• NeuroImage. Clinical · Jan 2014

    Detection of volume loss in hippocampal layers in Alzheimer's disease using 7 T MRI: a feasibility study.

    • Claire Boutet, Marie Chupin, Stéphane Lehéricy, Linda Marrakchi-Kacem, Stéphane Epelbaum, Cyril Poupon, Christopher Wiggins, Alexandre Vignaud, Dominique Hasboun, Bénédicte Defontaines, Olivier Hanon, Bruno Dubois, Marie Sarazin, Lucie Hertz-Pannier, and Olivier Colliot.
    • Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris6, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière (ICM), UM 75, 75013 Paris, France ; Inserm, U1127 ICM, Paris 75013, France ; CNRS, UMR 7225 ICM, Paris 75013, France ; ICM - Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, Paris 75013, France ; INRIA, Aramis Team, Centre de Recherche Paris-Rocquencourt, France ; AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Département de Neuroradiologie, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris 75013, France ; Centre de Neuroimagerie de Recherche - CENIR, 75013 Paris, France.
    • Neuroimage Clin. 2014 Jan 1; 5: 341-8.

    AbstractIn Alzheimer's disease (AD), the hippocampus is an early site of tau pathology and neurodegeneration. Histological studies have shown that lesions are not uniformly distributed within the hippocampus. Moreover, alterations of different hippocampal layers may reflect distinct pathological processes. 7 T MRI dramatically improves the visualization of hippocampal subregions and layers. In this study, we aimed to assess whether 7 T MRI can detect volumetric changes in hippocampal layers in vivo in patients with AD. We studied four AD patients and seven control subjects. MR images were acquired using a whole-body 7 T scanner with an eight channel transmit-receive coil. Hippocampal subregions were manually segmented from coronal T2*-weighted gradient echo images with 0.3 × 0.3 × 1.2 mm3 resolution using a protocol that distinguishes between layers richer or poorer in neuronal bodies. Five subregions were segmented in the region of the hippocampal body: alveus, strata radiatum, lacunosum and moleculare (SRLM) of the cornu Ammonis (CA), hilum, stratum pyramidale of CA and stratum pyramidale of the subiculum. We found strong bilateral reductions in the SRLM of the cornu Ammonis and in the stratum pyramidale of the subiculum (p < 0.05), with average cross-sectional area reductions ranging from -29% to -49%. These results show that it is possible to detect volume loss in distinct hippocampal layers using segmentation of 7 T MRI. 7 T MRI-based segmentation is a promising tool for AD research.

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