Brain surface cortical sulcal lengths: quantification with three-dimensional MR imaging
| Autor: | Michael W. Vannier, William H. Perman, Gary S. Figiel, Roberta Yoffie, Richard A. Robb, James M. Cheverud, Charles F. Hildebolt, Barry S. Brunsden, L A Kohn, Dean Falk |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Image processing Length measurement Nuclear magnetic resonance Cadaver medicine Image Processing Computer-Assisted Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Brain Mapping medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Brain Reproducibility of Results Magnetic resonance imaging Signal Processing Computer-Assisted Repeatability Mr imaging Magnetic Resonance Imaging Sagittal plane medicine.anatomical_structure Radiology Information Systems Coronal plane Female business |
| Zdroj: | Radiology. 180(2) |
| ISSN: | 0033-8419 |
| Popis: | The repeatability and accuracy of brain surface cortical sulcal length measurements obtained with three-dimensional (3D) reconstructions of volumetric, gradient-echo magnetic resonance (MR) images were tested. The brains of eight healthy adult volunteers and one cadaver were imaged in both the coronal and sagittal planes to yield a set of 128 1.5-2.0-mm-thick contiguous sections. 3D reconstructions of the brain cerebral cortical surfaces were obtained with computer software. Location and distance measurements of surface sulci were repeated on each reconstructed image. The same structures in the cadaver brain were independently measured with a 3D electromagnetic digitizer to validate the results of the 3D MR imaging method. All measurements from reconstructed images had high repeatability, and there were no statistically significant differences between measurement trials. The accuracy of measurements with 3D MR imaging was also good; the mean difference between digitizer and 3D MR measurements for sulcal lengths was 0.81 cm (average, 5.45-12.9 cm). |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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