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Characterization of differences between multiple sclerosis and normal brain: a global magnetization transfer

J L Ostuni1, N D Richert, B K Lewis

  • 1Laboratory of Diagnostic Radiology Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

AJNR. American Journal of Neuroradiology
|April 29, 1999
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Magnetization transfer ratio (MTR) values differ significantly between normal and multiple sclerosis (MS) brains. A novel normal-to-MS transform effectively illustrates these physiological differences using 17 distinct statistical measures.

Area of Science:

  • Neuroimaging
  • Biophysics
  • Medical Physics

Background:

  • Global magnetization transfer ratio (MTR) values are significantly different between normal and multiple sclerosis (MS) brains.
  • The precise physiological basis for these MTR differences remains unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To comprehensively analyze MTR differences between normal and MS brains using 30 distinct quantitative measures.
  • To develop and validate a novel transform for illustrating these brain state differences.

Main Methods:

  • Characterized global MTR values from normal and MS subjects using 30 statistical, histogram, order, and range measures.
  • Identified significantly different measures between the two groups.
  • Created a normal-to-MS transform from mean MTR histograms and validated it using pseudo-MS data.

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Main Results:

  • Seventeen out of 30 measures showed statistically significant differences between normal and MS brain MTR data.
  • The normal-to-MS transform successfully differentiated normal and pseudo-MS data using the same 17 significant measures.

Conclusions:

  • Statistically significant differences in global MTR values exist between normal and MS subjects across multiple measures.
  • A normal-to-MS transform provides a novel and effective method for visualizing these neuroimaging differences.