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Wireless optically pumped magnetometer MEG 无线光泵磁力计 MEG
IF 4.7 2区 医学 Q1 NEUROIMAGING Pub Date : 2024-09-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120864
Hao Cheng , Kaiyan He , Congcong Li , Xiao Ma , Fufu Zheng , Wei Xu , Pan Liao , Rui Yang , Dongxu Li , Lang Qin , Shuai Na , Bingjiang Lyu , Jia-Hong Gao
The current magnetoencephalography (MEG) systems, which rely on cables for control and signal transmission, do not fully realize the potential of wearable optically pumped magnetometers (OPM). This study presents a significant advancement in wireless OPM-MEG by reducing magnetization in the electronics and developing a tailored wireless communication protocol. Our protocol effectively eliminates electromagnetic interference, particularly in the critical frequency bands of MEG signals, and accurately synchronizes the acquisition and stimulation channels with the host computer's clock. We have successfully achieved single-channel wireless OPM-MEG measurement and demonstrated its reliability by replicating three well-established experiments: The alpha rhythm, auditory evoked field, and steady-state visual evoked field in the human brain. Our prototype wireless OPM-MEG system not only streamlines the measurement process but also represents a major step forward in the development of wearable OPM-MEG applications in both neuroscience and clinical research.
目前的脑磁图(MEG)系统依赖电缆进行控制和信号传输,无法充分发挥可穿戴式光泵磁强计(OPM)的潜力。本研究通过减少电子设备中的磁化和开发量身定制的无线通信协议,在无线 OPM-MEG 方面取得了重大进展。我们的协议有效消除了电磁干扰,尤其是在 MEG 信号的关键频段,并将采集和刺激通道与主机时钟精确同步。我们成功实现了单通道无线 OPM-MEG 测量,并通过复制三个成熟的实验证明了其可靠性:人脑中的α节律、听觉诱发场和稳态视觉诱发场。我们的无线 OPM-MEG 系统原型不仅简化了测量过程,而且在开发神经科学和临床研究领域的可穿戴 OPM-MEG 应用方面迈出了重要一步。
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Comparative evaluation of interpretation methods in surface-based age prediction for neonates 比较评估基于表面的新生儿年龄预测的解释方法。
IF 4.7 2区 医学 Q1 NEUROIMAGING Pub Date : 2024-09-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120861
Xiaotong Wu , Chenxin Xie , Fangxiao Cheng , Zhuoshuo Li , Ruizhuo Li , Duan Xu , Hosung Kim , Jianjia Zhang , Hongsheng Liu , Mengting Liu
Significant changes in brain morphology occur during the third trimester of gestation. The capability of deep learning in leveraging these morphological features has enhanced the accuracy of brain age predictions for this critical period. Yet, the opaque nature of deep learning techniques, often described as "black box" approaches, limits their interpretability, posing challenges in clinical applications. Traditional interpretable methods developed for computer vision and natural language processing may not directly translate to the distinct demands of neuroimaging. In response, our research evaluates the effectiveness and adaptability of two interpretative methods—regional age prediction and the perturbation-based saliency map approach—for predicting the brain age of neonates. Analyzing 664 T1 MRI scans with the NEOCIVET pipeline to extract brain surface and cortical features, we assess how these methods illuminate key brain regions for age prediction, focusing on technical analysis with clinical insight. Through a comparative analysis of the saliency index (SI) with relative brain age (RBA) and the examination of structural covariance networks, we uncover the saliency index's enhanced ability to pinpoint regions vital for accurate indication of clinical factors. Our results highlight the advantages of perturbation techniques in addressing the complexities of medical data, steering clinical interventions for premature neonates towards more personalized and interpretable approaches. This study not only reveals the promise of these methods in complex medical scenarios but also offers a blueprint for implementing more interpretable and clinically relevant deep learning models in healthcare settings.
妊娠三个月期间,大脑形态会发生显著变化。深度学习利用这些形态特征的能力提高了这一关键时期脑年龄预测的准确性。然而,深度学习技术的不透明性(通常被称为 "黑盒 "方法)限制了其可解释性,给临床应用带来了挑战。为计算机视觉和自然语言处理开发的传统可解释方法可能无法直接转化为神经成像的独特需求。为此,我们的研究评估了两种解释性方法--区域年龄预测法和基于扰动的显著性图法--预测新生儿脑年龄的有效性和适应性。我们利用 NEOCIVET 管道分析了 664 张 T1 MRI 扫描图像,提取了大脑表面和皮层特征,评估了这些方法如何揭示年龄预测的关键大脑区域,重点关注具有临床洞察力的技术分析。通过对显著性指数(SI)与相对脑年龄(RBA)的比较分析以及对结构协方差网络的研究,我们发现显著性指数具有更强的能力,可以精确定位对准确指示临床因素至关重要的区域。我们的研究结果凸显了扰动技术在处理复杂医疗数据方面的优势,从而引导早产新生儿的临床干预朝着更加个性化和可解释的方向发展。这项研究不仅揭示了这些方法在复杂医疗场景中的应用前景,还为在医疗环境中实施更具可解释性和临床相关性的深度学习模型提供了蓝图。
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Cross-species striatal hubs: Linking anatomy to resting-state connectivity 跨物种纹状体枢纽:将解剖学与静息状态连接联系起来
IF 4.7 2区 医学 Q1 NEUROIMAGING Pub Date : 2024-09-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120866
Xiaolong Peng , Lucas R. Trambaiolli , Eun Young Choi , Julia F. Lehman , Gary Linn , Brian E. Russ , Charles E. Schroeder , Suzanne N. Haber , Hesheng Liu
Corticostriatal connections are essential for motivation, cognition, and behavioral flexibility. There is broad interest in using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) to link circuit dysfunction in these connections with neuropsychiatric disorders. In this paper, we used tract-tracing data from non-human primates (NHPs) to assess the likelihood of monosynaptic connections being represented in rs-fMRI data of NHPs and humans. We also demonstrated that existing hub locations in the anatomical data can be identified in the rs-fMRI data from both species. To characterize this in detail, we mapped the complete striatal projection zones from 27 tract-tracer injections located in the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC), ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC), ventrolateral PFC (vlPFC), and dorsal PFC (dPFC) of macaque monkeys. Rs-fMRI seeds at the same regions of NHP and homologous regions of human brains showed connectivity maps in the striatum mostly consistent with those observed in the tracer data. We then examined the location of overlap in striatal projection zones. The medial rostral dorsal caudate connected with all five frontocortical regions evaluated in this study in both modalities (tract-tracing and rs-fMRI) and species (NHP and human). Other locations in the caudate also presented an overlap of four frontocortical regions, suggesting the existence of different locations with lower levels of input diversity. Small retrograde tracer injections and rs-fMRI seeds in the striatum confirmed these cortical input patterns. This study sets the ground for future studies evaluating rs-fMRI in clinical samples to measure anatomical corticostriatal circuit dysfunction and identify connectional hubs to provide more specific treatment targets for neurological and psychiatric disorders.
皮质丘脑连接对动机、认知和行为灵活性至关重要。利用静息态功能磁共振成像(rs-fMRI)将这些连接中的回路功能障碍与神经精神疾病联系起来,受到了广泛关注。在本文中,我们利用非人灵长类动物(NHPs)的神经束追踪数据来评估单突触连接在 NHPs 和人类的 rs-fMRI 数据中体现的可能性。我们还证明,解剖学数据中的现有枢纽位置可以在这两个物种的 rs-fMRI 数据中识别出来。为了详细说明这一点,我们绘制了猕猴眶额叶皮层(OFC)、背侧前扣带回皮层(dACC)、腹内侧前额叶皮层(vmPFC)、腹外侧前额叶皮层(vlPFC)和背侧前额叶皮层(dPFC)中 27 个道示踪剂注射的完整纹状体投射区。在 NHP 相同区域和人类大脑同类区域播下的 Rs-fMRI 种子显示,纹状体中的连接图与示踪剂数据中观察到的连接图基本一致。我们随后研究了纹状体投射区的重叠位置。在本研究中,尾状体内侧喙背与本研究评估的所有五个前皮层区域在两种模式(道追踪和rs-fMRI)和物种(NHP和人类)中都有连接。尾状核的其他位置也出现了四个前皮层区域的重叠,这表明存在着输入多样性水平较低的不同位置。纹状体中的小逆行示踪剂注射和 rs-fMRI 种子证实了这些皮层输入模式。这项研究为今后在临床样本中评估rs-fMRI研究奠定了基础,以测量解剖学上的皮层神经回路功能障碍,并确定连接枢纽,为神经和精神疾病提供更具体的治疗目标。
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Dynamic functional connectivity in verbal cognitive control and word reading 言语认知控制和单词阅读的动态功能连接
IF 4.7 2区 医学 Q1 NEUROIMAGING Pub Date : 2024-09-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120863
Kazuki Sakakura , Matthew Brennan , Masaki Sonoda , Takumi Mitsuhashi , Aimee F Luat , Neena I Marupudi , Sandeep Sood , Eishi Asano
Cognitive control processes enable the suppression of automatic behaviors and the initiation of appropriate responses. The Stroop color naming task serves as a benchmark paradigm for understanding the neurobiological model of verbal cognitive control. Previous research indicates a predominant engagement of the prefrontal and premotor cortex during the Stroop task compared to reading. We aim to further this understanding by creating a dynamic atlas of task-preferential modulations of functional connectivity through white matter. Patients undertook word-reading and Stroop tasks during intracranial EEG recording. We quantified task-related high-gamma amplitude modulations at 547 nonepileptic electrode sites, and a mixed model analysis identified regions and timeframes where these amplitudes differed between tasks. We then visualized white matter pathways with task-preferential functional connectivity enhancements at given moments. Word reading, compared to the Stroop task, exhibited enhanced functional connectivity in inter- and intra-hemispheric white matter pathways from the left occipital-temporal region 350–600 ms before response, including the posterior callosal fibers as well as the left vertical occipital, inferior longitudinal, inferior fronto-occipital, and arcuate fasciculi. The Stroop task showed enhanced functional connectivity in the pathways from the left middle-frontal pre-central gyri, involving the left frontal u-fibers and anterior callosal fibers. Automatic word reading largely utilizes the left occipital-temporal cortices and associated white matter tracts. Verbal cognitive control predominantly involves the left middle frontal and precentral gyri and its connected pathways. Our dynamic tractography atlases may serve as a novel resource providing insights into the unique neural dynamics and pathways of automatic reading and verbal cognitive control.
认知控制过程能够抑制自动行为,并启动适当的反应。Stroop 颜色命名任务是了解言语认知控制神经生物学模型的基准范例。以往的研究表明,与阅读相比,Stroop 任务中前额叶和前运动皮层的参与度更高。我们的目的是通过创建白质功能连接的任务偏好调节动态图谱,进一步加深对这一问题的理解。患者在进行颅内脑电图记录时,会执行单词阅读和 Stroop 任务。我们对 547 个非癫痫电极位点上与任务相关的高伽马振幅调制进行了量化,并通过混合模型分析确定了这些振幅在不同任务间存在差异的区域和时间段。然后,我们对在特定时刻具有任务偏好功能连接增强的白质通路进行了可视化。与 Stroop 任务相比,单词阅读在反应前 350-600 毫秒显示出左枕颞区半球间和半球内白质通路的功能连接增强,包括后胼胝体纤维以及左垂直枕、下纵、下前枕和弓状筋膜。Stroop任务显示,来自左侧中额叶前中央回的通路的功能连接性增强,涉及左侧额叶u纤维和前胼胝体纤维。自动文字阅读主要利用了左枕颞皮层和相关的白质束。言语认知控制主要涉及左侧额叶中部和前中央回及其连接的通路。我们的动态束成像图谱可以作为一种新的资源,让人们深入了解自动阅读和言语认知控制的独特神经动态和路径。
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Differences in brain structure and cognitive performance between patients with long-COVID and those with normal recovery 长期慢性阻塞性脑损伤患者与恢复正常患者在大脑结构和认知能力方面的差异
IF 4.7 2区 医学 Q1 NEUROIMAGING Pub Date : 2024-09-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120859
Breanna K. Nelson , Lea N. Farah , Ava Grier , Wayne Su , Johnson Chen , Vesna Sossi , Mypinder S. Sekhon , A. Jon Stoessl , Cheryl Wellington , William G. Honer , Donna Lang , Noah D. Silverberg , William J. Panenka

Background

The pathophysiology of protracted symptoms after COVID-19 is unclear. This study aimed to determine if long-COVID is associated with differences in baseline characteristics, markers of white matter diffusivity in the brain, and lower scores on objective cognitive testing.

Methods

Individuals who experienced COVID-19 symptoms for more than 60 days post-infection (long-COVID) (n = 56) were compared to individuals who recovered from COVID-19 within 60 days of infection (normal recovery) (n = 35). Information regarding physical and mental health, and COVID-19 illness was collected. The National Institute of Health Toolbox Cognition Battery was administered. Participants underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). Tract-based spatial statistics were used to perform a whole-brain voxel-wise analysis on standard DTI metrics (fractional anisotropy, axial diffusivity, mean diffusivity, radial diffusivity), controlling for age and sex. NIH Toolbox Age-Adjusted Fluid Cognition Scores were used to compare long-COVID and normal recovery groups, covarying for Age-Adjusted Crystallized Cognition Scores and years of education. False discovery rate correction was applied for multiple comparisons.

Results

There were no significant differences in age, sex, or history of neurovascular risk factors between the groups. The long-COVID group had significantly (p < 0.05) lower mean diffusivity than the normal recovery group across multiple white matter regions, including the internal capsule, anterior and superior corona radiata, corpus callosum, superior fronto-occiptal fasciculus, and posterior thalamic radiation. However, the effect sizes of these differences were small (all β<|0.3|) and no significant differences were found for the other DTI metrics. Fluid cognition composite scores did not differ significantly between the long-COVID and normal recovery groups (p > 0.05).

Conclusions

Differences in diffusivity between long-COVID and normal recovery groups were found on only one DTI metric. This could represent subtle areas of pathology such as gliosis or edema, but the small effect sizes and non-specific nature of the diffusion indices make pathological inference difficult. Although long-COVID patients reported many neuropsychiatric symptoms, significant differences in objective cognitive performance were not found.
背景COVID-19后长期症状的病理生理学尚不清楚。本研究旨在确定长期COVID-19症状是否与基线特征、脑白质弥散标记物以及客观认知测试得分较低等方面的差异有关。收集了有关身心健康和 COVID-19 疾病的信息。对参与者进行了美国国立卫生研究院工具箱认知测试。参与者接受了磁共振成像(MRI)和弥散张量成像(DTI)。在控制年龄和性别的前提下,使用基于瓣膜的空间统计对标准 DTI 指标(分数各向异性、轴向扩散率、平均扩散率、径向扩散率)进行全脑体素分析。美国国立卫生研究院(NIH)工具箱年龄调整后流体认知分数用于比较长期COVID组和正常恢复组,并与年龄调整后结晶认知分数和受教育年限进行协整。结果两组在年龄、性别或神经血管危险因素史方面无显著差异。在多个白质区域,长期COVID组的平均扩散率明显低于正常恢复组(p < 0.05),这些区域包括内囊、放射冠前部和上部、胼胝体、前枕上筋束和丘脑后部放射区。然而,这些差异的效应大小很小(均为 β<|0.3|),而且其他 DTI 指标也没有发现显著差异。流体认知综合评分在长期 COVID 组和正常恢复组之间没有显著差异(p >0.05)。这可能代表了神经胶质增生或水肿等微妙的病理区域,但由于扩散指数的效应小且无特异性,因此很难进行病理推断。尽管长期COVID患者报告了许多神经精神症状,但在客观认知表现方面并未发现显著差异。
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Deep learning enables accurate brain tissue microstructure analysis based on clinically feasible diffusion magnetic resonance imaging 基于临床可行的弥散磁共振成像,深度学习可实现准确的脑组织微观结构分析
IF 4.7 2区 医学 Q1 NEUROIMAGING Pub Date : 2024-09-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120858
Yuxing Li , Zhizheng Zhuo , Chenghao Liu , Yunyun Duan , Yulu Shi , Tingting Wang , Runzhi Li , Yanli Wang , Jiwei Jiang , Jun Xu , Decai Tian , Xinghu Zhang , Fudong Shi , Xiaofeng Zhang , Aaron Carass , Frederik Barkhof , Jerry L Prince , Chuyang Ye , Yaou Liu
Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) allows non-invasive assessment of brain tissue microstructure. Current model-based tissue microstructure reconstruction techniques require a large number of diffusion gradients, which is not clinically feasible due to imaging time constraints, and this has limited the use of tissue microstructure information in clinical settings. Recently, approaches based on deep learning (DL) have achieved promising tissue microstructure reconstruction results using clinically feasible dMRI. However, it remains unclear whether the subtle tissue changes associated with disease or age are properly preserved with DL approaches and whether DL reconstruction results can benefit clinical applications. Here, we provide the first evidence that DL approaches to tissue microstructure reconstruction yield reliable brain tissue microstructure analysis based on clinically feasible dMRI scans. Specifically, we reconstructed tissue microstructure from four different brain dMRI datasets with only 12 diffusion gradients, a clinically feasible protocol, and the neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) and spherical mean technique (SMT) models were considered. With these results we show that disease-related and age-dependent alterations of brain tissue were accurately identified. These findings demonstrate that DL tissue microstructure reconstruction can accurately quantify microstructural alterations in the brain based on clinically feasible dMRI.
弥散磁共振成像(dMRI)可对脑组织微观结构进行无创评估。目前基于模型的组织微观结构重建技术需要大量的扩散梯度,由于成像时间的限制,在临床上并不可行,这限制了组织微观结构信息在临床上的应用。最近,基于深度学习(DL)的方法利用临床可行的 dMRI 取得了令人鼓舞的组织微观结构重建结果。然而,目前还不清楚深度学习方法是否能适当保留与疾病或年龄相关的细微组织变化,也不清楚深度学习的重建结果是否有益于临床应用。在此,我们提供了首个证据,证明基于临床可行的 dMRI 扫描,用 DL 方法重建组织微观结构可获得可靠的脑组织微观结构分析结果。具体来说,我们从四个不同的脑 dMRI 数据集重建了组织微观结构,这些数据集只有 12 个扩散梯度,采用了临床可行的方案,并考虑了神经元取向弥散和密度成像(NODDI)和球面平均技术(SMT)模型。这些结果表明,与疾病相关和与年龄相关的脑组织改变被准确识别出来。这些研究结果表明,基于临床上可行的 dMRI,DL 组织微结构重建可以准确量化大脑中的微结构改变。
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Reliable measurement of auditory-driven gamma synchrony with a single EEG electrode: A simultaneous EEG-MEG study 使用单个脑电图电极可靠测量听觉驱动的伽马同步性:脑电图-MEG 同步研究。
IF 4.7 2区 医学 Q1 NEUROIMAGING Pub Date : 2024-09-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120862
Giovanni Pellegrino , Silvia L. Isabella , Giulio Ferrazzi , Laura Gschwandtner , Martin Tik , Giorgio Arcara , Daniele Marinazzo , Anna-Lisa Schuler

Objective

Auditory-driven gamma synchrony (GS) is linked to the function of a specific cortical circuit based on a parvalbumin+ and pyramidal neuron loop. This circuit is impaired in neuropsychiatric conditions (i.e. schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, stroke etc.) and its relevance in clinical practice is increasingly being recognized. Auditory stimulation at a typical gamma frequency of 40 Hz can be applied as a ‘stress test’ of excitation/inhibition (E/I) of the entire cerebral cortex, to drive GS and record it with magnetoencephalography (MEG) or high-density electroencephalography (EEG). However, these two techniques are costly and not widely available. Therefore, we assessed whether a single EEG electrode is sufficient to provide an accurate estimate of the auditory-driven GS level of the entire cortical surface while expecting the highest correspondence in the auditory and somatosensory cortices.

Methods

We measured simultaneous EEG-MEG in 29 healthy subjects, utilizing 3 EEG electrodes (C4, F4, O2) and a full MEG setup. Recordings were performed during binaural exposure to auditory gamma stimulation and during silence. We compared GS measurement of each of the three EEG electrodes separately against full MEG mapping. Time-resolved phase locking value (PLVt) was computed between EEG signals and cortex reconstructed MEG signals.

Results

During auditory stimulation, but not at rest, EEG captures a significant amount of GS, especially from both auditory cortices and motor-premotor regions. This was especially true for frontal (C4) and central electrodes (F4).

Discussion and Conclusions

While hd-EEG and MEG are necessary for accurate spatial mapping of GS at rest and during auditory stimulation, a single EEG channel is sufficient to detect the global level of GS. These results have great translational potential for mapping GS in standard clinical settings.
目的:听觉驱动的伽马同步(GS)与基于副白质+和锥体神经元环路的特定皮层回路的功能有关。在神经精神疾病(如精神分裂症、阿尔茨海默病、中风等)中,这一环路的功能受到损害,其与临床实践的相关性也日益得到认可。典型伽马频率为 40Hz 的听觉刺激可以作为一种 "压力测试",对整个大脑皮层进行有效的兴奋/抑制(E/I),从而引发 GS,并通过脑磁图(MEG)或高密度脑电图(EEG)进行记录。然而,这两种技术成本高昂,且并不普及。因此,我们评估了单个脑电图电极是否足以准确估计整个皮层表面由听觉驱动的 GS 水平,同时期望听觉皮层和体感皮层具有最高的对应性:我们利用 3 个 EEG 电极(C4、F4、O2)和完整的 MEG 设置,对 29 名健康受试者进行了 EEG-MEG 同步测量。在听觉伽马刺激的双耳暴露和安静时进行记录。我们将三个脑电图电极分别进行的 GS 测量与完整的 MEG 图谱进行了比较。在脑电信号和皮层重建的 MEG 信号之间计算时间分辨锁相值(PLVt):结果:在听觉刺激过程中,脑电图捕获了大量的 GS,尤其是来自听觉皮层和运动-运动区域的 GS。额叶(C4)和中央电极(F4)尤其如此:讨论和结论:虽然在静息状态和听觉刺激过程中,高级脑电图和脑电图是准确绘制GS空间图的必要条件,但单个脑电图通道足以检测GS的整体水平。这些结果对于在标准临床环境中绘制GS图具有巨大的转化潜力。
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In Vivo visualization of white matter fiber tracts in the brainstem using low flip angle double echo 3D gradient echo imaging at 3T 在 3T 下使用低翻转角双回波三维梯度回波成像对脑干白质纤维束进行体内可视化。
IF 4.7 2区 医学 Q1 NEUROIMAGING Pub Date : 2024-09-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120857
Qiuyun Xu , Yongsheng Chen , Stephan Miller , Kunal Bajaj , Jairo Santana , Mohamed Badawy , Haiying Lyu , Yu Liu , Naying He , Fuhua Yan , E. Mark Haacke

Background

White matter (WM) fiber tracts in the brainstem communicate with various regions in the cerebrum, cerebellum, and spinal cord. Clinically, small lesions, malformations, or histopathological changes in the brainstem can cause severe neurological disorders. A direct and non-invasive assessment approach could bring valuable information about the intricate anatomical variations of the white matter fiber tracts and nuclei. Although tractography from diffusion tensor imaging has been commonly used to map the WM fiber tracts connectivity, it is difficult to differentiate the complex WM tracts anatomically. Both high field MRI methods and ultrahigh-field MRI methods at 7T and 11.7 T have been used to enhance the contrast of WM fiber tracts. Despite their promising results, it is still challenging to achieve wide clinical adoption at 3T. In this study, we explored a clinically feasible method using a proton density weighted (PDW) 3D gradient echo (GRE) sequence to directly image the WM fiber tracts in the brainstem at 3T in vivo.

Methods

We optimized a 3D high resolution, double echo, short TR, PDW GRE sequence on 5 healthy volunteers using a clinical 3T scanner to visualize the complicated anatomy of WM fiber tracts in the brain stem. Tissue properties including T1, proton density and T2* from in vivo quantitative MRI data were used for simulations to determine the optimal flip angle for the sequence. The visualization of multiple WM fiber tracts in the brainstem was assessed qualitatively and quantitatively using relative contrast and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR). To improve the CNR, the final images were created by averaging over all echoes from two consecutive scans at the optimal flip angle. The results were compared to anatomical atlases and histology sections to identify the major fiber tracts. All the identified major fiber tracts were labeled on axial, sagittal and coronal slices.

Results

The WM fiber tracts were found to have distinct hypointense signal throughout the brainstem and most of the major WM fiber tracts, such as the corticospinal tract, medial lemniscus, medial longitudinal fasciculus, and central tegmental tract, in the brainstem up to and including the thalamus were identified in all subjects. Both qualitative and quantitative evaluations showed that the 3° scan offered the best contrast for WM fiber tracts for a TR of 20 ms. The average over the first two echo times and two consecutive 3° scans gave a CNR of 47.8 ± 6.2 for the pyramidal tracts in particular and CNRs values greater than 6.5 ± 2.4 for the rest of the fiber tracts.

Conclusions

All the major fiber tracts in the brainstem could be visualized. Given the reasonably short scan time of 10 min at 3T, double echo PDW GRE sequence is a very practical approach for clinical adoption.
背景:脑干中的白质(WM)纤维束与大脑、小脑和脊髓的各个区域相通。临床上,脑干的微小病变、畸形或组织病理学改变都可能导致严重的神经系统疾病。直接和非侵入性的评估方法可以为白质纤维束和核团错综复杂的解剖学变化提供有价值的信息。虽然扩散张量成像的束成像技术已被普遍用于绘制白质纤维束连接图,但很难从解剖学角度区分复杂的白质纤维束。7 T 和 11.7 T 的高磁场 MRI 方法和超高磁场 MRI 方法已被用于增强 WM 纤维束的对比度。尽管这些方法取得了可喜的成果,但要在 3 T 下广泛应用于临床仍具有挑战性。在这项研究中,我们探索了一种临床上可行的方法,使用质子密度加权(PDW)三维梯度回波(GRE)序列在 3 T 下直接对脑干的 WM 纤维束进行活体成像:我们使用临床3T扫描仪在5名健康志愿者身上优化了三维高分辨率、双回波、短TR、质子密度加权GRE序列,以观察脑干中WM纤维束的复杂解剖结构。组织属性包括活体定量磁共振成像数据中的 T1、质子密度和 T2*,用于模拟确定序列的最佳翻转角。利用相对对比度和对比-噪声比(CNR)对脑干中多个 WM 纤维束的可视化进行定性和定量评估。为了提高 CNR,在最佳翻转角度下对两次连续扫描的所有回波进行平均,以创建最终图像。扫描结果与解剖图谱和组织学切片进行比较,以确定主要纤维束。所有确定的主要纤维束都在轴向、矢状和冠状切片上做了标记:结果:所有受试者的脑干中都发现了明显的低密度信号,脑干中的大多数主要脑干纤维束,如皮质脊髓束、内侧大脑半月板、内侧纵筋膜和中央被盖束,直至丘脑。定性和定量评估均显示,在20毫秒的TR时间内,3°扫描为WM纤维束提供了最佳对比度。前两次回波时间和连续两次3°扫描的平均值显示,锥体束的CNR值为(47.8±6.2),其余纤维束的CNR值大于(6.5±2.4):结论:脑干的所有主要纤维束均可视化。双回波 PDW GRE 序列在 3T 下的扫描时间很短,仅需 10 分钟,是一种非常实用的临床应用方法。
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Microstructural and functional substrates underlying dispositional greed and its link with trait but not state impulsivity 性格贪婪的微观结构和功能基础及其与特质冲动而非状态冲动的联系
IF 4.7 2区 医学 Q1 NEUROIMAGING Pub Date : 2024-09-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120856
Keying Jiang , Jinlian Wang , Yuanyuan Gao , Xiang Li , Hohjin Im , Yingying Zhu , Hanxiao Du , Lei Feng , Wenwei Zhu , Guang Zhao , Ying Hu , Peng Zhu , Wenfeng Zhu , He Wang , Qiang Wang

The interplay between personality traits and impulsivity has long been a central theme in psychology and psychiatry. However, the potential association between Greed Personality Traits (GPT) and impulsivity, encompassing both trait and state impulsivity and future time perspective, remains largely unexplored. To address these issues, we employed questionnaires and an inter-temporal choice task to estimate corresponding trait/state impulsivity and collected multi-modal neuroimaging data (resting-state functional imaging: n = 430; diffusion-weighted imaging: n = 426; task-related functional imaging: n = 53) to investigate the underlying microstructural and functional substrates. Behavioral analyses revealed that GPT mediated the association between time perspective (e.g., present fatalism) and trait impulsivity (e.g., motor impulsivity). Functional imaging analyses further identified that brain activation strengths and patterns related to delay length, particularly in the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, superior parietal lobule, and cerebellum, were associated with GPT. Moreover, individuals with similar levels of greed exhibited analogous spontaneous brain activity patterns, predominantly in the Default Mode Network (DMN), Fronto-Parietal Network (FPN), and Visual Network (VIS). Diffusion imaging analysis observed specific microstructural characteristics in the spinocerebellar/pontocerebellar fasciculus, internal/external capsule, and corona radiata that support the formation of GPT. Furthermore, the corresponding neural activation pattern, spontaneous neural activity pattern, and analogous functional couplings among the aforementioned brain regions mediated the relationships between time perspective and GPT and between GPT and motor impulsivity. These findings provide novel insights into the possible pathway such as time perspective → dispositional greed → impulsivity and uncover their underlying microstructural and functional substrates.

长期以来,人格特质与冲动性之间的相互作用一直是心理学和精神病学的核心主题。然而,贪婪人格特质(GPT)与冲动性(包括特质和状态冲动性以及未来时间视角)之间的潜在关联在很大程度上仍未得到探讨。为了解决这些问题,我们采用了问卷调查和时际选择任务来估计相应的特质/状态冲动性,并收集了多模态神经影像数据(静息态功能成像:n = 430;扩散加权成像:n = 426;任务相关功能成像:n = 53)来研究潜在的微观结构和功能基底。行为分析表明,GPT 介导了时间视角(如当前宿命论)与特质冲动(如运动冲动)之间的关联。功能成像分析进一步确定,与延迟长度相关的大脑激活强度和模式,尤其是背内侧前额叶皮层、顶叶上部和小脑,与 GPT 相关。此外,具有相似贪婪程度的个体表现出类似的自发大脑活动模式,主要集中在默认模式网络(DMN)、前顶叶网络(FPN)和视觉网络(VIS)。扩散成像分析在脊髓小脑/桥小脑筋膜、内/外囊和放射冠中观察到了支持 GPT 形成的特定微结构特征。此外,相应的神经激活模式、自发神经活动模式以及上述脑区之间的类似功能耦合介导了时间视角与 GPT 之间的关系,以及 GPT 与运动冲动之间的关系。这些发现为时间透视→性格贪婪→冲动等可能的路径提供了新的见解,并揭示了其潜在的微观结构和功能基底。
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Lightweight and wearable magnetoencephalography system based on spatially-grid constrained coils and compact magnetically shielded room 基于空间栅格限制线圈和紧凑型磁屏蔽室的轻型可穿戴脑磁图系统。
IF 4.7 2区 医学 Q1 NEUROIMAGING Pub Date : 2024-09-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120842
Shuai Dou , Xikai Liu , Ya Deng , Yimin Chen , Pengfei Song , Tong Wen , Bangcheng Han
Magnetoencephalography based on optically pumped magnetometers can passively detect the ultra-weak brain magnetic field signals, which has significant clinical application prospects for the diagnosis and treatment of cerebral disorders. This paper proposes a brain magnetic signal measurement method on the basis of the active–passive coupling magnetic shielding strategy and helmet-mounted detection array, which has lower cost and comparable performance over the existing ones. We first utilized the spatially-grid constrained coils and biplanar coils with proportion–integration–differentiation controller with tracking differentiator to ensure a near-zero and stable magnetic field environment with large uniform region. Subsequently, we implemented the brain magnetic signal measurement with the subject randomly moving fingers through tapping a keyboard and with the condition of opening and closing the eyes. Effectively induced brain magnetic signals were detected at the motor functional area and occipital lobe area in the two experiments, respectively. The proposed method will contribute to the development of functional brain imaging.
基于光泵磁强计的脑磁图可以被动检测超弱脑磁场信号,在脑部疾病的诊断和治疗方面具有重要的临床应用前景。本文在主被动耦合磁屏蔽策略和头盔式探测阵列的基础上,提出了一种脑磁信号测量方法,与现有方法相比,成本更低,性能相当。我们首先利用空间栅格约束线圈和双平面线圈,以及带有跟踪微分器的比例积分微分控制器,确保大均匀区域的近零稳定磁场环境。随后,我们实现了脑磁信号测量,受试者通过敲击键盘随机移动手指,并在睁眼和闭眼的条件下进行脑磁信号测量。两次实验分别在运动功能区和枕叶区检测到了有效诱导的脑磁信号。所提出的方法将有助于脑功能成像的发展。
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