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ArticleQuantitative imaging in medicine and surgery2021

Cortical degeneration detected by neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging in chronic lacunar infarcts.

Hui Hong, Xinfeng Yu, Ruiting Zhang, Yeerfan Jiaerken, Shuyue Wang, Xiao Luo, Min Lou, Peiyu Huang, Minming Zhang

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Article in Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Hui HongDepartment of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Xinfeng YuDepartment of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Ruiting ZhangDepartment of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Yeerfan JiaerkenDepartment of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Shuyue WangDepartment of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Xiao LuoDepartment of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Min LouDepartment of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Peiyu HuangDepartment of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Minming ZhangDepartment of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAlthough lacunar infarcts are focal lesions, they may also have more widespread effects. A reduction in cortical thickness in the remote cortex after lacunar infarcts has been detected by structural imaging; however, its underlying microstructural changes are yet to be elucidated. This study aimed to investigate the effects of lacunar infarcts on the microstructural abnormalities associated with cortical thickness reduction in the remote cortex.

methodsThirty-seven patients with chronic lacunar infarcts were included. Brain structural magnetic resonance images (MRIs) and diffusion tensor images were acquired. We constructed the white matter tracts connecting with the lacunar infarcts and identified the connected cortical area based on a standard brain atlas warped into the subject space. Cortical thickness and microstructural neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) metrics of the ipsilesional and contralesional cortices were compared, and correlations between cortical thickness and NODDI metrics were also investigated.

resultsWe found decreased cortical thickness and reduced neurite orientation dispersion index (ODI) in the ipsilesional cortex (2.47

conclusionsNODDI metrics could reflect cortical microstructural changes following lacunar infarcts. The correlation between decreased ODI and reduced cortical thickness suggests that dendrites' loss might contribute to lacunar infarct-related cortical atrophy.

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cortical degenerationLacunar infarctsneurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI)

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