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Reproducibility of Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging (NODDI) in rats at 9.4 Tesla.

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Purpose

Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging (NODDI) is a diffusion MRI (dMRI) technique used to characterize tissue microstructure by compartmental modelling of neural water fractions. Intra-neurite, extra-neurite, and cerebral spinal fluid volume fractions are measured. The purpose of this study was to determine the reproducibility of NODDI in the rat brain at 9.4 Tesla.

Methods

Eight data sets were successfully acquired on adult male Sprague Dawley rats. Each rat was scanned twice on a 9.4T Agilent MRI with a 7 ± 1 day separation between scans. A multi-shell diffusion protocol was implemented consisting of 108 total directions varied over two shells (b-values of 1000 s/mm2 and 2000 s/mm2). Three techniques were used to analyze the NODDI scalar maps: mean region of interest (ROI) analysis, whole brain voxel-wise analysis, and targeted ROI analyses (voxel-wise within a given ROI). The coefficient of variation (CV) was used to assess the reproducibility of NODDI and provide insight into necessary sample sizes and minimum detectable effect size.

Results

CV maps for orientation dispersion index (ODI) and neurite density index (NDI) showed high reproducibility both between and within subjects. Furthermore, it was found that small biological changes (<5%) may be detected with feasible sample sizes (n < 6-10). In contrast, isotropic volume fraction (IsoVF) was found to have low reproducibility, requiring very large sample sizes (n > 50) for biological changes to be detected.

Conclusions

The ODI and NDI measured by NODDI in the rat brain at 9.4T are highly reproducible and may be sensitive to subtle changes in tissue microstructure.

SUBMITTER: McCunn P

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6488046 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Reproducibility of Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging (NODDI) in rats at 9.4 Tesla.

McCunn Patrick P Gilbert Kyle M KM Zeman Peter P Li Alex X AX Strong Michael J MJ Khan Ali R AR Bartha Robert R

PloS one 20190429 4

<h4>Purpose</h4>Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging (NODDI) is a diffusion MRI (dMRI) technique used to characterize tissue microstructure by compartmental modelling of neural water fractions. Intra-neurite, extra-neurite, and cerebral spinal fluid volume fractions are measured. The purpose of this study was to determine the reproducibility of NODDI in the rat brain at 9.4 Tesla.<h4>Methods</h4>Eight data sets were successfully acquired on adult male Sprague Dawley rats. Each rat ...[more]

PMID: 31034490

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Project description:Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging (NODDI) has been gaining prominence for estimating multiple diffusion compartments from MRI data acquired in a clinically feasible time. To establish a pathway for adoption of NODDI in clinical studies, it is important to understand the sensitivity and reproducibility of NODDI metrics on empirical data in the context of acquisition protocol and brain anatomy. Previous studies addressed reproducibility across the 3?T scanners and within session and between subject reproducibility at 1.5?T and 3?T. However, empirical reproducibility on the performance of NODDI metrics based on b-value and diffusion-sensitized directions has not yet been addressed. In this study, we investigate a high angular resolution dataset with 11 repeats of a study with five b-values shells (1000, 1500, 2000, 2500 and 3000?s/mm2) and 96 directions per shell on a single subject. We validated the findings with a dataset from second subject with 10 repeats and 3 b-value shells (1000, 2000, 3000?s/mm2). The NODDI model was estimated using Accelerated Microstructure Imaging via Convex Optimization (AMICO) for different b-values and gradient directions on two-shell High Angular Resolution Density Imaging (HARDI) data fixing the lower shell at b?=?1000?s/mm2. NODDI model applied to all acquired imaging data was used as a baseline gold standard for comparison. Additionally, we characterize orientation dispersion index (ODI) reproducibility using single-shell data. The experimental findings confirmed the sensitivity of intracellular volume fraction (Vic) with the choice of outer shell b-value more than with the choice of gradient directions. On the other hand, ODI is more sensitive to the number of gradient directions compared to b-value selection. Single-shell results for ODI are more comparable to 2-shell data at lower b-values than higher b-values. Recommended settings by region of interest and acquisition time are reported for the researchers considering using NODDI in human studies and/or comparing results across acquisition protocols.

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Reproducibility of Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging (NODDI) in rats at 9.4 Tesla.

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Reproducibility of Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging (NODDI) in rats at 9.4 Tesla.

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