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ArticlePloS one2017

Discrete pre-processing step effects in registration-based pipelines, a preliminary volumetric study on T1-weighted images.

Nathan M Muncy, Ariana M Hedges-Muncy, C Brock Kirwan

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3 authors.

Nathan M MuncyDepartment of Psychology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States of America.
Ariana M Hedges-MuncyDepartment of Psychology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States of America.
C Brock KirwanDepartment of Psychology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States of America.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0768-1446

Funding

Smartphone-Based "Burst" Cognitive AssessmentsP01AG003991 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI JOHN MORRIS · 1985 to 2026
$69.5M
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ALZHEIMERS DISEASE RESEARCH CENTERP50AG005681 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MORRIS, JOHN · 1985 to 2019
$52.1M
MORPHOMETRY BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS RESEARCH NETWORKU24RR021382 · NCRR · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI ROSEN, BRUCE R · 2004 to 2008
$24.1M
STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND COGNITION IN SCHIZOPHRENIAP50MH071616 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI CHEVERUD, JAMES M · 2004 to 2008
$11.2M
NEUROMORPHOMETRY IN SCHIZOPHRENIA BY COMPUTER ALGORITHMR01MH056584 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI CSERNANSKY, JOHN G · 1998 to 2011
$4.2M
Functional-anatomic exploration of cognitive controlR01AG021910 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BUCKNER, RANDY L · 2005 to 2009
$1.2M
NCRR NIH HHS U24 RR021382NIA NIH HHS P01 AG003991NIA NIH HHS P50 AG005681NIA NIH HHS R01 AG021910NIMH NIH HHS P50 MH071616NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH056584
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Abstract

Pre-processing MRI scans prior to performing volumetric analyses is common practice in MRI studies. As pre-processing steps adjust the voxel intensities, the space in which the scan exists, and the amount of data in the scan, it is possible that the steps have an effect on the volumetric output. To date, studies have compared between and not within pipelines, and so the impact of each step is unknown. This study aims to quantify the effects of pre-processing steps on volumetric measures in T1-weighted scans within a single pipeline. It was our hypothesis that pre-processing steps would significantly impact ROI volume estimations. One hundred fifteen participants from the OASIS dataset were used, where each participant contributed three scans. All scans were then pre-processed using a step-wise pipeline. Bilateral hippocampus, putamen, and middle temporal gyrus volume estimations were assessed following each successive step, and all data were processed by the same pipeline 5 times. Repeated-measures analyses tested for a main effects of pipeline step, scan-rescan (for MRI scanner consistency) and repeated pipeline runs (for algorithmic consistency). A main effect of pipeline step was detected, and interestingly an interaction between pipeline step and ROI exists. No effect for either scan-rescan or repeated pipeline run was detected. We then supply a correction for noise in the data resulting from pre-processing.

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AdultBrainCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance ImagingMale

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PMID29023597
PMCPMC5638331

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