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在慢性创伤性脑损伤中皮层损伤扩张
Holly J Freeman1, Alexander S Atalay1, Jian Li1,2
1Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences
|July 9, 2024
概括
一个新的半自动化工具准确地测量了创伤性脑损伤 (TBI) 患者的脑病变. 这种方法揭示了随着时间的推移,损伤体积的显著扩张,为TBI后的神经退行提供了洞察力.
科学领域:
- 神经成像是一种神经成像.
- 神经退行发生神经退行.
- 创伤性脑损伤 (TBI) 是一种创伤性脑损伤.
背景情况:
- 创伤性脑损伤 (TBI) 是神经退行和认知衰退的已知危险因素.
- 驱动这些长期影响的确切机制尚不清楚.
- 目前用于定量皮质病变的神经成像方法通常是低效的,缺乏可靠性.
研究的目的:
- 开发和验证一种半自动化工具,用于检测和测量慢性TBI患者的皮质病变.
- 应用此工具来研究随时间变化的损伤体积的纵向变化.
- 为了提高对TBI后的神经退行过程的理解.
主要方法:
- 使用FreeSurfer和SynthSR在T1加权的MRI数据上开发了一种半自动化病变检测工具.
- 该工具应用于LETBI研究中的24名慢性中度至重度TBI患者,扫描至少两年间隔.
- 经过培训的评级人员手动编辑自动细分,并根据手动细分和评级者之间的变化验证了准确性.
主要成果:
- 半自动化损伤细分工具与手动"地面真相"细分相比,显示出高准确度.
- 在两个时间点之间 (p<0.0001) 观察到4.91毫升的损伤体积中位数显著增加 (p<0.0001).
- 65%的测量病变显示出显著扩张,超过了评价者之间的变化.
结论:
- 对于慢性TBI的纵向研究,可靠和高效的半自动化损伤细分是可行的.
- 这种工具有助于研究创伤后神经退行和病变演变.
- 这些发现突显了TBI多年后大脑持续的结构变化.
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