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- Title
Double pulsed field gradient diffusion MRI to assess skeletal muscle microstructure.
- Authors
Berry, D. B.; Galinsky, V. L.; Hutchinson, E. B.; Galons, J. P.; Ward, S. R.; Frank, L. R.
- Abstract
Purpose: Preliminary study to determine whether double pulsed field gradient (PFG) diffusion MRI is sensitive to key features of muscle microstructure related to function. Methods: The restricted diffusion profile of molecules in models of muscle microstructure derived from histology were systematically simulated using a numerical simulation approach. Diffusion tensor subspace imaging analysis of the diffusion signal was performed, and spherical anisotropy (SA) was calculated for each model. Linear regression was used to determine the predictive capacity of SA on the fiber area, fiber diameter, and surface area to volume ratio of the models. Additionally, a rat model of muscle hypertrophy was scanned using a single PFG and a double PFG pulse sequence, and the restricted diffusion measurements were compared with histological measurements of microstructure. Results: Excellent agreement between SA and muscle fiber area (r2 = 0.71; p < 0.0001), fiber diameter (r2 = 0.83; p < 0.0001), and surface area to volume ratio (r2 = 0.97; p < 0.0001) in simulated models was found. In a scanned rat leg, the distribution of these microstructural features measured from histology was broad and demonstrated that there is a wide variance in the microstructural features observed, similar to the SA distributions. However, the distribution of fractional anisotropy measurements in the same tissue was narrow. Conclusions: This study demonstrates that SA—a scalar value from diffusion tensor subspace imaging analysis—is highly sensitive to muscle microstructural features predictive of function. Furthermore, these techniques and analysis tools can be translated to real experiments in skeletal muscle. The increased dynamic range of SA compared with fractional anisotropy in the same tissue suggests increased sensitivity to detecting changes in tissue microstructure.
- Subjects
DIFFUSION magnetic resonance imaging; DIFFUSION tensor imaging; DIFFUSION gradients; SKELETAL muscle; DIFFUSION measurements
- Publication
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2023, Vol 90, Issue 4, p1582
- ISSN
0740-3194
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/mrm.29751