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Sadegh Ghaderi1, Sana Mohammadi2, Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad3

  • 1Neuromuscular Research Center, Department of Neurology, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Neuroscience and Addiction Studies, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

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Quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) phase cancellation obscures iron and myelin. Chi-separation (χ-separation) disentangles sub-voxel sources for biomarker quantification, improving specificity but requiring validation.

Keywords:
Deep learningDiamagnetic susceptibilityNeurodegenerative diseasesParamagnetic susceptibilityQuantitative susceptibility mappingΧ-Separation

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  • Biomedical Imaging
  • Neuroimaging
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Background:

  • Conventional quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) provides voxel-averaged magnetic susceptibility, failing to resolve co-localized paramagnetic iron and diamagnetic myelin due to phase cancellation.
  • This limitation obscures the accurate quantification of crucial biomarkers within tissues.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review and categorize methodologies for chi-separation (χ-separation), a technique designed to disentangle sub-voxel magnetic sources.
  • To evaluate the potential of these methods for improving the specificity of iron and myelin quantification in neuroimaging.

Main Methods:

  • Categorization of χ-separation techniques into multi-sequence approaches (using R2 or R2' relaxation parameters) and gradient-recalled echo (GRE)-only methods.
  • Evaluation of deep learning frameworks (e.g., χ-sepnet) for synthesizing missing relaxation parameters and enabling direct source mapping.
  • Analysis of acquisition protocol simplification trends and biophysical challenges, including relaxometric constant determination and static dephasing assumptions.

Main Results:

  • χ-separation significantly improves specificity for quantifying iron and myelin compared to conventional QSM.
  • A trend towards simplified acquisition protocols is observed, but challenges in determining accurate relaxometric constants persist.
  • The absence of a definitive in vivo gold standard hinders absolute accuracy assessment of current χ-separation methods.

Conclusions:

  • χ-separation offers a promising solution to overcome phase cancellation limitations in QSM for improved biomarker quantification.
  • Future research must focus on anisotropy-aware modeling and robust ground-truth validation to ensure the clinical viability of χ-separation techniques.