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基于扩散圆谱相位信息映射体素内交叉纤维的方向。

Mapping the orientation of intravoxel crossing fibers based on the phase information of diffusion circular spectrum.

作者信息

Zhan Wang, Stein Elliot A, Yang Yihong

机构信息

Neuroimaging Research Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.

出版信息

Neuroimage. 2004 Dec;23(4):1358-69. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.07.062.

Abstract

A new method is presented to map the orientation of intravoxel crossing fibers by using the phase of the diffusion circular spectrum harmonics. In a previous study [Zhan, W., Gu, H., Xu, S., Silbersweig, D.A., Stern, E., Yang, Y., 2003. Circular spectrum mapping for intravoxel fiber structures based on high angular resolution apparent diffusion coefficients. Magn. Reson. Med. 49, 1077-1088], we demonstrated that the magnitude of the 4th-order harmonic of the diffusion circular spectrum can be used to identify the existence of fiber crossings. However, the orientation of the intravoxel crossing fibers remained unknown. This study extends the diffusion circular spectrum mapping method so that it is able to identify the orientation of the intravoxel crossing fibers by utilizing the phase information of the circular spectrum. In general, the phase of the circular harmonic determines the rotation of the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) profile on the sampling circle that is spanned by the major and medium eigenvector of the diffusion tensor and thus can be used to determine the orientation of the crossing fibers. Simulation results show that the regular tensor-based major eigenvector maps have obvious artifacts in the fiber-crossing area, whereas the estimated crossing fibers by the proposed method are much more consistent with the orientation of the actual intravoxel fibers. Diffusion MRI experiments were performed on five healthy human brains using a 3T scanner. The brain regions with fiber crossings were selected by thresholding the magnitudes of the 4th-order circular spectrum map. Intravoxel crossing fibers were estimated by the phase of the 4th-order harmonic for each voxel within these areas. The estimated intravoxel crossing fibers demonstrated a clear consistency with the orientations of fiber tracks in the surrounding tissues, reducing the fiber orientation discontinuity of the regular major eigenvector map.

摘要

提出了一种利用扩散圆谱谐波的相位来映射体素内交叉纤维方向的新方法。在之前的一项研究中[Zhan, W., Gu, H., Xu, S., Silbersweig, D.A., Stern, E., Yang, Y., 2003.基于高角分辨率表观扩散系数的体素内纤维结构圆谱映射。磁共振成像。49, 1077 - 1088],我们证明了扩散圆谱的四阶谐波幅度可用于识别纤维交叉的存在。然而,体素内交叉纤维的方向仍然未知。本研究扩展了扩散圆谱映射方法,使其能够通过利用圆谱的相位信息来识别体素内交叉纤维的方向。一般来说,圆谐波的相位决定了表观扩散系数(ADC)轮廓在由扩散张量的主特征向量和中等特征向量所跨越的采样圆上的旋转,因此可用于确定交叉纤维的方向。模拟结果表明,基于常规张量的主特征向量图在纤维交叉区域有明显的伪影,而通过所提出的方法估计的交叉纤维与实际体素内纤维的方向更加一致。使用3T扫描仪对五名健康人类大脑进行了扩散MRI实验。通过对四阶圆谱图的幅度进行阈值处理来选择具有纤维交叉的脑区。对于这些区域内的每个体素,通过四阶谐波的相位估计体素内交叉纤维。估计的体素内交叉纤维与周围组织中纤维束的方向表现出明显的一致性,减少了常规主特征向量图的纤维方向不连续性。

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