静息态条件对动脉自旋标记灌注 MRI 测量脑功能的可靠性、特质特异性和网络连通性的影响。
Effects of resting state condition on reliability, trait specificity, and network connectivity of brain function measured with arterial spin labeled perfusion MRI.
机构信息
Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, USA.
Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, USA.
出版信息
Neuroimage. 2018 Jun;173:165-175. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.02.028. Epub 2018 Feb 16.
Resting state fMRI (rs-fMRI) provides imaging biomarkers of task-independent brain function that can be associated with clinical variables or modulated by interventions such as behavioral training or pharmacological manipulations. These biomarkers include time-averaged regional brain function as manifested by regional cerebral blood flow (CBF) measured using arterial spin labeled (ASL) perfusion MRI and correlated temporal fluctuations of function across brain networks with either ASL or blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) fMRI. Resting-state studies are typically carried out using just one of several prescribed state conditions such as eyes closed (EC), eyes open (EO), or visual fixation on a cross-hair (FIX), which may affect the reliability and specificity of rs-fMRI. In this study, we collected test-retest ASL MRI data during 4 resting-state task conditions: EC, EO, FIX and PVT (low-frequency psychomotor vigilance task), and examined the effects of these task conditions on reliability and reproducibility as well as trait specificity of regional brain function. We also acquired resting-state BOLD fMRI under FIX and compared the network connectivity reliabilities between the four ASL conditions and the BOLD FIX condition. For resting-state ASL data, EC provided the highest CBF reliability, reproducibility, trait specificity, and network connectivity reliability, followed by EO, while FIX was lowest on all of these measures. PVT demonstrated lower CBF reliability, reproducibility and trait specificity than EO and EC. Overall network connectivity reliability was comparable between ASL and BOLD. Our findings confirm ASL CBF as a reliable, stable, and consistent measure of resting-state regional brain function and support the use of EC or EO over FIX and PVT as the resting-state condition.
静息态功能磁共振成像 (rs-fMRI) 提供了与临床变量相关或可通过行为训练或药物干预等调节的任务独立性脑功能的成像生物标志物。这些生物标志物包括使用动脉自旋标记 (ASL) 灌注 MRI 测量的区域脑血流 (CBF) 的时间平均区域脑功能,以及通过 ASL 或血氧水平依赖 (BOLD) fMRI 测量的脑网络之间功能的相关时间波动。静息态研究通常仅使用几种规定状态之一进行,例如闭眼 (EC)、睁眼 (EO) 或注视十字线 (FIX),这可能会影响 rs-fMRI 的可靠性和特异性。在这项研究中,我们在 4 种静息状态任务条件下收集了测试-再测试 ASL MRI 数据:EC、EO、FIX 和 PVT(低频精神警觉任务),并检查了这些任务条件对可靠性和可重复性以及区域脑功能特征特异性的影响。我们还在 FIX 下采集了静息态 BOLD fMRI,并比较了这四种 ASL 条件与 BOLD FIX 条件之间的网络连接可靠性。对于静息态 ASL 数据,EC 提供了最高的 CBF 可靠性、可重复性、特征特异性和网络连接可靠性,其次是 EO,而 FIX 在所有这些测量上均最低。PVT 在 CBF 可靠性、可重复性和特征特异性方面均低于 EO 和 EC。总体网络连接可靠性在 ASL 和 BOLD 之间相当。我们的研究结果证实了 ASL CBF 是一种可靠、稳定且一致的静息状态区域脑功能测量方法,并支持将 EC 或 EO 而非 FIX 和 PVT 用作静息状态条件。