Alizadeh Maryam, Collins D Louis, Kersten-Oertel Marta, Xiao Yiming
Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Med Phys. 2025 May;52(5):3481-3486. doi: 10.1002/mp.17666. Epub 2025 Feb 7.
PURPOSE: As a portable and cost-effective imaging modality with better accessibility than Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), transcranial sonography (TCS) has demonstrated its flexibility and potential utility in various clinical diagnostic applications, including Parkinson's disease and cerebrovascular conditions. To better understand the information in TCS for data analysis and acquisition, MRI can provide guidance for efficient imaging with neuronavigation systems and the confirmation of disease-related abnormality. In these cases, MRI-TCS co-registration is crucial, but relevant public databases are scarce to help develop the related algorithms and software systems. ACQUISITION AND VALIDATION METHODS: This dataset comprises manually registered MRI and transcranial ultrasound volumes from eight healthy subjects. Three raters manually registered each subject's scans, based on visual inspection of image feature correspondence. Average transformation matrices were computed from all raters' alignments for each subject. Inter- and intra-rater variability in the transformations conducted by raters are presented to validate the accuracy and consistency of manual registration. In addition, a population-averaged MRI brain vascular atlas is provided to facilitate the development of computer-assisted TCS acquisition software. DATA FORMAT AND USAGE NOTES: The dataset is provided in both NIFTI and MINC formats and is publicly available on the OSF data repository: https://osf.io/zdcjb/. POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS: This dataset provides the first public resource for the development and assessment of MRI-TCS registration with manual ground truths, as well as resources for establishing neuronavigation software in data acquisition and analysis of TCS. These technical advancements could greatly boost TCS as an imaging tool for clinical applications in the diagnosis of neurological conditions such as Parkinson's disease and cerebrovascular disorders.
目的:经颅超声检查(TCS)作为一种便携且经济高效的成像方式,其可及性优于磁共振成像(MRI),已在包括帕金森病和脑血管疾病在内的各种临床诊断应用中展现出灵活性和潜在效用。为了更好地理解TCS中的信息以进行数据分析和采集,MRI可为使用神经导航系统进行高效成像以及确认疾病相关异常提供指导。在这些情况下,MRI-TCS配准至关重要,但缺乏相关公共数据库来帮助开发相关算法和软件系统。 采集与验证方法:该数据集包含来自八名健康受试者的手动配准的MRI和经颅超声容积数据。三名评估者基于对图像特征对应关系的目视检查,手动配准每个受试者的扫描数据。针对每个受试者,从所有评估者的配准结果中计算平均变换矩阵。展示评估者进行的变换中的评估者间和评估者内变异性,以验证手动配准的准确性和一致性。此外,还提供了一个群体平均的MRI脑血管图谱,以促进计算机辅助TCS采集软件的开发。 数据格式和使用说明:该数据集以NIFTI和MINC格式提供,可在OSF数据存储库上公开获取:https://osf.io/zdcjb/。 潜在应用:该数据集为开发和评估具有手动真值的MRI-TCS配准提供了首个公共资源,同时也为在TCS的数据采集和分析中建立神经导航软件提供了资源。这些技术进步可极大地推动TCS作为一种成像工具在帕金森病和脑血管疾病等神经系统疾病诊断的临床应用中发挥作用。
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