Quantifying brain development in the HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study: The magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy protocol.
Development
HBCD
Infant
MRI
MRS
Protocol
Journal
Developmental cognitive neuroscience
ISSN: 1878-9307
Titre abrégé: Dev Cogn Neurosci
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101541838
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
21 Sep 2024
21 Sep 2024
Historique:
received:
06
03
2024
revised:
29
08
2024
accepted:
13
09
2024
medline:
29
9
2024
pubmed:
29
9
2024
entrez:
28
9
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
The HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study, a multi-site prospective longitudinal cohort study, will examine human brain, cognitive, behavioral, social, and emotional development beginning prenatally and planned through early childhood. The acquisition of multimodal magnetic resonance-based brain development data is central to the study's core protocol. However, application of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) methods in this population is complicated by technical challenges and difficulties of imaging in early life. Overcoming these challenges requires an innovative and harmonized approach, combining age-appropriate acquisition protocols together with specialized pediatric neuroimaging strategies. The HBCD MRI Working Group aimed to establish a core acquisition protocol for all 27 HBCD Study recruitment sites to measure brain structure, function, microstructure, and metabolites. Acquisition parameters of individual modalities have been matched across MRI scanner platforms for harmonized acquisitions and state-of-the-art technologies are employed to enable faster and motion-robust imaging. Here, we provide an overview of the HBCD MRI protocol, including decisions of individual modalities and preliminary data. The result will be an unparalleled resource for examining early neurodevelopment which enables the larger scientific community to assess normative trajectories from birth through childhood and to examine the genetic, biological, and environmental factors that help shape the developing brain.
Identifiants
pubmed: 39341120
pii: S1878-9293(24)00113-0
doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101452
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
101452Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. Tobias Kober and Tom Hilbert are employees of Siemens Healthineers International AG, Switzerland. Yulin Chang is an employee of Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc. Dan Rettmann and Ralph Noeske are employed by GE HealthCare. Guillaume Gilbert, Yansong Zhao, Sandeep Ganji, and Maarten Versluis are employed by Philips Healthcare. Carina Lucena, Lucky Heisler-Roman, and Dhruman Goradia are employed by PrimeNeuro Inc. Under a license agreement between Philips and the Johns Hopkins University, Dr. van Zijl and the University are entitled to fees related to an imaging device used in the study discussed for publication. Dr. van Zijl also is a paid lecturer for Philips and receives research support from Philips. This arrangement has been reviewed and approved by the Johns Hopkins University in accordance with its conflict of interest policies. Damien Fair is a patent holder on the Framwise Integrated Real-Time Motion Monitoring (FIRMM) software. He is also a co-founder of Turing Medical Technologies, Inc. The nature of this financial interest and the design of the study have been reviewed by two committees at the University of Minnesota. They have put in place a plan to help ensure that this research is not affected by the financial interest. All other authors report no biomedical financial interests or potential conflicts of interest.