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Regionally Specific Atrophy Following Traumatic Brain Injury

Regionally Specific Atrophy Following Traumatic Brain Injury. DG MCLAREN , BB BENDLIN, and SC JOHNSON University of Wisconsin—Madison & GRECC, Madison VA Hospital. Background. Identifying longitudinal changes are essential in understanding plasticity and predicting future outcomes

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Regionally Specific Atrophy Following Traumatic Brain Injury

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  1. Regionally Specific Atrophy Following Traumatic Brain Injury DG MCLAREN, BB BENDLIN, and SC JOHNSON University of Wisconsin—Madison & GRECC, Madison VA Hospital

  2. Background • Identifying longitudinal changes are essential in understanding plasticity and predicting future outcomes • Surface-based approaches have been used in functional and structural analyses

  3. Using the Cortical Surface McLaren et al. 2007, Van Essen et al. 2005 & 2006

  4. Background • Identifying longitudinal changes are essential in understanding plasticity and predicting future outcomes • Surface-based approaches have been used in functional and structural analyses • Can Surface-based approaches be used in longitudinal analyses?

  5. Study Parameters • T1-weighted SPGRs were collected at ~79 days and ~409 days post injury • Standard Axial SPGR sequence with .9375x.9375x1.2mm voxel dimensions

  6. Align Brains via Skull;Compute Flow Processing Steps 2 x Original T1 SIENA

  7. P<.0001 N=30 N=36 Trivedi et al. 2006 Global Results Using SIENA

  8. Bias Corrected T1(Brain Only) Normalize & Surface Analysis Processing Steps 2 x Original T1 Align Brains via Skull;Compute Flow SIENA

  9. Surface Creation and Registration Van Essen 2005

  10. Within Subject Surface Co-registration • Registration to PALS of the same surface produces identical results • Registration of an image to itself doesn’t produce the same results

  11. Within Subject Surface Co-registration • T-statistic of time 2 minus time 1 scans P<.0001 corrected Percent Brain Volume Change: -.048

  12. Within Subject Surface Co-registration

  13. TBI Patient Cross-section (time 1) P<.0001 corrected 1028

  14. TBI Patient Cross-section (time 2) P<.0001 corrected

  15. TBI Patient Longitudinal P<.0001 corrected Percent Brain Volume Change: -.8276

  16. Conclusions • Surface registration is stable • Normal Controls show little or no changes consistent with SIENA • Method is sensitive to changes over time (and errors in segmentation) • One of the first illustrations of longitudinal changes using the cortical surface

  17. Future Directions • Improve segmentation to increase accuracy • More automated and stable procedure • Create study specific averages • Compare against SIENAr • Other patient populations

  18. Acknowledgements • UW Institute of Aging • Collaborators on the project Trivedi MA, Ward MA, Hess TM, Gale SD, Dempsey RJ, Rowley HA • Funding Support: • NIH: T32 AG20013 • NIH: RO1 MH65723 • NIH: T32 GM007507 • Merit Review Grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs

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