The role of resting-state functional MRI for clinical preoperative language mapping

Autor: Vinodh A. Kumar, Islam M. Heiba, Sujit S. Prabhu, Melissa M. Chen, Rivka R. Colen, Angela L. Young, Jason M. Johnson, Ping Hou, Kyle Noll, Sherise D. Ferguson, Ganesh Rao, Frederick F. Lang, Donald F. Schomer, Ho-Ling Liu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Cancer Imaging, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1470-7330
DOI: 10.1186/s40644-020-00327-w
Popis: Abstract Background Task-based functional MRI (tb-fMRI) is a well-established technique used to identify eloquent cortex, but has limitations, particularly in cognitively impaired patients who cannot perform language paradigms. Resting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI) is a potential alternative modality for presurgical mapping of language networks that does not require task performance. The purpose of our study is to determine the utility of rs-fMRI for clinical preoperative language mapping when tb-fMRI is limited. Methods We retrospectively reviewed 134 brain tumor patients who underwent preoperative fMRI language mapping. rs-fMRI was post-processed with seed-based correlation (SBC) analysis, when language tb-fMRI was limited. Two neuroradiologists reviewed both the tb-fMRI and rs-fMRI results. Six neurosurgeons retrospectively rated the usefulness of rs-fMRI for language mapping in their patients. Results Of the 134 patients, 49 cases had limited tb-fMRI and rs-fMRI was post-processed. Two neuroradiologists found rs-fMRI beneficial for functional language mapping in 41(84%) and 43 (88%) cases respectively; Cohen’s kappa is 0.83, with a 95% confidence interval (0.61, 1.00). The neurosurgeons found rs-fMRI “definitely” useful in 26 cases (60%) and “somewhat” useful in 13 cases (30%) in locating potential eloquent language centers of clinical interest. Six unsuccessful rs-fMRI cases were due to: head motion (2 cases), nonspecific functionality connectivity outside the posterior language network (1 case), and an unknown system instability (3 cases). Conclusions This study is a proof of concept that shows SBC rs-fMRI may be a viable alternative for clinical language mapping when tb-fMRI is limited.
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