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Wallerian Degeneration of Insufficiently Affected White Matters in Old Infarction: Tract of Interest Analysis of Diffusion Tensor Imaging

  • Choi, Chi-Hoon (Department of Radiology, National Medical Center) ;
  • Lee, Jong-Min (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Koo, Bang-Bon (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Park, Jun-Sung (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Kwon, Jun-Soo (Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Sun-I. (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University)
  • Published : 2007.06.30
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Abstract

The application of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and fiber tractography to Wallerian degeneration (WD) is important because this technique is a very potent tools for quantitatively evaluating fiber tracts in vivo brain. We analyzed a case and control using tracts of interest (TOI) analysis to quantify WD. We scanned a case of old infarction and an age-matched healthy volunteer. T1 magnetization prepared rapid acquisition gradient echo (MPRAGE), fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) and 12-direction diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) were obtained and analyzed using TOI analysis. The value of mean diffusity ($D_{av}$) and fracional anisotrophy (FA) were analyzed statistically by MWU test. A p-value of less than 0.05 was considered to indicate statistical significance. A comparison of the global fiber diffusion characteristics shows WD of both the corpus callosum and the ipsilateral superior longitudinal fasciculus. The corpus callosum in particular showed trans-hemispherical degeneration. Local fiber characteristics along the geodesic paths show WD in the corpus callosum, ipsilateral superior longitudinal fasciculus, ipsilateral corticospinal tract, and ipsilateral corticothalamic tract. We have demonstrated changes in $D_{av}$ and FA values and a clear correspondence with the WD in various tracts. TOI analysis successfully revealed radial WD in white matter tracts from a region of encephalomalacia and primary gliosis, although they were only slightly affected.

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