Integrating diffusion tensor imaging and neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging to improve the predictive capabilities of CED models
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Journal Article
Abstract
This paper aims to develop a comprehensive and subject-specific model to predict the drug reach in Convection-Enhanced Delivery (CED) interventions. To this end, we make use of an advance diffusion imaging technique, namely the Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging (NODDI), to incorporate a more precise description of the brain microstructure into predictive computational models. The NODDI dataset is used to obtain a voxel-based quantification of the extracellular space volume fraction that we relate to the white matter (WM) permeability. Since the WM can be considered as a transversally isotropic porous medium, two equations, respectively for permeability parallel and perpendicular to the axons, are derived from a numerical analysis on a simplified geometrical model that reproduces flow through fibre bundles. This is followed by the simulation of the injection of a drug in a WM area of the brain and direct comparison of the outcomes of our results with a state-of-the-art model, which uses conventional diffusion tensor imaging. We demonstrate the relevance of the work by showing the impact of our newly derived permeability tensor on the predicted drug distribution, which differs significantly from the alternative model in terms of distribution shape, concentration profile and infusion linear penetration length.
Date Issued
2021-02-01
Date Acceptance
2020-08-14
Citation
Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2021, 49, pp.689-702
ISSN
0090-6964
Publisher
Springer
Start Page
689
End Page
702
Journal / Book Title
Annals of Biomedical Engineering
Volume
49
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Sponsor
Commission of the European Communities
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Grant Number
688279
EP/N025954/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Engineering, Biomedical
Engineering
Computational model
Hydraulic permeability
Drug delivery
NODDI
DTI
CONVECTION-ENHANCED DELIVERY
BLOOD-BRAIN-BARRIER
COMPUTATIONAL MODEL
DRUG-DELIVERY
TRANSPORT
PERMEABILITY
FLOW
Computational model
DTI
Drug delivery
Hydraulic permeability
NODDI
09 Engineering
11 Medical and Health Sciences
Biomedical Engineering
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2020-09-03