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ArticleFrontiers in aging neuroscience2023

Asymmetry of radiomics features in the white matter of patients with primary progressive aphasia.

Benedetta Tafuri, Marco Filardi, Daniele Urso, Valentina Gnoni, Roberto De Blasi, Salvatore Nigro, Giancarlo Logroscino, Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration Neuroimaging Initiative

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Article in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Benedetta TafuriCenter for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the Aging Brain, University of Bari Aldo Moro, "Pia Fondazione Cardinale G. Panico", Lecce, Italy.
Marco FilardiCenter for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the Aging Brain, University of Bari Aldo Moro, "Pia Fondazione Cardinale G. Panico", Lecce, Italy.
Daniele UrsoCenter for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the Aging Brain, University of Bari Aldo Moro, "Pia Fondazione Cardinale G. Panico", Lecce, Italy.
Valentina GnoniCenter for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the Aging Brain, University of Bari Aldo Moro, "Pia Fondazione Cardinale G. Panico", Lecce, Italy.
Roberto De BlasiCenter for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the Aging Brain, University of Bari Aldo Moro, "Pia Fondazione Cardinale G. Panico", Lecce, Italy.
Salvatore NigroCenter for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the Aging Brain, University of Bari Aldo Moro, "Pia Fondazione Cardinale G. Panico", Lecce, Italy.
Giancarlo LogroscinoCenter for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the Aging Brain, University of Bari Aldo Moro, "Pia Fondazione Cardinale G. Panico", Lecce, Italy.
Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration Neuroimaging Initiative
University of Bari Aldo Moro · ITKing's College London · GB

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Abstract

Introduction: Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) is a neurological disease characterized by linguistic deficits. Semantic (svPPA) and non-fluent/agrammatic (nfvPPA) variants are the two main clinical subtypes. We applied a novel analytical framework, based on radiomic analysis, to investigate White Matter (WM) asymmetry and to examine whether asymmetry is associated with verbal fluency performance. Methods: Analyses were performed on T1-weighted images including 56 patients with PPA (31 svPPA and 25 nfvPPA) and 53 age- and sex-matched controls. Asymmetry Index (AI) was computed for 86 radiomics features in 34 white matter regions. The relationships between AI, verbal fluency performance (semantic and phonemic) and Boston Naming Test score (BNT) were explored through Spearman correlation analysis. Results: Relative to controls, WM asymmetry in svPPA patients involved regions adjacent to middle temporal cortex as part of the inferior longitudinal (ILF), fronto-occipital (IFOF) and superior longitudinal fasciculi. Conversely, nfvPPA patients showed an asymmetry of WM in lateral occipital regions (ILF/IFOF). A higher lateralization involving IFOF, cingulum and forceps minor was found in nfvPPA compared to svPPA patients. In nfvPPA patients, semantic fluency was positively correlated to asymmetry in ILF/IFOF tracts. Performances at BNT were associated with AI values of the middle temporal (ILF/SLF) and parahippocampal (ILF/IFOF) gyri in svPPA patients. Discussion: Radiomics features depicted distinct pathways of asymmetry in svPPA and nfvPPA involving damage of principal fiber tracts associated with speech and language. Assessing asymmetry of radiomics in PPA allows achieving a deeper insight into the neuroanatomical damage and may represent a candidate severity marker for language impairments in PPA patients.

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asymmetryMRIneuroimagingprimary progressive aphasiaradiomicsstructural white matterverbal fluency

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PMID37213534
PMCPMC10196268
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