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Observational studyActa obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica2024

Fetal indusium griseum is a possible biomarker of the regularity of brain midline development in 3T MR imaging: A retrospective observational study.

Ivana Pogledic, Mihaela Bobić-Rasonja, Christian Mitter, Andrija Štajduhar, Ernst Schwartz, Marija Milković-Periša, Pascal A Baltzer, Maarten Lequin, Elisabeth Krampl-Bettelheim, Gregor Kasprian and 3 more

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Observational study in Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica, 2024. 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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Ivana PogledicDivision of Neuroradiology and Musculoskeletal Radiology, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-5465-3005
Mihaela Bobić-RasonjaDepartment of Biology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Christian MitterDivision of Neuroradiology and Musculoskeletal Radiology, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Andrija ŠtajduharCroatian Institute for Brain Research, Scientific Center of Excellence for Basic, Clinical and Translational Neuroscience, School of Medicine University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Ernst SchwartzComputational Imaging Research Lab, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Marija Milković-PerišaDepartment of Pathology and Cytology, School of Medicine, University Hospital Center Zagreb, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Pascal A BaltzerDivision of Neuroradiology and Musculoskeletal Radiology, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Maarten LequinDepartment of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Elisabeth Krampl-BettelheimDepartment of Obstetrics and Feto-maternal Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Gregor KasprianDivision of Neuroradiology and Musculoskeletal Radiology, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Miloš JudašCroatian Institute for Brain Research, Scientific Center of Excellence for Basic, Clinical and Translational Neuroscience, School of Medicine University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Daniela PrayerDivision of Neuroradiology and Musculoskeletal Radiology, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Natasa Jovanov-MilosevicDepartment of Biology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0001-7897-6212

Funding

Austrian Science Fund (FWF) FWF grant: I 3925-B27European Regional Development Fund GA KK01.1.1.01.0007Hrvatska Zaklada za Znanost IP-2019-04-3182Medicinski Fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu 10106-22-3116Medicinski Fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu 10106-23-2487Medicinski Fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu BM0054
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThis study aimed to assess the visibility of the indusium griseum (IG) in magnetic resonance (MR) scans of the human fetal brain and to evaluate its reliability as an imaging biomarker of the normality of brain midline development. MATERIAL AND

methodsThe retrospective observational study encompassed T2-w 3T MR images from 90 post-mortem fetal brains and immunohistochemical sections from 41 fetal brains (16-40 gestational weeks) without cerebral pathology. Three raters independently inspected and evaluated the visibility of IG in post-mortem and in vivo MR scans. Weighted kappa statistics and regression analysis were used to determine inter- and intra-rater agreement and the type and strength of the association of IG visibility with gestational age.

resultsThe visibility of the IG was the highest between the 25 and 30 gestational week period, with a very good inter-rater variability (kappa 0.623-0.709) and excellent intra-rater variability (kappa 0.81-0.93). The immunochemical analysis of the histoarchitecture of IG discloses the expression of highly hydrated extracellular molecules in IG as the substrate of higher signal intensity and best visibility of IG during the mid-fetal period.

conclusionsThe knowledge of developmental brain histology and fetal age allows us to predict the IG-visibility in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and use it as a biomarker to evaluate the morphogenesis of the brain midline. As a biomarker, IG is significant for post-mortem pathological examination by MRI. Therefore, in the clinical in vivo imaging examination, IG should be anticipated when an assessment of the brain midline structures is needed in mid-gestation, including corpus callosum thickness measurements.

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Corpus CallosumMagnetic Resonance ImagingBiomarkersFemaleHumansLimbic LobeMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyPregnancyReproducibility of ResultsBiomarkerscorpus callosumextracellular matrixindusium griseummalformations of cortical developmentprenatal diagnosissubplateultrasound

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PMCPMC11019519

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