Reduced cross-scanner variability using vendor-agnostic sequences for single-shell diffusion MRI.
MRI harmonization
Pulseq
dMRI
open MRI
open-source
reproducibility
vendor-agnostic
Journal
Magnetic resonance in medicine
ISSN: 1522-2594
Titre abrégé: Magn Reson Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8505245
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
12 Mar 2024
12 Mar 2024
Historique:
revised:
31
01
2024
received:
07
12
2023
accepted:
05
02
2024
medline:
12
3
2024
pubmed:
12
3
2024
entrez:
12
3
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
To reduce the inter-scanner variability of diffusion MRI (dMRI) measures between scanners from different vendors by developing a vendor-neutral dMRI pulse sequence using the open-source vendor-agnostic Pulseq platform. We implemented a standard EPI based dMRI sequence in Pulseq. We tested it on two clinical scanners from different vendors (Siemens Prisma and GE Premier), systematically evaluating and comparing the within- and inter-scanner variability across the vendors, using both the vendor-provided and Pulseq dMRI sequences. Assessments covered both a diffusion phantom and three human subjects, using standard error (SE) and Lin's concordance correlation to measure the repeatability and reproducibility of standard DTI metrics including fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD). Identical dMRI sequences were executed on both scanners using Pulseq. On the phantom, the Pulseq sequence showed more than a 2.5× reduction in SE (variability) across Siemens and GE scanners. Furthermore, Pulseq sequences exhibited markedly reduced SE in-vivo, maintaining scan-rescan repeatability while delivering lower variability in FA and MD (more than 50% reduction in cortical/subcortical regions) compared to vendor-provided sequences. The Pulseq diffusion sequence reduces the cross-scanner variability for both phantom and in-vivo data, which will benefit multi-center neuroimaging studies and improve the reproducibility of neuroimaging studies.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Subventions
Organisme : NIMH NIH HHS
ID : R01MH116173
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIMH NIH HHS
ID : R01MH125860
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIMH NIH HHS
ID : K01MH117346
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIBIB NIH HHS
ID : R01EB032378
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
© 2024 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
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