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ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2022

Using Advanced Diffusion-Weighted Imaging to Predict Cell Counts in Gray Matter: Potential and Pitfalls.

Hamsanandini Radhakrishnan, Sepideh Kiani Shabestari, Mathew Blurton-Jones, Andre Obenaus, Craig E L Stark

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Article in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hamsanandini RadhakrishnanMathematical, Computational and Systems Biology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States.
Sepideh Kiani ShabestariDepartment of Neurobiology and Behavior, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States.
Mathew Blurton-JonesDepartment of Neurobiology and Behavior, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States.
Andre ObenausDepartment of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States.
Craig E L StarkMathematical, Computational and Systems Biology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States.
University of California, Irvine · US

Funding

The Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the University of California, IrvineP30AG066519 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI Mathew Mark Blurton-Jones · 2020 to 2026
$27.9M
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG066519
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advances in diffusion imaging have given it the potential to non-invasively detect explicit neurobiological properties, beyond what was previously possible with conventional structural imaging. However, there is very little known about what cytoarchitectural properties these metrics, especially those derived from newer multi-shell models like Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging (NODDI) correspond to. While these diffusion metrics do not promise any inherent cell type specificity, different brain cells have varying morphologies, which could influence the diffusion signal in distinct ways. This relationship is currently not well-characterized. Understanding the possible cytoarchitectural signatures of diffusion measures could allow them to estimate important neurobiological properties like cell counts, potentially resulting in a powerful clinical diagnostic tool. Here, using advanced diffusion imaging (NODDI) in the mouse brain, we demonstrate that different regions have unique relationships between cell counts and diffusion metrics. We take advantage of this exclusivity to introduce a framework to predict cell counts of different types of cells from the diffusion metrics alone, in a region-specific manner. We also outline the challenges of reliably developing such a model and discuss the precautions the field must take when trying to tie together medical imaging modalities and histology.

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cell countdiffusion weighted imaging (DWI)High Angular Resolution Diffusion Imaging (HARDI)MRINODDInon-invasive biomarkersprediction model

Identifiers

PMID35720733
PMCPMC9204138
OpenAlexW4281615791

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