Atlas registration for edema-corrected MRI lesion volume in mouse stroke models

Lesion volume measurements with magnetic resonance imaging are widely used to assess outcome in rodent models of stroke. In this study, we improved a mathematical framework to correct lesion size for edema which is based on manual delineation of the lesion and hemispheres. Furthermore, a novel MATLA...

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Main Authors: Koch, Stefan, Mueller, Susanne, Foddis, Marco, Bienert, Thomas, von Elverfeldt, Dominik, Knab, Felix, Farr, Tracy D., Bernard, René, Dopatka, Monika, Rex, André, Dirnagl, Ulrich, Harms, Christoph, Boehm-Sturm, Philipp
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author Koch, Stefan
Mueller, Susanne
Foddis, Marco
Bienert, Thomas
von Elverfeldt, Dominik
Knab, Felix
Farr, Tracy D.
Bernard, René
Dopatka, Monika
Rex, André
Dirnagl, Ulrich
Harms, Christoph
Boehm-Sturm, Philipp
author_facet Koch, Stefan
Mueller, Susanne
Foddis, Marco
Bienert, Thomas
von Elverfeldt, Dominik
Knab, Felix
Farr, Tracy D.
Bernard, René
Dopatka, Monika
Rex, André
Dirnagl, Ulrich
Harms, Christoph
Boehm-Sturm, Philipp
author_sort Koch, Stefan
building Nottingham Research Data Repository
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description Lesion volume measurements with magnetic resonance imaging are widely used to assess outcome in rodent models of stroke. In this study, we improved a mathematical framework to correct lesion size for edema which is based on manual delineation of the lesion and hemispheres. Furthermore, a novel MATLAB toolbox to register mouse brain MR images to the Allen brain atlas is presented. Its capability to calculate edema-corrected lesion size was compared to the manual approach. Automated image registration performed equally well in in a mouse middle cerebral artery occlusion model (Pearson r=0.976, p=2.265e-11). Information encapsulated in the registration was used to generate maps of edema induced tissue volume changes. These showed discrepancies to simplified tissue models underlying the manual approach. The presented techniques provide biologically more meaningful, voxel-wise biomarkers of vasogenic edema after stroke.
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spelling nottingham-451232020-05-04T19:01:25Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/45123/ Atlas registration for edema-corrected MRI lesion volume in mouse stroke models Koch, Stefan Mueller, Susanne Foddis, Marco Bienert, Thomas von Elverfeldt, Dominik Knab, Felix Farr, Tracy D. Bernard, René Dopatka, Monika Rex, André Dirnagl, Ulrich Harms, Christoph Boehm-Sturm, Philipp Lesion volume measurements with magnetic resonance imaging are widely used to assess outcome in rodent models of stroke. In this study, we improved a mathematical framework to correct lesion size for edema which is based on manual delineation of the lesion and hemispheres. Furthermore, a novel MATLAB toolbox to register mouse brain MR images to the Allen brain atlas is presented. Its capability to calculate edema-corrected lesion size was compared to the manual approach. Automated image registration performed equally well in in a mouse middle cerebral artery occlusion model (Pearson r=0.976, p=2.265e-11). Information encapsulated in the registration was used to generate maps of edema induced tissue volume changes. These showed discrepancies to simplified tissue models underlying the manual approach. The presented techniques provide biologically more meaningful, voxel-wise biomarkers of vasogenic edema after stroke. SAGE Publications 2017-08-22 Article PeerReviewed Koch, Stefan, Mueller, Susanne, Foddis, Marco, Bienert, Thomas, von Elverfeldt, Dominik, Knab, Felix, Farr, Tracy D., Bernard, René, Dopatka, Monika, Rex, André, Dirnagl, Ulrich, Harms, Christoph and Boehm-Sturm, Philipp (2017) Atlas registration for edema-corrected MRI lesion volume in mouse stroke models. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism . ISSN 1559-7016 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0271678X17726635 doi:10.1177/0271678X17726635 doi:10.1177/0271678X17726635
spellingShingle Koch, Stefan
Mueller, Susanne
Foddis, Marco
Bienert, Thomas
von Elverfeldt, Dominik
Knab, Felix
Farr, Tracy D.
Bernard, René
Dopatka, Monika
Rex, André
Dirnagl, Ulrich
Harms, Christoph
Boehm-Sturm, Philipp
Atlas registration for edema-corrected MRI lesion volume in mouse stroke models
title Atlas registration for edema-corrected MRI lesion volume in mouse stroke models
title_full Atlas registration for edema-corrected MRI lesion volume in mouse stroke models
title_fullStr Atlas registration for edema-corrected MRI lesion volume in mouse stroke models
title_full_unstemmed Atlas registration for edema-corrected MRI lesion volume in mouse stroke models
title_short Atlas registration for edema-corrected MRI lesion volume in mouse stroke models
title_sort atlas registration for edema-corrected mri lesion volume in mouse stroke models
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/45123/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/45123/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/45123/