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ArticleJournal of biomechanical engineering2023

Comparison of Deformation Patterns Excited in the Human Brain In Vivo by Harmonic and Impulsive Skull Motion.

Jordan D Escarcega, Andrew K Knutsen, Ahmed A Alshareef, Curtis L Johnson, Ruth J Okamoto, Dzung L Pham, Philip V Bayly

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Article in Journal of biomechanical engineering, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Jordan D EscarcegaMechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Washington University, 1 Brookings Drive, MSC 1185-208-125, St. Louis, MO 63130.ORCID 0000-0001-7163-4105
Andrew K KnutsenHenry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, MD 20817.
Ahmed A AlshareefHenry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, MD 20817.ORCID 0000-0003-4512-1618
Curtis L JohnsonBiomedical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716.
Ruth J OkamotoMechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130.ORCID 0000-0002-3085-3878
Dzung L PhamRadiology and Radiological Sciences, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD 20814.
Philip V BaylyMechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130.
Washington University in St. Louis · USHenry M. Jackson Foundation · USUniformed Services University of the Health Sciences · USUniversity of Delaware · US

Funding

MRI Measurement of the Mechanical Vulnerability of the BrainU01NS112120 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BAYLY, PHILIP V · 2019 to 2023
$3.7M
Interrogating Synaptic Mechanisms Underlying Contextual Fear Conditioning Amnesia in Rodent Model of Highly Repetitive Mild Traumatic Brain InjuryF30NS122281 · NINDS · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI CHAPMAN, DANIEL · 2022 to 2024
$131k
NIH HHS U01 NS112120NINDS NIH HHS F30 NS122281NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS112120
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Noninvasive measurements of brain deformation in human participants in vivo are needed to develop models of brain biomechanics and understand traumatic brain injury (TBI). Tagged magnetic resonance imaging (tagged MRI) and magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) are two techniques to study human brain deformation; these techniques differ in the type of motion and difficulty of implementation. In this study, oscillatory strain fields in the human brain caused by impulsive head acceleration and measured by tagged MRI were compared quantitatively to strain fields measured by MRE during harmonic head motion at 10 and 50 Hz. Strain fields were compared by registering to a common anatomical template, then computing correlations between the registered strain fields. Correlations were computed between tagged MRI strain fields in six participants and MRE strain fields at 10 Hz and 50 Hz in six different participants. Correlations among strain fields within the same experiment type were compared statistically to correlations from different experiment types. Strain fields from harmonic head motion at 10 Hz imaged by MRE were qualitatively and quantitatively similar to modes excited by impulsive head motion, imaged by tagged MRI. Notably, correlations between strain fields from 10 Hz MRE and tagged MRI did not differ significantly from correlations between strain fields from tagged MRI. These results suggest that low-frequency modes of oscillation dominate the response of the brain during impact. Thus, low-frequency MRE, which is simpler and more widely available than tagged MRI, can be used to illuminate the brain's response to head impact.

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Brain InjuriesElasticity Imaging TechniquesBrainHeadHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMotionSkull

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PMID37345977
PMCPMC10321146
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