of Radiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Vilcek Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Bernard and Irene Schwartz Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research (CAIR), Department of Radiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Bernard and Irene Schwartz Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research (CAIR), Department of Radiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Center for Cognitive Neurology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Neurology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Bernard and Irene Schwartz Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research (CAIR), Department of Radiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Center for Cognitive Neurology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Bernard and Irene Schwartz Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research (CAIR), Department of Radiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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Kojima M, Makino Y, Yamaguchi R, Motomura A, Yajima D, Inokuchi G, Saito N, Torimitsu S, Hoshioka Y, Urabe S, Yoshida M, Iwase H, Miyati T. Gray-white matter contrast reversal on T 1-weighted spin-echo in postmortem brain. Forensic Sci Int 2024; 360:112031. [PMID: 38723476 DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2024.112031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2023] [Revised: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 06/11/2024]
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PURPOSE The image contrast of postmortem magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may differ from that of antemortem MRI because of circulator arrest, changes in postmortem tissue, and low-body-temperature scanning conditions. In fact, we have found that the signal intensity of white matter (WM) on T1-weighted spin-echo (T1WSE) images of the postmortem brain was lower than that of gray matter (GM), which resulted in image contrast reversal between GM and WM relative to the living brain. However, the reason for this phenomenon is unclear. Therefore, the aim of this study is to clarify the reason why image contrast reversal occurs between GM and WM of the postmortem brain. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-three corpses were included in the study (mean age, 60.6 years; range: 19-60 years; mean rectal temperature at scan, 6.9℃; range: 4-11℃). On a 1.5 T MRI system, postmortem T1W-SE MRI of the brain was conducted in the 23 corpses prior to medico-legal autopsy. Next, T1 and T2 of the GM and WM at the level of the basal ganglia were determined in the same participants using inversion recovery and multiple SE sequences, respectively. The proton density (PD) was also calculated from the T1 and T2 images (in the same slice). RESULTS T1W-SE image contrast between the GM and WM of all postmortem brains was inverted relative to the living brain. T1 (579 ms in GM and 307 ms in WM) and PD (64 in GM and 44 in WM) of the postmortem brain decreased compared with the living brain. While T1 of WM/GM remained below 1 even postmortem, the PD of WM/GM decreased. T2 (110 ms in GM and 98 ms in WM) of the postmortem brain did not differ from the living brain. CONCLUSION The decrease in PD of WM/GM in the postmortem brain may be the major driver of contrast reversal between the GM and WM relative to the living brain.
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- Masatoshi Kojima
- Department of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan; Division of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
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- Department of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan; Department of Forensic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan; Department of Legal Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchikami-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan
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- Department of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan; Department of Forensic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan; Department of Forensic Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare, 4-3, Kozunomori, Narita-city, Chiba 286-8686, Japan
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- Department of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan; Department of Forensic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan; Department of Forensic Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare, 4-3, Kozunomori, Narita-city, Chiba 286-8686, Japan
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- Department of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan; Department of Forensic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan; Department of Forensic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan; Tokyo Medical Examiner's Office, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, 4-21-18 Otusuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan; Department of Forensic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Division of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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Zoelch N, Heimer J, Richter H, Luechinger R, Archibald J, Thali MJ, Gascho D. In situ temperature determination using magnetic resonance spectroscopy thermometry for noninvasive postmortem examinations. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2024:e5171. [PMID: 38757603 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.5171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2023] [Revised: 03/28/2024] [Accepted: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024]
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Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) thermometry offers a noninvasive, localized method for estimating temperature by leveraging the temperature-dependent chemical shift of water relative to a temperature-stable reference metabolite under suitable calibration. Consequentially, this technique has significant potential as a tool for postmortem MR examinations in forensic medicine and pathology. In these examinations, the deceased are examined at a wide range of body temperatures, and MRS thermometry may be used for the temperature adjustment of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) protocols or for corrections in the analysis of MRI or MRS data. However, it is not yet clear to what extent postmortem changes may influence temperature estimation with MRS thermometry. In addition, N-acetylaspartate, which is commonly used as an in vivo reference metabolite, is known to decrease with increasing postmortem interval (PMI). This study shows that lactate, which is not only present in significant amounts postmortem but also has a temperature-stable chemical shift, can serve as a suitable reference metabolite for postmortem MRS thermometry. Using lactate, temperature estimation in postmortem brain tissue of severed sheep heads was accurate up to 60 h after death, with a mean absolute error of less than 0.5°C. For this purpose, published calibrations intended for in vivo measurements were used. Although postmortem decomposition resulted in severe metabolic changes, no consistent deviations were observed between measurements with an MR-compatible temperature probe and MRS thermometry with lactate as a reference metabolite. In addition, MRS thermometry was applied to 84 deceased who underwent a MR examination as part of the legal examination. MRS thermometry provided plausible results of brain temperature in comparison with rectal temperature. Even for deceased with a PMI well above 60 h, MRS thermometry still provided reliable readings. The results show a good suitability of MRS thermometry for postmortem examinations in forensic medicine.
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- Niklaus Zoelch
- Department of Forensic Medicine and Imaging, Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Department of Adult Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Forensic Medicine and Imaging, Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Clinic of Diagnostic Imaging, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Forensic Medicine and Imaging, Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Forensic Medicine and Imaging, Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Mignucci-Jiménez G, Xu Y, On TJ, Abramov I, Houlihan LM, Rahmani R, Koskay G, Hanalioglu S, Meybodi AT, Lawton MT, Preul MC. Toward an optimal cadaveric brain model for neurosurgical education: assessment of preservation, parenchyma, vascular injection, and imaging. Neurosurg Rev 2024; 47:190. [PMID: 38658446 DOI: 10.1007/s10143-024-02363-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2023] [Revised: 02/13/2024] [Accepted: 03/16/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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OBJECTIVE We assessed types of cadaveric head and brain tissue specimen preparations that are used in a high throughput neurosurgical research laboratory to determine optimal preparation methods for neurosurgical anatomical research, education, and training. METHODS Cadaveric specimens (N = 112) prepared using different preservation and vascular injection methods were imaged, dissected, and graded by 11 neurosurgeons using a 21-point scale. We assessed the quality of tissue and preservation in both the anterior and posterior circulations. Tissue quality was evaluated using a 9-point magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scale. RESULTS Formalin-fixed specimens yielded the highest scores for assessment (mean ± SD [17.0 ± 2.8]) vs. formalin-flushed (17.0 ± 3.6) and MRI (6.9 ± 2.0). Cadaver assessment and MRI scores were positively correlated (P < 0.001, R2 0.60). Analysis showed significant associations between cadaver assessment scores and specific variables: nonformalin fixation (β = -3.3), preservation within ≤72 h of death (β = 1.8), and MRI quality score (β = 0.7). Formalin-fixed specimens exhibited greater hardness than formalin-flushed and nonformalin-fixed specimens (P ≤ 0.006). Neurosurgeons preferred formalin-flushed specimens injected with colored latex. CONCLUSION For better-quality specimens for neurosurgical education and training, formalin preservation within ≤72 h of death was preferable, as was injection with colored latex. Formalin-flushed specimens more closely resembled live brain parenchyma. Assessment scores were lower for preparation techniques performed > 72 h postmortem and for nonformalin preservation solutions. The positive correlation between cadaver assessment scores and our novel MRI score indicates that donation organizations and institutional buyers should incorporate MRI as a screening tool for the selection of high-quality specimens.
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- Giancarlo Mignucci-Jiménez
- The Loyal and Edith Davis Neurosurgical Research Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, 350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ, 85013, USA
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- The Loyal and Edith Davis Neurosurgical Research Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, 350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ, 85013, USA
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- The Loyal and Edith Davis Neurosurgical Research Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, 350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ, 85013, USA
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- The Loyal and Edith Davis Neurosurgical Research Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, 350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ, 85013, USA
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- The Loyal and Edith Davis Neurosurgical Research Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, 350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ, 85013, USA
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- The Loyal and Edith Davis Neurosurgical Research Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, 350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ, 85013, USA
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- The Loyal and Edith Davis Neurosurgical Research Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, 350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ, 85013, USA
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- The Loyal and Edith Davis Neurosurgical Research Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, 350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ, 85013, USA
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- The Loyal and Edith Davis Neurosurgical Research Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, 350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ, 85013, USA
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- The Loyal and Edith Davis Neurosurgical Research Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, 350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ, 85013, USA
- Robert F. Spetzler Chair in Neuroscience, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, 350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ, 85013, USA
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- The Loyal and Edith Davis Neurosurgical Research Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, 350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ, 85013, USA.
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Papazoglou S, Ashtarayeh M, Oeschger JM, Callaghan MF, Does MD, Mohammadi S. Insights and improvements in correspondence between axonal volume fraction measured with diffusion-weighted MRI and electron microscopy. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2024; 37:e5070. [PMID: 38098204 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.5070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Revised: 09/25/2023] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
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Biophysical diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) models are increasingly used in neuroscience to estimate the axonal water fraction (f AW ), which in turn is key for noninvasive estimation of the axonal volume fraction (f A ). These models require thorough validation by comparison with a reference method, for example, electron microscopy (EM). While EM studies often neglect the unmyelinated axons and solely report the fraction of myelinated axons, in DWI both myelinated and unmyelinated axons contribute to the DWI signal. However, DWI models often include simplifications, for example, the neglect of differences in the compartmental relaxation times or fixed diffusivities, which in turn might affect the estimation off AW . We investigate whether linear calibration parameters (scaling and offset) can improve the comparability between EM- and DWI-based metrics off A . To this end, we (a) used six DWI models based on the so-called standard model of white matter (WM), including two models with fixed compartmental diffusivities (e.g., neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging, NODDI) and four models that fitted the compartmental diffusivities (e.g., white matter tract integrity, WMTI), and (b) used a multimodal data set including ex vivo diffusion DWI and EM data in mice with a broad dynamic range of fibre volume metrics. We demonstrated that the offset is associated with the volume fraction of unmyelinated axons and the scaling factor is associated with different compartmentalT 2 and can substantially enhance the comparability between EM- and DWI-based metrics off A . We found that DWI models that fitted compartmental diffusivities provided the most accurate estimates of the EM-basedf A . Finally, we introduced a more efficient hybrid calibration approach, where only the offset is estimated but the scaling is fixed to a theoretically predicted value. Using this approach, a similar one-to-one correspondence to EM was achieved for WMTI. The method presented can pave the way for use of validated DWI-based models in clinical research and neuroscience.
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- Sebastian Papazoglou
- Department of Systems Neuroscience, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Max Planck Research Group MR Physics, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Systems Neuroscience, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Systems Neuroscience, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Systems Neuroscience, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Max Planck Research Group MR Physics, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
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Rieger SW, Hess A, Ji Y, Rodgers CT, Jezzard P, Miller KL, Wu W. A temperature-controlled cooling system for accurate quantitative post-mortem MRI. Magn Reson Med 2023; 90:2643-2652. [PMID: 37529979 PMCID: PMC10952464 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.29816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Revised: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 08/03/2023]
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PURPOSE To develop a temperature-controlled cooling system to facilitate accurate quantitative post-mortem MRI and enable scanning of unfixed tissue. METHODS A water cooling system was built and integrated with a 7T scanner to minimize temperature drift during MRI scans. The system was optimized for operational convenience and rapid deployment to ensure efficient workflow, which is critical for scanning unfixed post-mortem samples. The performance of the system was evaluated using a 7-h diffusion MRI protocol at 7T with a porcine tissue sample. Quantitative T1 , T2 , and ADC maps were interspersed with the diffusion scans at seven different time points to investigate the temperature dependence of MRI tissue parameters. The impact of temperature changes on biophysical model fitting of diffusion MRI data was investigated using simulation. RESULTS Tissue T1 , T2 , and ADC values remained stable throughout the diffusion MRI scan using the developed cooling system, but varied substantially using a conventional scan setup without temperature control. The cooling system enabled accurate estimation of biophysical model parameters by stabilizing the tissue temperature throughout the diffusion scan, while the conventional setup showed evidence of significantly biased estimation. CONCLUSION A temperature-controlled cooling system was developed to tackle the challenge of heating in post-mortem imaging, which shows potential to improve the accuracy and reliability of quantitative post-mortem imaging and enables long scans of unfixed tissue.
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- Sebastian W. Rieger
- Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity, Department of PsychiatryUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, FMRIB, Nuffield Department of Clinical NeurosciencesUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, FMRIB, Nuffield Department of Clinical NeurosciencesUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre, Department of Clinical NeurosciencesUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, FMRIB, Nuffield Department of Clinical NeurosciencesUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, FMRIB, Nuffield Department of Clinical NeurosciencesUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, FMRIB, Nuffield Department of Clinical NeurosciencesUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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Berger C, Bauer M, Wittig H, Gerlach K, Scheurer E, Lenz C. Investigation of post mortem brain, rectal and forehead temperature relations. J Therm Biol 2023; 115:103615. [PMID: 37390676 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2023.103615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Revised: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/02/2023]
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It is well known that magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is temperature sensitive, which is highly relevant for post mortem examinations. Therefore, the determination of the exact temperature of the investigated body site, e.g. the brain, is crucial. However, direct temperature measurements are invasive and inconvenient. Thus, in view of post mortem MR imaging of the brain, this study aims at investigating the relation between the brain and the forehead temperature for modelling the brain temperature based on the non-invasive forehead temperature. In addition, the brain temperature will be compared to the rectal temperature. Brain temperature profiles measured in the longitudinal fissure between the brain hemispheres, as well as rectal and forehead temperature profiles of 16 deceased were acquired continuously. Linear mixed, linear, quadratic and cubic models were fitted to the relation between the longitudinal fissure and the forehead and between the longitudinal fissure and the rectal temperature, respectively. Highest adjusted R2 values were found between the longitudinal fissure and the forehead temperature, as well as between the longitudinal fissure and the rectal temperature using a linear mixed model including the sex, environmental temperature and humidity as fixed effects. The results indicate that the forehead, as well as the rectal temperature, can be used to model the brain temperature measured in the longitudinal fissure. Comparable fit results were observed for the longitudinal fissure-forehead temperature relation and for the longitudinal fissure-rectal temperature relation. Combined with the fact that the forehead temperature overcomes the problem of measurement invasiveness, the results suggest using the forehead temperature for modelling the brain temperature in the longitudinal fissure.
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- Celine Berger
- Institute of Forensic Medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Institute of Forensic Medicine, Health Department Basel-Stadt, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Forensic Medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Institute of Forensic Medicine, Health Department Basel-Stadt, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Forensic Medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Institute of Forensic Medicine, Health Department Basel-Stadt, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Forensic Medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Institute of Forensic Medicine, Health Department Basel-Stadt, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Forensic Medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Institute of Forensic Medicine, Health Department Basel-Stadt, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Forensic Medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Institute of Forensic Medicine, Health Department Basel-Stadt, Basel, Switzerland.
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Berger C, Bauer M, Scheurer E, Lenz C. Temperature correction of post mortem quantitative magnetic resonance imaging using real-time forehead temperature acquisitions. Forensic Sci Int 2023; 348:111738. [PMID: 37263059 DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2023.111738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Revised: 04/24/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Performing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of deceased is challenging due to altered body temperatures compared to in vivo temperatures and, hence, requires a temperature correction. This study investigates the possibility to correct brain MRI parameters real-time and non invasively based on the forehead temperature. 17 post mortem cases were included and their forehead temperatures were measured continuously during the in situ brain MRI protocol consisting of a diffusion tensor imaging, multi-contrast spin echo, multi-echo gradient echo and inversion recovery spin echo sequence. Linear models were fitted to the quantitative MRI parameters in a forensically interesting temperature range for white matter, cerebral cortex and deep gray matter, separately, and the influence of the forehead temperature on the MRI parameters was determined. A statistically significant temperature sensitivity was found for T2 and mean diffusivity in white matter, for T1 in cerebral cortex, as well as for T1 and mean diffusivity in deep gray matter. Linear models were computed to temperature correct these MRI parameters in in situ post mortem scans to allow their comparison regardless of temperature. The here presented real-time and non invasive temperature correction method for the brain presents a crucial precondition for quantitative in situ post mortem MRI.
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- Celine Berger
- Institute of Forensic Medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Institute of Forensic Medicine, Health Department Basel-Stadt, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Forensic Medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Institute of Forensic Medicine, Health Department Basel-Stadt, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Forensic Medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Institute of Forensic Medicine, Health Department Basel-Stadt, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Forensic Medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Institute of Forensic Medicine, Health Department Basel-Stadt, Basel, Switzerland.
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Berger C, Birkl C, Bauer M, Scheurer E, Lenz C. Technical note: Quantitative optimization of the FLAIR sequence in post mortem magnetic resonance imaging. Forensic Sci Int 2022; 341:111494. [DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2022.111494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Revised: 09/12/2022] [Accepted: 10/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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van Veluw SJ, Arfanakis K, Schneider JA. Neuropathology of Vascular Brain Health: Insights From Ex Vivo Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Histopathology Studies in Cerebral Small Vessel Disease. Stroke 2022; 53:404-415. [PMID: 35000425 PMCID: PMC8830602 DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.121.032608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Sporadic cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is a major contributor to vascular cognitive impairment and dementia in the aging human brain. On neuropathology, sporadic SVD is characterized by abnormalities to the small vessels of the brain predominantly in the form of cerebral amyloid angiopathy and arteriolosclerosis. These pathologies frequently coexist with Alzheimer disease changes, such as plaques and tangles, in a single brain. Conversely, during life, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) only captures the larger manifestations of SVD in the form of parenchymal brain abnormalities. There appears to be a major knowledge gap regarding the underlying neuropathology of individual MRI-detectable SVD abnormalities. Ex vivo MRI in postmortem human brain tissue is a powerful tool to bridge this gap. This review summarizes current insights into the histopathologic correlations of MRI manifestations of SVD, their underlying cause, presumed pathophysiology, and associated secondary tissue injury. Moreover, we discuss the advantages and limitations of ex vivo MRI-guided histopathologic investigations and make recommendations for future studies.
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- Susanne J. van Veluw
- J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA,MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, USA,Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA,Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA,Departments of Pathology and Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago IL, USA
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Statton BK, Smith J, Finnegan ME, Koerzdoerfer G, Quest RA, Grech-Sollars M. Temperature dependence, accuracy, and repeatability of T 1 and T 2 relaxation times for the ISMRM/NIST system phantom measured using MR fingerprinting. Magn Reson Med 2021; 87:1446-1460. [PMID: 34752644 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.29065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2021] [Revised: 09/23/2021] [Accepted: 10/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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PURPOSE Before MR fingerprinting (MRF) can be adopted clinically, the derived quantitative values must be proven accurate and repeatable over a range of T1 and T2 values and temperatures. Correct assessment of accuracy and precision as well as comparison between measurements can only be performed when temperature is either controlled or corrected for. The purpose of this study was to investigate the temperature dependence of T1 and T2 MRF values and evaluate the accuracy and repeatability of temperature-corrected relaxation values derived from a B1 -corrected MRF-fast imaging with steady-state precession implementation using 2 different dictionary sizes. METHODS The International Society of MR in Medicine/National Institute of Standards and Technology phantom was scanned using an MRF sequence of 2 different lengths, a variable flip angle T1 , and a multi-echo spin echo T2 at 14 temperatures ranging from 15°C to 28°C and investigated with a linear regression model. Temperature-corrected accuracy was evaluated by correlating T1 and T2 times from each MRF dictionary with reference values. Repeatability was assessed using the coefficient of variation, with measurements taken over 30 separate sessions. RESULTS There was a statistically significant fit of the model for MRF-derived T1 and T2 and temperature (p < 0.05) for all the spheres with a T1 > 500 ms. Both MRF methods showed a strong linear correlation with reference values for T1 (R2 = 0.996) and T2 (R2 = 0.982). MRF repeatability for T1 values was ≤1.4% and for T2 values was ≤3.4%. CONCLUSION MRF demonstrated relaxation times with a temperature dependence similar to that of conventional mapping methods. Temperature-corrected T1 and T2 values from both dictionaries showed adequate accuracy and excellent repeatability in this phantom study.
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- Ben K Statton
- Medical Research Council, London Institute of Medical Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Imaging, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom.,Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Imaging, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom.,Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Imaging, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom.,Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medical Physics, Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, Guildford, United Kingdom.,Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Post mortem brain temperature and its influence on quantitative MRI of the brain. MAGNETIC RESONANCE MATERIALS IN PHYSICS BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2021; 35:375-387. [PMID: 34714448 PMCID: PMC9188516 DOI: 10.1007/s10334-021-00971-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Revised: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Objective MRI temperature sensitivity presents a major issue in in situ post mortem MRI (PMMRI), as the tissue temperatures differ from living persons due to passive cooling of the deceased. This study aims at computing brain temperature effects on the MRI parameters to correct for temperature in PMMRI, laying the foundation for future projects on post mortem validation of in vivo MRI techniques. Materials and methods Brain MRI parameters were assessed in vivo and in situ post mortem using a 3 T MRI scanner. Post mortem brain temperature was measured in situ transethmoidally. The temperature effect was computed by fitting a linear model to the MRI parameters and the corresponding brain temperature. Results Linear positive temperature correlations were observed for T1, T2* and mean diffusivity in all tissue types. A significant negative correlation was observed for T2 in white matter. Fractional anisotropy revealed significant correlations in all gray matter regions except for the thalamus. Discussion The linear models will allow to correct for temperature in post mortem MRI. Comparing in vivo to post mortem conditions, the mean diffusivity, in contrast to T1 and T2, revealed additional effects besides temperature, such as cessation of perfusion and active diffusion.
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Arnold I, Schwendener N, Lombardo P, Jackowski C, Zech WD. 3Tesla post-mortem MRI quantification of anatomical brain structures. Forensic Sci Int 2021; 327:110984. [PMID: 34482282 DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2021.110984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Revised: 03/04/2021] [Accepted: 08/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Quantitative post-mortem magnetic resonance imaging (PMMR) allows for measurement of T1 and T2 relaxation times and proton density (PD) of brain tissue. Quantitative PMMR values may be used for advanced post-mortem neuro-imaging diagnostics such as computer aided diagnosis. So far, the quantitative T1, T2 and PD post-mortem values of regular anatomical brain structures were unknown for a 3 Tesla PMMR application. The goal of this basic research study was to evaluate the quantitative values of post-mortem brain structures for a 3 T post-mortem magnetic resonance application with regard to various corpse temperatures. In 50 forensic cases, a quantitative PMMR brain sequence was applied prior to autopsy. Measurements of T1 (in ms), T2 (in ms), and PD (in %) values of cerebrum (Group 1: frontal grey matter, frontal white matter, thalamus, caudate nucleus, globus pallidus, putamen, internal capsule) brainstem and cerebellum (Group 2: cerebral peduncle, substantia nigra, red nucleus, pons, middle cerebellar peduncle, cerebellar hemisphere, medulla oblongata) were conducted in synthetically calculated axial PMMR brain images. Assessed quantitative values were corrected for corpse temperature. Temperature dependence was observed mainly for T1 values. ANOVA testing resulted in significant differences of quantitative values between the investigated anatomical brain structures in both groups. It can be concluded that temperature corrected 3 Tesla PMMR T1, T2 and PD values are feasible for characterization and discrimination of regular anatomical brain structures. This may provide a base for future advanced diagnostics of forensically relevant brain lesions and pathology.
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- Isabel Arnold
- Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland; Department of Diagnostic, Interventional and Pediatric Radiology, University of Bern, Inselspital Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland.
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Lenz C, Berger C, Bauer M, Scheurer E, Birkl C. Sensitivity of fiber orientation dependent R 2 ∗ to temperature and post mortem interval. Magn Reson Med 2021; 86:2703-2715. [PMID: 34086354 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.28874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2020] [Revised: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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PURPOSE R 2 ∗ imaging of brain white matter is well known for being sensitive to the orientation of nerve fibers with respect to the B0 field of the MRI scanner. The goal of this study was to evaluate whether and to which extent fiber orientation dependent R 2 ∗ differs between in vivo and post mortem in situ examinations, and to investigate the influence of varying temperatures and post mortem intervals (PMI). METHODS Post mortem in situ and in vivo MRI scans were conducted at 3T. R 2 ∗ was acquired with a multi-echo gradient-echo sequence, and the orientation of white matter fibers was computed using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). Fitting of the measured fiber orientation dependent R 2 ∗ was performed using three different formulations of a previously proposed model. RESULTS R 2 ∗ increased with increasing fiber angle for in vivo and post mortem in situ examinations, whereby the orientation dependency was lower post mortem. The different formulations of the fiber orientation model resulted in an identical fit, but showed large variations of the estimated parameters. The higher order orientation dependent R 2 ∗ components significantly decreased with decreasing temperature, while the orientation independent R 2 ∗ components showed no significant correlation with either temperature or PMI. CONCLUSION Although the mean diffusivity is strongly reduced post mortem, we could successfully estimate the fiber angle using DTI. Due to the strong correlation of the higher order orientation dependent R 2 ∗ components with temperature, the decreased R 2 ∗ fiber orientation dependency post mortem in situ might primarily be attributed to the lower brain temperature.
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- Claudia Lenz
- Institute of Forensic Medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.,Institute of Forensic Medicine, Health Department Basel-Stadt, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Forensic Medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.,Institute of Forensic Medicine, Health Department Basel-Stadt, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Forensic Medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.,Institute of Forensic Medicine, Health Department Basel-Stadt, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Forensic Medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.,Institute of Forensic Medicine, Health Department Basel-Stadt, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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Prevost VH, Yung A, Morris SR, Vavasour IM, Samadi-Bahrami Z, Moore GRW, Laule C, Mackay A, Kozlowski P. Temperature dependence and histological correlation of inhomogeneous magnetization transfer and myelin water imaging in ex vivo brain. Neuroimage 2021; 236:118046. [PMID: 33848620 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Revised: 04/02/2021] [Accepted: 04/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The promise of inhomogeneous magnetization transfer (ihMT) as a new myelin imaging method was studied in ex vivo human brain tissue and in relation to myelin water fraction (MWF). The temperature dependence of both methods was characterized, as well as their correspondence with a histological measure of myelin content. Unfiltered and filtered ihMT protocols were studied by adjusting the saturation scheme to preserve or attenuate signal from tissue with short dipolar relaxation time T1D. METHODS ihMT ratio (ihMTR) and MWF maps were acquired at 7 T from formalin-fixed human brain samples at 22.5 °C, 30 °C and 37 °C. The impact of temperature on unfiltered ihMTR, filtered ihMTR and MWF was investigated and compared to myelin basic protein staining. RESULTS Unfiltered ihMTR exhibited no temperature dependence, whereas filtered ihMTR increased with increasing temperature. MWF decreased at higher temperature, with an increasing prevalence of areas where the myelin water signal was unreliably determined, likely related to a reduction in T2 peak separability at higher temperatures ex vivo. MWF and ihMTR showed similar per-sample correlation with myelin staining at room temperature. At 37 °C, filtered ihMTR was more strongly correlated with myelin staining and had increased dynamic range compared to unfiltered ihMTR. CONCLUSIONS Given the temperature dependence of filtered ihMT, increased dynamic range, and strong myelin specificity that persists at higher temperatures, we recommend carefully controlled temperatures close to 37 °C for filtered ihMT acquisitions. Unfiltered ihMT may also be useful, due to its independence from temperature, higher amplitude values, and sensitivity to short T1D components. Ex vivo myelin water imaging should be performed at room temperature, to avoid fitting issues found at higher temperatures.
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- Valentin H Prevost
- University of British Columbia MRI Research Centre, 2221 Wesbrook Mall, M10 Purdy Pavilion, Vancouver, BC V6T 2B5, Canada.
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- University of British Columbia MRI Research Centre, 2221 Wesbrook Mall, M10 Purdy Pavilion, Vancouver, BC V6T 2B5, Canada.
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- Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada; Radiology, University of British Columbia, 2775 Laurel Street, 11th Floor, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada; ICORD (International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries), 818 W. 10th Ave., Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada.
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- Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada.
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- Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, G105-2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2B5, Canada.
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- Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, G105-2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2B5, Canada.
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- Radiology, University of British Columbia, 2775 Laurel Street, 11th Floor, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada; Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, G105-2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2B5, Canada; Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada; ICORD (International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries), 818 W. 10th Ave., Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada.
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- University of British Columbia MRI Research Centre, 2221 Wesbrook Mall, M10 Purdy Pavilion, Vancouver, BC V6T 2B5, Canada; Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada; Radiology, University of British Columbia, 2775 Laurel Street, 11th Floor, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada.
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- University of British Columbia MRI Research Centre, 2221 Wesbrook Mall, M10 Purdy Pavilion, Vancouver, BC V6T 2B5, Canada; Radiology, University of British Columbia, 2775 Laurel Street, 11th Floor, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada; ICORD (International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries), 818 W. 10th Ave., Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada.
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Kodama S, Hata J, Kanawaku Y, Nakagawa H, Oshiro H, Saiki E, Okano J H, Iwadate K. Determining the effect of water temperature on the T1 and T2 relaxation times of the lung tissue at 9.4 T MRI: A drowning mouse model. Leg Med (Tokyo) 2021; 49:101836. [PMID: 33476946 DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2020.101836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2020] [Revised: 11/21/2020] [Accepted: 12/29/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Japanese individuals have a unique culture of soaking in a bathtub, and forensic pathologists have experienced fatal cases due to drowning. However, T1 and T2 relaxation times of a drowning lung are poorly documented. In the present study, we investigated the relationship between drowning water temperature and T1 and T2 relaxation times of drowning lung tissues at 9.4 T MRI (Bruker, BioSpec94/20USR). The mice used as animal drowning models were directly submerged in freshwater. Water temperature was set to 8 °C-10 °C (cold), 20 °C-22 °C (normal), 30 °C, and 45 °C. The regions of interest (ROIs) on the axial section of the third slice were set at the central and peripheral areas of each-the left and the right-lung. T1 relaxation times measured immediately after death differed by the presence or absence of soaking water, except in case of cold water temperature. In the drowning groups, T1 relaxation time showed a linear dependency on water temperature. By contrast, T2 relaxation time was almost constant regardless of the presence of drowning under the same temperature condition; when compared in the lung areas of the same individuals, the times were uniformly reduced in drowning models. To minimize the effects of hypostasis and decomposition, we performed measurements immediately after death and were able to determine the noticeable difference in drowning water temperature. These results may be useful for qualitative assessments of a drowning lung and may serve as a basis when imaging the human body during forensic autopsy cases.
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- Saki Kodama
- Department of Forensic Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Division of Regenerative Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Saitama, Japan.
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Laboratory Animal Facilities, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Division of Regenerative Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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Kirilina E, Helbling S, Morawski M, Pine K, Reimann K, Jankuhn S, Dinse J, Deistung A, Reichenbach JR, Trampel R, Geyer S, Müller L, Jakubowski N, Arendt T, Bazin PL, Weiskopf N. Superficial white matter imaging: Contrast mechanisms and whole-brain in vivo mapping. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2020; 6:6/41/eaaz9281. [PMID: 33028535 PMCID: PMC7541072 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz9281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2019] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Superficial white matter (SWM) contains the most cortico-cortical white matter connections in the human brain encompassing the short U-shaped association fibers. Despite its importance for brain connectivity, very little is known about SWM in humans, mainly due to the lack of noninvasive imaging methods. Here, we lay the groundwork for systematic in vivo SWM mapping using ultrahigh resolution 7 T magnetic resonance imaging. Using biophysical modeling informed by quantitative ion beam microscopy on postmortem brain tissue, we demonstrate that MR contrast in SWM is driven by iron and can be linked to the microscopic iron distribution. Higher SWM iron concentrations were observed in U-fiber-rich frontal, temporal, and parietal areas, potentially reflecting high fiber density or late myelination in these areas. Our SWM mapping approach provides the foundation for systematic studies of interindividual differences, plasticity, and pathologies of this crucial structure for cortico-cortical connectivity in humans.
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- Evgeniya Kirilina
- Department of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Stephanstraße 1a, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
- Center for Cognitive Neuroscience Berlin, Free University Berlin, Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Stephanstraße 1a, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Paul Flechsig Institute of Brain Research, Leipzig University, Liebigstr. 19, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Stephanstraße 1a, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Paul Flechsig Institute of Brain Research, Leipzig University, Liebigstr. 19, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Felix Bloch Institute for Solid State Physics, Faculty of Physics and Earth Sciences, Leipzig University, Linnéstraße 5, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Stephanstraße 1a, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Medical Physics Group, Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Jena University Hospital-Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Philosophenweg 3, 07743 Jena, Germany
- Department of Radiology University Hospital Halle (Saale), Ernst-Grube-Str. 40, 06120 Halle, Germany
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- Medical Physics Group, Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Jena University Hospital-Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Philosophenweg 3, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Stephanstraße 1a, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Stephanstraße 1a, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Richard-Willstätter-Straße 11, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Richard-Willstätter-Straße 11, 12489 Berlin, Germany
- Spetec GmbH, Berghamer Str. 2, 85435 Erding, Germany
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- Paul Flechsig Institute of Brain Research, Leipzig University, Liebigstr. 19, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Stephanstraße 1a, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Integrative Model-Based Cognitive Neuroscience Research Unit, University of Amsterdam, 1001 NK Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Stephanstraße 1a, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Felix Bloch Institute for Solid State Physics, Faculty of Physics and Earth Sciences, Leipzig University, Linnéstraße 5, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, Institute of Neurology, University College London, 12 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR, UK
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Zhang S, Wu S, Shang S, Qin X, Jia X, Li D, Cui Z, Xu T, Niu G, Bouakaz A, Wan M. Detection and Monitoring of Thermal Lesions Induced by Microwave Ablation Using Ultrasound Imaging and Convolutional Neural Networks. IEEE J Biomed Health Inform 2020; 24:965-973. [DOI: 10.1109/jbhi.2019.2939810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Faller TL, Trotier AJ, Rousseau AF, Franconi JM, Miraux S, Ribot EJ. 2D multislice MP2RAGE sequence for fast T 1 mapping at 7 T: Application to mouse imaging and MR thermometry. Magn Reson Med 2020; 84:1430-1440. [PMID: 32083341 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.28220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2019] [Revised: 12/24/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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PURPOSE To develop a 2D radial multislice MP2RAGE sequence for fast and reliable T1 mapping at 7 T in mice and for MR thermometry. METHODS The 2D-MP2RAGE sequence was performed with the following parameters: TI1 -TI2 -MP2RAGETR = 1000-3000-9000 ms. The multiple dead times within the sequence were used for interleaved multislice acquisition, enabling one to acquire six slices in 9 seconds. The excitation pulse shape, inversion selectivity, and interslice gap were optimized. In vitro comparison with the inversion-recovery sequence was performed. The T1 variations with temperature were measured on tubes with T1 ranging from 800 ms to 2000 ms. The sequence was used to acquire T1 maps continuously during 30 minutes on the brain and abdomen of healthy mice. RESULTS A three-lobe cardinal sine excitation pulse, combined with an inversion slice thickness and an interslice gap of respectively 150% and 50% of the imaging slice thickness, led to a SD and bias of the T1 measurements below 1% and 2%, respectively. A linear dependence of T1 with temperature was measured between 10°C and 60°C. In vivo, less than 1% variation was measured between successive T1 maps in the mouse brain. In the abdomen, no obvious in-plane motion artifacts were observed but respiratory motion in the slice dimension led to 6% T1 underestimation. CONCLUSION The multislice MP2RAGE sequence could be used for fast whole-body T1 mapping and MR thermometry. Its reconstruction method would enable on-the-fly reconstruction.
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- Thibaut L Faller
- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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Webb B, Manninger M, Leoni M, Widek T, Dobrovnik M, Scherr D, Stollberger R, Schwark T. T 2 and T 2∗ mapping in ex situ porcine myocardium: myocardial intravariability, temporal stability and the effects of complete coronary occlusion. Int J Legal Med 2019; 134:679-690. [PMID: 31848700 DOI: 10.1007/s00414-019-02211-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2019] [Accepted: 11/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Diagnosis of ischaemia-related sudden cardiac death in the absence of microscopic and macroscopic ischaemic lesions remains a challenge for medical examiners. Medical imaging techniques increasingly provide support in post-mortem examinations by detecting and documenting internal findings prior to autopsy. Previous studies have characterised MR relaxation times to investigate post-mortem signs of myocardial infarction in forensic cohorts. In this prospective study based on an ex situ porcine heart model, we report fundamental findings related to intramyocardial variability and temporal stability of T2 as well as the effects of permanent coronary occlusion on T2 and T2∗ relaxation in post-mortem myocardium. The ex situ porcine hearts included in this study (n= 19) were examined in two groups (Ss, n= 11 and Si, n= 8). All magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations were performed ex situ, at room temperature and at 3 T. In the Ss group, T2 mapping was performed on slaughterhouse porcine hearts at different post-mortem intervals (PMI) between 7 and 26 h. Regarding the intramyocardial variability, no statistically significant differences in T2 were observed between myocardial segments (p= 0.167). Assessment of temporal stability indicated a weak negative correlation (r=- 0.21) between myocardial T2 and PMI. In the Si group, animals underwent ethanol-induced complete occlusion of the left anterior descending artery. T2 and T2∗ mapping were performed within 3 h of death. Differences between the expected ischaemic and remote regions were statistically significant for T2 (p= 0.007), however not for T2∗ (p= 0.062). Our results provide important information for future assessment of the diagnostic potential of quantitative MRI in the post-mortem detection of early acute myocardial infarction.
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- Bridgette Webb
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Clinical Forensic Imaging, Graz, Austria.
- BioTechMed, Graz, Austria.
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Clinical Forensic Imaging, Graz, Austria
- BioTechMed, Graz, Austria
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- BioTechMed, Graz, Austria
- Institute of Medical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Clinical Forensic Imaging, Graz, Austria
- Institute of Forensic Medicine, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria
- Laboratoire National de Santé, Dudelange, Luxembourg
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Vučković I, Nayfeh T, Mishra PK, Periyanan S, Sussman CR, Kline TL, Macura S. Influence of water based embedding media composition on the relaxation properties of fixed tissue. Magn Reson Imaging 2019; 67:7-17. [PMID: 31821849 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2019.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2019] [Revised: 10/30/2019] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND In MRI of formalin-fixed tissue one of the problems is the dependence of tissue relaxation properties on formalin composition and composition of embedding medium (EM) used for scanning. In this study, we investigated molecular mechanisms by which the EM composition affects T2 relaxation directly and T1 relaxation indirectly. OBJECTIVE To identify principal components of formaldehyde based EM and the mechanism by which they affect relaxation properties of fixed tissue. METHODS We recorded high resolution 1H NMR spectra of common formalin fixatives at temperatures in the range of 5 °C to 45 °C. We also measured T1 and T2 relaxation times of various organs of formalin fixed (FF) zebrafish at 7 T at 21 °C and 31 °C in several EM with and without fixative or gadolinium contrast agents. RESULTS We showed that the major source of T2 variability is chemical exchange between protons from EM hydroxyls and water, mediated by the presence of phosphate ions. The exchange rate increases with temperature, formaldehyde concentration in EM and phosphate concentration in EM. Depending on which side of the coalescence the system resides, the temperature increase can lead to either shortening or prolongation of T2, or to no noticeable change at all when very close to the coalescence. Chemical exchange can be minimized by washing out from EM the fixative, the phosphate or both. CONCLUSION The dependence of T2 in fixed tissue on the fixative origin and composition described in prior literature could be attributed to the phosphate buffer accelerated chemical exchange among the fixative hydroxyls and the tissue water. More consistent results in the relaxation measurements could be obtained by stricter control of the fixative composition or by scanning fixed tissue in PBS without fixative.
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- Ivan Vučković
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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Betts MJ, Kirilina E, Otaduy MCG, Ivanov D, Acosta-Cabronero J, Callaghan MF, Lambert C, Cardenas-Blanco A, Pine K, Passamonti L, Loane C, Keuken MC, Trujillo P, Lüsebrink F, Mattern H, Liu KY, Priovoulos N, Fliessbach K, Dahl MJ, Maaß A, Madelung CF, Meder D, Ehrenberg AJ, Speck O, Weiskopf N, Dolan R, Inglis B, Tosun D, Morawski M, Zucca FA, Siebner HR, Mather M, Uludag K, Heinsen H, Poser BA, Howard R, Zecca L, Rowe JB, Grinberg LT, Jacobs HIL, Düzel E, Hämmerer D. Locus coeruleus imaging as a biomarker for noradrenergic dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases. Brain 2019; 142:2558-2571. [PMID: 31327002 PMCID: PMC6736046 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awz193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2019] [Revised: 04/12/2019] [Accepted: 05/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Pathological alterations to the locus coeruleus, the major source of noradrenaline in the brain, are histologically evident in early stages of neurodegenerative diseases. Novel MRI approaches now provide an opportunity to quantify structural features of the locus coeruleus in vivo during disease progression. In combination with neuropathological biomarkers, in vivo locus coeruleus imaging could help to understand the contribution of locus coeruleus neurodegeneration to clinical and pathological manifestations in Alzheimer's disease, atypical neurodegenerative dementias and Parkinson's disease. Moreover, as the functional sensitivity of the noradrenergic system is likely to change with disease progression, in vivo measures of locus coeruleus integrity could provide new pathophysiological insights into cognitive and behavioural symptoms. Locus coeruleus imaging also holds the promise to stratify patients into clinical trials according to noradrenergic dysfunction. In this article, we present a consensus on how non-invasive in vivo assessment of locus coeruleus integrity can be used for clinical research in neurodegenerative diseases. We outline the next steps for in vivo, post-mortem and clinical studies that can lay the groundwork to evaluate the potential of locus coeruleus imaging as a biomarker for neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Matthew J Betts
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany
- Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
- Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance LIM44, Department and Institute of Radiology, Medical School of the University of São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany
- Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
- Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, UK
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Bioimmagini e Fisiologia Molecolare (IBFM), Milan, Italy
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- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, UK
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- University of Amsterdam, Integrative Model-based Cognitive Neuroscience research unit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- University of Leiden, Cognitive Psychology, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Magnetic Resonance, Institute for Physics, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany
- Department of Neurology, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Magnetic Resonance, Institute for Physics, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK
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- Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Alzheimer Centre Limburg, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department for Neurodegenerative Diseases and Geriatric Psychiatry, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany
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- Center for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany
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- Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Centre for Functional and Diagnostic Imaging and Research, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Denmark
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- Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Centre for Functional and Diagnostic Imaging and Research, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Denmark
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- Memory and Aging Center, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany
- Department of Biomedical Magnetic Resonance, Institute for Physics, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany
- Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Magdeburg, Germany
- Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
- Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK
- Max Planck Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing, University College London, UK
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- Henry H. Wheeler, Jr. Brain Imaging Center, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Paul Flechsig Institute of Brain Research, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council of Italy, Segrate, Milan, Italy
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- Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Centre for Functional and Diagnostic Imaging and Research, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Denmark
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- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology and Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Centre for Neuroscience Imaging Research, Institute for Basic Science and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
- Techna Institute and Koerner Scientist in MR Imaging, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
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- University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
- Clinic of Psychiatry, University of Würzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK
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- Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council of Italy, Segrate, Milan, Italy
- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, USA
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, UK
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- Memory and Aging Center, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
- Global Brain Health Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Alzheimer Centre Limburg, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany
- Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, UK
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- Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
- Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK
- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, UK
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Odéen H, Parker DL. Magnetic resonance thermometry and its biological applications - Physical principles and practical considerations. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2019; 110:34-61. [PMID: 30803693 PMCID: PMC6662927 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2019.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2018] [Accepted: 01/23/2019] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Most parameters that influence the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) signal experience a temperature dependence. The fact that MRI can be used for non-invasive measurements of temperature and temperature change deep inside the human body has been known for over 30 years. Today, MR temperature imaging is widely used to monitor and evaluate thermal therapies such as radio frequency, microwave, laser, and focused ultrasound therapy. In this paper we cover the physical principles underlying the biological applications of MR temperature imaging and discuss practical considerations and remaining challenges. For biological tissue, the MR signal of interest comes mostly from hydrogen protons of water molecules but also from protons in, e.g., adipose tissue and various metabolites. Most of the discussed methods, such as those using the proton resonance frequency (PRF) shift, T1, T2, and diffusion only measure temperature change, but measurements of absolute temperatures are also possible using spectroscopic imaging methods (taking advantage of various metabolite signals as internal references) or various types of contrast agents. Currently, the PRF method is the most used clinically due to good sensitivity, excellent linearity with temperature, and because it is largely independent of tissue type. Because the PRF method does not work in adipose tissues, T1- and T2-based methods have recently gained interest for monitoring temperature change in areas with high fat content such as the breast and abdomen. Absolute temperature measurement methods using spectroscopic imaging and contrast agents often offer too low spatial and temporal resolution for accurate monitoring of ablative thermal procedures, but have shown great promise in monitoring the slower and usually less spatially localized temperature change observed during hyperthermia procedures. Much of the current research effort for ablative procedures is aimed at providing faster measurements, larger field-of-view coverage, simultaneous monitoring in aqueous and adipose tissues, and more motion-insensitive acquisitions for better precision measurements in organs such as the heart, liver, and kidneys. For hyperthermia applications, larger coverage, motion insensitivity, and simultaneous aqueous and adipose monitoring are also important, but great effort is also aimed at solving the problem of long-term field drift which gets interpreted as temperature change when using the PRF method.
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- Henrik Odéen
- University of Utah, Utah Center for Advanced Imaging Research, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, 729 Arapeen Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84108-1217, USA.
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- University of Utah, Utah Center for Advanced Imaging Research, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, 729 Arapeen Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84108-1217, USA.
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Makino Y, Arai N, Hoshioka Y, Yoshida M, Kojima M, Horikoshi T, Mukai H, Iwase H. Traumatic axonal injury revealed by postmortem magnetic resonance imaging: A case report. Leg Med (Tokyo) 2018; 36:9-16. [PMID: 30312836 DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2018.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2018] [Revised: 09/03/2018] [Accepted: 09/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
In forensic investigations, it is important to detect traumatic axonal injuries (TAIs) to reveal head trauma that might otherwise remain occult. These lesions are subtle and frequently ambiguous on macroscopic evaluations. We present a case of TAI revealed by pre-autopsy postmortem magnetic resonance imaging (PMMR). A man in his sixties was rendered unconscious in a motor vehicle accident. CT scans revealed traumatic mild subarachnoid hemorrhage. Two weeks after the accident he regained consciousness, but displayed an altered mental state. Seven weeks after the accident, he suddenly died in hospital. Postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) and PMMR were followed by a forensic autopsy. PMMR showed low-intensity lesions in parasagittal white matter, deep white matter, and corpus callosum on three-dimensional gradient-echo T1-weighted imaging (3D-GRE T1WI). In some of these lesions, T2∗-weighted imaging also showed low-intensity foci suggesting hemorrhagic axonal injury. The lesions were difficult to find on PMCT and macroscopic evaluation, but were visible on antemortem MRI and confirmed as TAIs on histopathology. From this case, it can be said that PMMR can detect subtle TAIs missed by PMCT and macroscopic evaluation. Hence, pre-autopsy PMMR scanning could be useful for identifying TAIs during forensic investigations.
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- Yohsuke Makino
- Department of Forensic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan; Department of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Neuropathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, 2-1-6 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan
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- Department of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Chiba University Hospital, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8677, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Chiba University Hospital, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8677, Japan
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan; Department of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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Shatil AS, Uddin MN, Matsuda KM, Figley CR. Quantitative Ex Vivo MRI Changes due to Progressive Formalin Fixation in Whole Human Brain Specimens: Longitudinal Characterization of Diffusion, Relaxometry, and Myelin Water Fraction Measurements at 3T. Front Med (Lausanne) 2018. [PMID: 29515998 PMCID: PMC5826187 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2018.00031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
Abstract
Purpose Postmortem MRI can be used to reveal important pathologies and establish radiology-pathology correlations. However, quantitative MRI values are altered by tissue fixation. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate time-dependent effects of formalin fixation on MRI relaxometry (T1 and T2), diffusion tensor imaging (fractional anisotropy, FA; and mean diffusivity, MD), and myelin water fraction (MWF) measurements throughout intact human brain specimens. Methods Two whole, neurologically-healthy human brains were immersed in 10% formalin solution and scanned at 13 time points between 0 and 1,032 h. Whole-brain maps of longitudinal (T1) and transverse (T2) relaxation times, FA, MD, and MWF were generated at each time point to illustrate spatiotemporal changes, and region-of-interest analyses were then performed in eight brain structures to quantify temporal changes with progressive fixation. Results Although neither of the diffusion measures (FA nor MD) showed significant changes as a function of formalin fixation time, both T1 and T2-relaxation times significantly decreased, and MWF estimates significantly increased with progressive fixation until (and likely beyond) our final measurements were taken at 1,032 h. Conclusion These results suggest that T1-relaxation, T2-relaxation and MWF estimates must be performed quite early in the fixation process to avoid formalin-induced changes compared to in vivo values; and furthermore, that different ex vivo scans within an experiment must be acquired at consistent (albeit still early) fixation intervals to avoid fixative-related differences between samples. Conversely, ex vivo diffusion measures (FA and MD) appear to depend more on other factors (e.g., pulse sequence optimization, sample temperature, etc.).
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- Anwar S Shatil
- Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.,Neuroscience Research Program, Kleysen Institute for Advanced Medicine, Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Neuroscience Research Program, Kleysen Institute for Advanced Medicine, Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.,Department of Radiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.,Division of Diagnostic Imaging, Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.,Department of Pathology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.,Neuroscience Research Program, Kleysen Institute for Advanced Medicine, Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.,Department of Radiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.,Division of Diagnostic Imaging, Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.,Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
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Zhang S, Xu R, Shang S, Han Y, Liu S, Xu T, Gu C, Zhu X, Niu G, Wan M. In vivo monitoring of microwave ablation in a porcine model using ultrasonic differential attenuation coefficient intercept imaging. Int J Hyperthermia 2018; 34:1157-1170. [DOI: 10.1080/02656736.2018.1437477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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- Siyuan Zhang
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China
- Medical Engineering Division, Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China
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Zhu Y, Cheng X, Ma Y, Wong JH, Xie Y, Du J, Chang EY. Rotator cuff tendon assessment using magic-angle insensitive 3D ultrashort echo time cones magnetization transfer (UTE-Cones-MT) imaging and modeling with histological correlation. J Magn Reson Imaging 2017; 48:160-168. [PMID: 29219218 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.25914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2017] [Accepted: 11/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Rotator cuff tendons (RCTs) are challenging to image due to the "magic angle effect" and their short T2 . PURPOSE To assess the degree of magic angle sensitivity of human RCTs and to utilize a 3D ultrashort echo time Cones sequence with magnetization transfer preparation (UTE-Cones-MT) and two-pool quantitative MT modeling with histological correlation. We hypothesized that MT parameters would be less sensitive to the magic angle compared with conventional T2 measurements. STUDY TYPE Prospective imaging pathologic correlation. SPECIMEN Twenty cadaveric rotator cuff tendons were imaged at five sample orientations ranging from 0-90° relative to the B0 field. FIELD STRENGTH/SEQUENCE 3T/3D UTE-Cones-MT and Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill (CPMG). ASSESSMENT Two-pool quantitative MT modeling parameters and T2 values were calculated in regions of interest drawn by a medical physicist. Histopathological analysis was performed and mild and severe tendinopathy groups were assigned by a histopathologist and histotechnician. STATISTICAL TESTS Coefficients of variations (CVs) were calculated for measures between the different orientations and group means were compared for each measure. RESULTS CVs of T2 and macromolecular fractions between orientations were 26.14 ± 16.82% and 6.18 ± 2.77% (mean ± SD), respectively. T2 measurements at 0°, 27°, 70°, and 90° showed significant differences between the two histological groups (P = 0.004, 0.008, 0.003, and 0.015, respectively), but not at 55° (P = 0.611). Mean T2 value ranges between orientations for the mild and severe tendinopathy groups were 15.27-30.32 msec and 20.81-35.85 msec, respectively, showing overlap despite statistically significant differences (P = 0.003). Macromolecular fractions at all angles showed significant differences between the two groups (P < 0.0001). Mean fraction ranges between orientations for the mild and severe tendinopathy groups were 14.32-17.17% and 10.00-13.75% respectively (P < 0.0001) with no overlap. DATA CONCLUSION Compared with T2 , macromolecular fraction obtained with the 3D UTE-Cones-MT technique is resistant to the magic angle effect and is more sensitive to RCT degeneration. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE 1 Technical Efficacy: Stage 2 J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2017.
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- Yanchun Zhu
- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California, USA.,Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academic of Science, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California, USA.,Department of Histology and Embryology, Jinan University School of Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California, USA.,Radiology Service, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California, USA.,Radiology Service, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California, USA
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- Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academic of Science, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California, USA
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- Radiology Service, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California, USA
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Zhang S, Han Y, Zhu X, Shang S, Huang G, Zhang L, Niu G, Wang S, He X, Wan M. Feasibility of Using Ultrasonic Nakagami Imaging for Monitoring Microwave-Induced Thermal Lesion in Ex Vivo Porcine Liver. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2017; 43:482-493. [PMID: 27894833 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2016.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2016] [Revised: 10/05/2016] [Accepted: 10/13/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The feasibility of using ultrasonic Nakagami imaging to evaluate thermal lesions induced by microwave ablation (MWA) in ex vivo porcine liver was explored. Dynamic changes in echo amplitudes and Nakagami parameters in the region of the MWA-induced thermal lesion, as well as the contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) between the MWA-induced thermal lesion and the surrounding normal tissue, were calculated simultaneously during the MWA procedure. After MWA exposure, a bright hyper-echoic region appeared in ultrasonic B-mode and Nakagami parameter images as an indicator of the thermal lesion. Mean values of the Nakagami parameter in the thermal lesion region increased to 0.58, 0.71 and 0.91 after 1, 3 and 5 min of MVA. There were no significant differences in envelope amplitudes in the thermal lesion region among ultrasonic B-mode images obtained after different durations of MWA. Unlike ultrasonic B-mode images, Nakagami images were less affected by the shadow effect in monitoring of MWA exposure, and a fairly complete hyper-echoic region was observed in the Nakagami image. The mean value of the Nakagami parameter increased from approximately 0.47 to 0.82 during MWA exposure. At the end of the postablation stage, the mean value of the Nakagami parameter decreased to 0.55 and was higher than that before MWA exposure. CNR values calculated for Nakagami parameter images increased from 0.13 to approximately 0.61 during MWA and then decreased to 0.26 at the end of the post-ablation stage. The corresponding CNR values calculated for ultrasonic B-mode images were 0.24, 0.42 and 0.17. This preliminary study on ex vivo porcine liver suggested that Nakagami imaging have potential use in evaluating the formation of MWA-induced thermal lesions. Further in vivo studies are needed to evaluate the potential application.
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- Siyuan Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering, Ministry of Education, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering, Ministry of Education, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering, Ministry of Education, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering, Ministry of Education, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering, Ministry of Education, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering, Ministry of Education, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering, Ministry of Education, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering, Ministry of Education, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
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Webb B, Widek T, Neumayer B, Bruguier C, Scheicher S, Sprenger H, Grabherr S, Schwark T, Stollberger R. Temperature dependence of viscosity, relaxation times (T 1, T 2) and simulated contrast for potential perfusates in post-mortem MR angiography (PMMRA). Int J Legal Med 2016; 131:739-749. [PMID: 27900508 PMCID: PMC5388705 DOI: 10.1007/s00414-016-1482-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2016] [Accepted: 10/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Developments in post-mortem imaging increasingly focus on addressing recognised diagnostic weaknesses, especially with regard to suspected natural deaths. Post-mortem MR angiography (PMMRA) may offer additional diagnostic information to help address such weaknesses, specifically in the context of sudden cardiac death. Complete filling of the coronary arteries and acceptable contrast with surrounding tissue are essential for a successful approach to PMMRA. In this work, the suitability of different liquids for inclusion in a targeted PMMRA protocol was evaluated. Factors influencing cooling of paraffinum liquidum + Angiofil® (6 %) in cadavers during routine multiphase post-mortem CT angiography were investigated. The temperature dependence of dynamic viscosity (8–20 °C), longitudinal (T1) and transverse (T2) relaxation (1–23 °C) of the proposed liquids was quadratically modelled. The relaxation behaviour of these liquids and MR scan parameters were further investigated by simulation of a radiofrequency (RF)-spoiled gradient echo (GRE) sequence to estimate potentially achievable contrast between liquids and post-mortem tissue at different temperatures across a forensically relevant temperature range. Analysis of the established models and simulations indicated that based on dynamic viscosity (27–33 mPa · s), short T1 relaxation times (155–207 ms) and a minimal temperature dependence over the investigated range of these parameters, paraffin oil and a solution of paraffin oil + Angiofil® (6 %) would be most suitable for post-mortem reperfusion and examination in MRI.
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- Bridgette Webb
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Clinical Forensic Imaging, Universitätsplatz 4/2., Graz, 8010, Austria.
- Institute of Forensic Medicine, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria.
- BioTechMed-Graz, Graz, Austria.
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Clinical Forensic Imaging, Universitätsplatz 4/2., Graz, 8010, Austria
- BioTechMed-Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Clinical Forensic Imaging, Universitätsplatz 4/2., Graz, 8010, Austria
- BioTechMed-Graz, Graz, Austria
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- University Center of Legal Medicine, Lausanne-Geneva, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Clinical Forensic Imaging, Universitätsplatz 4/2., Graz, 8010, Austria
- BioTechMed-Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Clinical Forensic Imaging, Universitätsplatz 4/2., Graz, 8010, Austria
- BioTechMed-Graz, Graz, Austria
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- University Center of Legal Medicine, Lausanne-Geneva, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Clinical Forensic Imaging, Universitätsplatz 4/2., Graz, 8010, Austria
- Institute of Forensic Medicine, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria
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- BioTechMed-Graz, Graz, Austria
- Institute of Medical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
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Dusek P, Bahn E, Litwin T, Jabłonka-Salach K, Łuciuk A, Huelnhagen T, Madai VI, Dieringer MA, Bulska E, Knauth M, Niendorf T, Sobesky J, Paul F, Schneider SA, Czlonkowska A, Brück W, Wegner C, Wuerfel J. Brain iron accumulation in Wilson disease: apost mortem7 Tesla MRI - histopathological study. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 2016; 43:514-532. [DOI: 10.1111/nan.12341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2016] [Revised: 08/18/2016] [Accepted: 08/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- P. Dusek
- Institute of Neuroradiology; University Medical Center Göttingen; Göttingen Germany
- Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience; 1 Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital in Prague; Charles University in Prague; Praha Czech Republic
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- Institute of Neuropathology; University Medical Center Göttingen; Göttingen Germany
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- 2 Department of Neurology; Institute Psychiatry and Neurology; Warsaw Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry; Biological and Chemical Research Centre; University of Warsaw; Warsaw Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry; Biological and Chemical Research Centre; University of Warsaw; Warsaw Poland
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- Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility (B.U.F.F.); Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association; Berlin Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Center for Stroke Research Berlin (CSB); Charité-Universitätsmedizin; Berlin Germany
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- Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility (B.U.F.F.); Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association; Berlin Germany
- Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC); Charité-Universitätsmedizin and Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC); Berlin Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry; Biological and Chemical Research Centre; University of Warsaw; Warsaw Poland
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- Institute of Neuroradiology; University Medical Center Göttingen; Göttingen Germany
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- Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility (B.U.F.F.); Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association; Berlin Germany
- Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC); Charité-Universitätsmedizin and Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC); Berlin Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Center for Stroke Research Berlin (CSB); Charité-Universitätsmedizin; Berlin Germany
- Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC); Charité-Universitätsmedizin and Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC); Berlin Germany
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- Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC); Charité-Universitätsmedizin and Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC); Berlin Germany
- NeuroCure Clinical Research Center and Clinical and Experimental Multiple Sclerosis Research Center; Department of Neurology; Charité-Universitätsmedizin; Berlin Germany
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- Neurology Department; University of Kiel; Kiel Germany
- Department of Neurology; Ludwig-Maximilians-University; Munich Germany
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- 2 Department of Neurology; Institute Psychiatry and Neurology; Warsaw Poland
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology; Medical University; Warsaw Poland
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- Institute of Neuropathology; University Medical Center Göttingen; Göttingen Germany
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- Institute of Neuropathology; University Medical Center Göttingen; Göttingen Germany
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- Institute of Neuroradiology; University Medical Center Göttingen; Göttingen Germany
- NeuroCure Clinical Research Center and Clinical and Experimental Multiple Sclerosis Research Center; Department of Neurology; Charité-Universitätsmedizin; Berlin Germany
- Medical Imaging Analysis Center AG; Basel Switzerland
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Birkl C, Langkammer C, Golob-Schwarzl N, Leoni M, Haybaeck J, Goessler W, Fazekas F, Ropele S. Effects of formalin fixation and temperature on MR relaxation times in the human brain. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2016; 29:458-465. [PMID: 26835664 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2015] [Revised: 12/02/2015] [Accepted: 12/02/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Post-mortem MRI of the brain is increasingly applied in neuroscience for a better understanding of the contrast mechanisms of disease induced tissue changes. However, the influence of chemical processes caused by formalin fixation and differences in temperature may hamper the comparability with results from in vivo MRI. In this study we investigated how formalin fixation and temperature affect T1, T2 and T2* relaxation times of brain tissue. Fixation effects were examined with respect to changes in water content and crosslinking. Relaxometry was performed in brain slices from five deceased subjects at different temperatures. All measurements were repeated after 190 days of formaldehyde immersion. The water content of unfixed and fixed tissue was determined using the wet-to-dry ratio following drying. Protein weight was determined with sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). Fixation caused a strong decrease of all relaxation times, the strongest effect being seen on T1, with a reduction of up to 76%. The temperature coefficient of T1 was lower in the fixed than unfixed tissue, which was in contrast to T2, where an increase of the temperature coefficient was observed following fixation. The reduction of the water content after fixation was in the range of 1-6% and thus not sufficient to explain the changes in relaxation time. Results from SDS-PAGE indicated a strong increase of the protein size above 260 kDa in all brain structures examined. Our results suggest that crosslinking induced changes of the macromolecular matrix are responsible for T1 shortening and a decreased temperature dependency. The relaxation times provided in this work should allow optimization of post-mortem MRI protocols for the brain.
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- Christoph Birkl
- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Austria
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Austria
- MGH Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz, Austria
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- Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz, Austria
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- Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, University of Graz, Austria
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Austria
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Austria
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Adolphi NL. An equation-free introduction to post-mortem MR image contrast and pulse sequence optimization. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jofri.2015.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Zech WD, Hottinger AL, Schwendener N, Schuster F, Persson A, Warntjes MJ, Jackowski C. Post-mortem 1.5T MR quantification of regular anatomical brain structures. Int J Legal Med 2016; 130:1071-1080. [DOI: 10.1007/s00414-016-1318-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2015] [Accepted: 01/13/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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TASHIRO K, SHIOTANI S, KOBAYASHI T, KAGA K, SAITO H, SOMEYA S, MIYAMOTO K, HAYAKAWA H. Cerebral Relaxation Times from Postmortem MR Imaging of Adults. Magn Reson Med Sci 2015; 14:51-6. [DOI: 10.2463/mrms.2013-0126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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- Kazuya TASHIRO
- Department of Radiological Technology, Tsukuba Medical Center Hospital
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- Department of Radiology, Tsukuba Medical Center Hospital
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- Department of Radiological Technology, Tsukuba Medical Center Hospital
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- Department of Radiological Technology, Tsukuba Medical Center Hospital
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- Department of Radiological Technology, Tsukuba Medical Center Hospital
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- Department of Radiological Technology, Tsukuba Medical Center Hospital
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- Department of Radiological Technology, Tsukuba Medical Center Hospital
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Overduin CG, Bomers JGR, Jenniskens SFM, Hoes MF, ten Haken B, de Lange F, Fütterer JJ, Scheenen TWJ. T1-weighted MR image contrast around a cryoablation iceball: A phantom study and initial comparison within vivofindings. Med Phys 2014; 41:112301. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4896824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Birkl C, Langkammer C, Krenn H, Goessler W, Ernst C, Haybaeck J, Stollberger R, Fazekas F, Ropele S. Iron mapping using the temperature dependency of the magnetic susceptibility. Magn Reson Med 2014; 73:1282-8. [DOI: 10.1002/mrm.25236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2013] [Revised: 02/11/2014] [Accepted: 03/11/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Christoph Birkl
- Department of Neurology; Medical University of Graz; Austria
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- Institute of Physics, Experimental Physics, University of Graz; Austria
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- Institute of Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, University of Graz; Austria
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- Department of Neuropathology; Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz; Austria
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- Department of Neuropathology; Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz; Austria
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- Institute of Medical Engineering, Graz University of Technology; Austria
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- Department of Neurology; Medical University of Graz; Austria
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- Department of Neurology; Medical University of Graz; Austria
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Martínez Vera NP, Schmidt R, Langer K, Zlatev I, Wronski R, Auer E, Havas D, Windisch M, von Briesen H, Wagner S, Stab J, Deutsch M, Pietrzik C, Fazekas F, Ropele S. Tracking of magnetite labeled nanoparticles in the rat brain using MRI. PLoS One 2014; 9:e92068. [PMID: 24633006 PMCID: PMC3954869 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2013] [Accepted: 02/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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This study was performed to explore the feasibility of tracing nanoparticles for drug transport in the healthy rat brain with a clinical MRI scanner. Phantom studies were performed to assess the R1 ( = 1/T1) relaxivity of different magnetically labeled nanoparticle (MLNP) formulations that were based on biodegradable human serum albumin and that were labeled with magnetite of different size. In vivo MRI measurements in 26 rats were done at 3T to study the effect and dynamics of MLNP uptake in the rat brain and body. In the brain, MLNPs induced T1 changes were quantitatively assessed by T1 relaxation time mapping in vivo and compared to post-mortem results from fluorescence imaging. Following intravenous injection of MLNPs, a visible MLNP uptake was seen in the liver and spleen while no visual effect was seen in the brain. However a histogram analysis of T1 changes in the brain demonstrated global and diffuse presence of MLNPs. The magnitude of these T1 changes scaled with post-mortem fluorescence intensity. This study demonstrates the feasibility of tracking even small amounts of magnetite labeled NPs with a sensitive histogram technique in the brain of a living rodent.
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- JSW-Live Sciences GmbH, Grambach, Austria
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- Department of Cell Biology & Applied Virology, Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering, St. Ingbert, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology & Applied Virology, Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering, St. Ingbert, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology & Applied Virology, Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering, St. Ingbert, Germany
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- Physics Department, Schottenstein Center for the Research and Technology of the Cellome, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Institute of Pathobiochemistry, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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