Reproducibility of myelin water fraction analysis: a comparison of region of interest and voxel-based analysis methods

Abstract This study compared region of interest (ROI) and voxel-based analysis (VBA) methods to determine the optimal method of myelin water fraction (MWF) analysis. Twenty healthy controls were scanned twice using a multi-echo T2 relaxation sequence and ROIs were drawn in white and grey matter. MWF...

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Veröffentlicht in:Magnetic resonance imaging 2009-10, Vol.27 (8), p.1096-1103
Hauptverfasser: Meyers, Sandra M, Laule, Cornelia, Vavasour, Irene M, Kolind, Shannon H, Mädler, Burkhard, Tam, Roger, Traboulsee, Anthony L, Lee, Jimmy, Li, David K.B, MacKay, Alex L
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract This study compared region of interest (ROI) and voxel-based analysis (VBA) methods to determine the optimal method of myelin water fraction (MWF) analysis. Twenty healthy controls were scanned twice using a multi-echo T2 relaxation sequence and ROIs were drawn in white and grey matter. MWF was defined as the fractional signal from 15 to 40 ms in the T2 distribution. For ROI analysis, the mean intensity of voxels within an ROI was fit using non-negative least squares. For VBA, MWF was obtained for each voxel and the mean and median values within an ROI were calculated. There was a slightly higher correlation between Scan 1 and 2 for the VBA method ( R2 =0.98) relative to the ROI method ( R2 =0.95), and the VBA mean square difference between scans was 300% lower, indicating VBA was the most consistent between scans. For the VBA method, mean MWF was found to be more reproducible than median MWF. As the VBA method is more reproducible and gives more options for visualization and analysis of MWF, it is recommended over the ROI method of MWF analysis.
ISSN:0730-725X
1873-5894
DOI:10.1016/j.mri.2009.02.001