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  4. Stability and reproducibility of co-electrospun brain-mimicking phantoms for quality assurance of diffusion MRI sequences
 
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Stability and reproducibility of co-electrospun brain-mimicking phantoms for quality assurance of diffusion MRI sequences
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Author(s)
Grech-Sollars, M
Zhou, Feng-Lei
Waldman, Adam D
Parker, Geoff JM
Hubbard Cristinacce, Penny L
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Grey and white matter mimicking phantoms are important for assessing variations in diffusion MR measures at a single time point and over an extended period of time. This work investigates the stability of brain-mimicking microfibre phantoms and reproducibility of their MR derived diffusion parameters. The microfibres were produced by co-electrospinning and characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Grey matter and white matter phantoms were constructed from random and aligned microfibres, respectively. MR data were acquired from these phantoms over a period of 33 months. SEM images revealed that only small changes in fibre microstructure occurred over 30 months. The coefficient of variation in MR measurements across all time-points was between 1.6% and 3.4% for MD across all phantoms and FA in white matter phantoms. This was within the limits expected for intra-scanner variability, thereby confirming phantom stability over 33 months. These specialised diffusion phantoms may be used in a clinical environment for intra and inter-site quality assurance purposes, and for validation of quantitative diffusion biomarkers.
Date Issued
2018-11-01
Date Acceptance
2018-06-20
Citation
NeuroImage, 2018, 181, pp.395-402
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/61682
DOI
https://www.dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.06.059
ISSN
1053-8119
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
395
End Page
402
Journal / Book Title
NeuroImage
Volume
181
Copyright Statement
© 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an
open access article under the CC-BY license
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
/)
Subjects
Brain phantom
Co-electrospinning
Diffusion MRI
Grey matter phantom
Hollow microfibres
White matter phantom
11 Medical And Health Sciences
17 Psychology And Cognitive Sciences
Neurology & Neurosurgery
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2018-06-22
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