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ArticleMagma (New York, N.Y.)2024

Signal drift in diffusion MRI of the brain: effects on intravoxel incoherent motion parameter estimates.

Oscar Jalnefjord, Louise Rosenqvist, Amina Warsame, Isabella M Björkman-Burtscher

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Article in Magma (New York, N.Y.), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Oscar JalnefjordDepartment of Medical Radiation Sciences, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, MRI Center, Bruna Stråket 13, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden. oscar.jalnefjord@gu.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2741-5890
Louise RosenqvistDepartment of Medical Radiation Sciences, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, MRI Center, Bruna Stråket 13, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8937-023X
Amina WarsameDepartment of Medical Radiation Sciences, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, MRI Center, Bruna Stråket 13, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Isabella M Björkman-BurtscherDepartment of Radiology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9023-3363

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The Swedish state under the agreement between the Swedish government and the county councils (the ALF-agreement) ALFGBG-942664The Swedish state under the agreement between the Swedish government and the county councils (the ALF-agreement) ALFGBG-966177
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesSignal drift has been put forward as one of the fundamental confounding factors in diffusion MRI (dMRI) of the brain. This study characterizes signal drift in dMRI of the brain, evaluates correction methods, and exemplifies its impact on parameter estimation for three intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) protocols. MATERIALS AND

methodsdMRI of the brain was acquired in ten healthy subjects using protocols designed to enable retrospective characterization and correction of signal drift. All scans were acquired twice for repeatability analysis. Three temporal polynomial correction methods were evaluated: (1) global, (2) voxelwise, and (3) spatiotemporal. Effects of acquisition order were simulated using estimated drift fields.

resultsSignal drift was around 2% per 5 min in the brain as a whole, but reached above 5% per 5 min in the frontal regions. Only correction methods taking spatially varying signal drift into account could achieve effective corrections. Altered acquisition order introduced both systematic changes and differences in repeatability in the presence of signal drift. DISCUSSION: Signal drift in dMRI of the brain was found to be spatially varying, calling for correction methods taking this into account. Without proper corrections, choice of protocol can affect dMRI parameter estimates and their repeatability.

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AlgorithmsBrainDiffusion Magnetic Resonance ImagingImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMotionAdultArtifactsComputer SimulationFemaleHealthy VolunteersHumansMaleReproducibility of ResultsRetrospective StudiesYoung AdultPreprocessingQuantitative MRIRepeatability

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PMID39003384
PMCPMC11582154

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