一种用于感兴趣区域引导的流线型纤维束成像的多数规则方法。

A majority rule approach for region-of-interest-guided streamline fiber tractography.

作者信息

Colon-Perez L M, Triplett W, Bohsali A, Corti M, Nguyen P T, Patten C, Mareci T H, Price C C

机构信息

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.

Department of Physical Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.

出版信息

Brain Imaging Behav. 2016 Dec;10(4):1137-1147. doi: 10.1007/s11682-015-9474-5.

Abstract

Hand-drawn gray matter regions of interest (ROI) are often used to guide the estimation of white matter tractography, obtained from diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI), in healthy and in patient populations. However, such ROIs are vulnerable to rater bias of the individual segmenting the ROIs, scan variability, and individual differences in neuroanatomy. In this report, a "majority rule" approach is introduced for ROI segmentation used to guide streamline tractography in white matter structures. DWI of one healthy participant was acquired in ten separate sessions using a 3 T scanner over the course of a month. Four raters identified ROIs within the left hemisphere [Cerebral Peduncle (CPED); Internal Capsule (IC); Hand Portion of the Motor Cortex, or Hand Bump, (HB)] using a group-established standard operating procedure for ROI definition to guide the estimation of streamline tracts within the corticospinal tract (CST). Each rater traced the ROIs twice for each scan session. The overlap of each rater's two ROIs was used to define a representative ROI for each rater. These ROIs were combined to create a "majority rules" ROI, in which the rule requires that each voxel is selected by at least three of four raters. Reproducibility for ROIs and CST segmentations were analyzed with the Dice Similarity Coefficient (DSC). Intra-rater reliability for each ROI was high (DSCs ≥ 0.83). Inter-rater reliability was moderate to adequate (DSC range 0.54-0.75; lowest for IC). Using intersected majority rules ROIs, the resulting CST showed improved overlap (DSC = 0.82) in the estimated streamline tracks for the ten sessions. Despite high intra-rater reliability, there was lower inter-rater reliability consistent with the expectation of rater bias. Employing the majority rules method improved reliability in the overlap of the CST.

摘要

手绘灰质感兴趣区域(ROI)常用于指导从扩散加权磁共振成像(DWI)获得的白质纤维束成像估计,无论是在健康人群还是患者群体中。然而,此类ROI容易受到ROI分割者的评分偏差、扫描变异性以及神经解剖结构个体差异的影响。在本报告中,引入了一种“多数规则”方法用于ROI分割,以指导白质结构中的纤维束示踪。在一个月的时间里,使用3T扫描仪在十个不同的时间段采集了一名健康参与者的DWI。四名评分者使用一组既定的ROI定义标准操作程序,在左半球内确定ROI[大脑脚(CPED);内囊(IC);运动皮层的手部区域,即手部隆起(HB)],以指导皮质脊髓束(CST)内纤维束的估计。每个评分者在每个扫描时间段对ROI进行两次追踪。每个评分者的两个ROI的重叠部分用于为每个评分者定义一个代表性ROI。将这些ROI合并以创建一个“多数规则”ROI,其中规则要求每个体素至少被四名评分者中的三名选中。使用骰子相似系数(DSC)分析ROI和CST分割的可重复性。每个ROI的评分者内可靠性较高(DSC≥0.83)。评分者间可靠性为中等至良好(DSC范围0.54 - 0.75;IC最低)。使用相交的多数规则ROI,在十个时间段的估计纤维束轨迹中,所得CST显示出更好的重叠(DSC = 0.82)。尽管评分者内可靠性较高,但评分者间可靠性较低,这与评分偏差的预期一致。采用多数规则方法提高了CST重叠的可靠性。

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