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@ARTICLE{Schneider:169797,
author = {T. M. Schneider and J. Ma and P. Wagner and N. Behl$^*$ and
A. M. Nagel$^*$ and M. E. Ladd$^*$ and S. Heiland and M.
Bendszus and S. Straub$^*$},
title = {{M}ultiparametric {MRI} for {C}haracterization of the
{B}asal {G}anglia and the {M}idbrain.},
journal = {Frontiers in neuroscience},
volume = {15},
issn = {1662-453X},
address = {Lausanne},
publisher = {Frontiers Research Foundation},
reportid = {DKFZ-2021-01551},
pages = {661504},
year = {2021},
note = {#LA:E020#},
abstract = {Objectives To characterize subcortical nuclei by
multi-parametric quantitative magnetic resonance imaging.
Materials and Methods: The following quantitative
multiparametric MR data of five healthy volunteers were
acquired on a 7T MRI system: 3D gradient echo (GRE) data for
the calculation of quantitative susceptibility maps (QSM),
GRE sequences with and without off-resonant magnetic
transfer pulse for magnetization transfer ratio (MTR)
calculation, a magnetization-prepared 2 rapid acquisition
gradient echo sequence for T1 mapping, and (after a coil
change) a density-adapted 3D radial pulse sequence for 23Na
imaging. First, all data were co-registered to the GRE data,
volumes of interest (VOIs) for 21 subcortical structures
were drawn manually for each volunteer, and a combined
voxel-wise analysis of the four MR contrasts (QSM, MTR, T1,
23Na) in each structure was conducted to assess the
quantitative, MR value-based differentiability of
structures. Second, a machine learning algorithm based on
random forests was trained to automatically classify the
groups of multi-parametric voxel values from each VOI
according to their association to one of the 21 subcortical
structures. Results The analysis of the integrated
multimodal visualization of quantitative MR values in each
structure yielded a successful classification among nuclei
of the ascending reticular activation system (ARAS), the
limbic system and the extrapyramidal system, while
classification among (epi-)thalamic nuclei was less
successful. The machine learning-based approach facilitated
quantitative MR value-based structure classification
especially in the group of extrapyramidal nuclei and reached
an overall accuracy of $85\%$ regarding all selected nuclei.
Conclusion Multimodal quantitative MR enabled excellent
differentiation of a wide spectrum of subcortical nuclei
with reasonable accuracy and may thus enable sensitive
detection of disease and nucleus-specific MR-based contrast
alterations in the future.},
keywords = {basal ganglia (Other) / machine learning (Other) / magnetic
resonance imaging (Other) / magnetization transfer (Other) /
quantitative susceptibility mapping (Other) / sodium imaging
(Other) / ultra high field (Other)},
cin = {E020},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)E020-20160331},
pnm = {315 - Bildgebung und Radioonkologie (POF4-315)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-315},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:34234639},
pmc = {pmc:PMC8255625},
doi = {10.3389/fnins.2021.661504},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/169797},
}