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- Title
Synthetic MRI in children with tuberous sclerosis complex.
- Authors
Coban, Gokcen; Gumeler, Ekim; Parlak, Safak; Konuskan, Bahadir; Karakaya, Jale; Yalnizoglu, Dilek; Anlar, Banu; Oguz, Kader K.
- Abstract
Objective: The generation of numerous sequences and quantitative data in a short scanning time is the most potential advantage of Synthetic MRI (SyMRI). We aimed to test detection of the tubers and to determine underlying tissue characteristics, and morphometric alterations in the brain of pediatric tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) patients, using SyMRI. Methods: Conventional brain MRI (cMRI) and SyMRI were prospectively obtained from 10 TSC patients and 18 healthy control subjects (HCs). Two neuroradiologists independently evaluated tubers on both scans. Additionally, automatically segmented volume calculation and myelin quantification, including the subcortical part of the tubers and normal-appearing brain parenchyma (NABP) of patients, were carried out using SyMRI. Results: The cMRI and SyMRI comparison showed a very good correlation on the detection of the tubers (k = 0.82–0.94). Automatic segmentation of Non-gray matter/white matter/cerebrospinal fluid (Non), %Non/brain parenchymal volume, and %Non/intracranial volume was significantly higher; however, %Myelin/intracranial volume and %Myelin/brain parenchymal volume were significantly lower in the TSC patients (p < 0.05). The proton density values were significantly increased, and myelin fraction volume and myelin-correlated compound values were significantly decreased in the NABP in TSC patients on myelin maps (p < 0.05). The white-matter volume, myelin and white-matter fractional volume, longitudinal relaxation rate, transverse relaxation rate, and myelin-correlated compound values were significantly decreased in the subcortical part of tubers on quantification maps (p < 0.001) in TSC patients. Conclusion: SyMRI enables the detection of cortical tubers and is a developing tool in the quantification of morphometric and tissue alterations in pediatric TSC patients with a rational scanning time.
- Subjects
TUBEROUS sclerosis; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; WHITE matter (Nerve tissue); CEREBROSPINAL fluid; TUBERS
- Publication
Insights into Imaging, 2022, Vol 13, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1869-4101
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s13244-022-01219-2