Tractography of Meyer´s Loop asymmetries

DE GERVAI, Patricia Dreessen, Uta N. SBOTO- FRANKENSTEIN, Bruce R. BOLSTER, Sunny THIND, Marco L.H. GRUWEL, Stephen D. SMITH a Boguslaw TOMANEK. Tractography of Meyer´s Loop asymmetries. Epilepsy Research. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science, 2014, roč. 108, č. 5, s. 872-882. ISSN 0920-1211. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2014.03.006.

Základní údaje

• Originální název: Tractography of Meyer´s Loop asymmetries
• Autoři: DE GERVAI, Patricia Dreessen (124 Kanada), Uta N. SBOTO- FRANKENSTEIN (124 Kanada), Bruce R. BOLSTER (124 Kanada), Sunny THIND (124 Kanada), Marco L.H. GRUWEL (124 Kanada), Stephen D. SMITH (124 Kanada) a Boguslaw TOMANEK (616 Polsko, garant, domácí).
• Vydání: Epilepsy Research, Amsterdam, Elsevier Science, 2014, 0920-1211.

Další údaje

• Originální jazyk: angličtina
• Typ výsledku: Článek v odborném periodiku
• Obor: 30000 3. Medical and Health Sciences
• Stát vydavatele: Nizozemské království
• Utajení: není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
• WWW: URL
• Impakt faktor: Impact factor: 2.015
• Kód RIV: RIV/00216224:14740/14:00075910
• Organizační jednotka: Středoevropský technologický institut
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2014.03.006
• UT WoS: 000337014800006
• Klíčová slova anglicky: DIFFUSION TENSOR TRACTOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL-LOBE EPILEPSY; VISUAL-FIELD DEFICITS; OPTIC RADIATION; TRANSSYLVIAN APPROACH; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; FIBER TRACTOGRAPHY; DISSECTION; MRI; VARIABILITY
• Štítky: kontrola MP, MP, rivok
• Příznaky: Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Anotace

Purpose: The purpose of the current study was to use diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to conduct tractography of the optic radiations (OR) and its component bundles and to assess both the degree of hemispheric asymmetry and the inter-subject variability of Meyer's Loop (ML). We hypothesized that there are significant left versus right differences in the anterior extent of ML to the temporal pole (TP) in healthy subjects. Materials and methods: DTI data were acquired on a 3T Siemens MRI system using a single-shot Spin Echo EPI sequence. The dorsal, central and ML bundles of the OR were tracked and visualized in forty hemispheres of twenty healthy volunteers. The uncinate fasciculus (UF) was also tracked in these subjects so that it could be used as a distinct anatomical reference. Measurements were derived for the distance between ML-TP, ML and the temporal horn (ML-TN) and ML and the uncinate fasciculus (ML-UF). Paired difference t-tests were carried out with SPSS 14.0. Results: ML and the UF were successfully tracked and visualized in all 20 volunteers. Significant hemispheric asymmetries were found for all measurements with left distances shorter than the right (P < 0.005). In 50% of the subjects the left ML-UF distance was <= 1.9 mm. Conclusion: The results support our hypothesis and demonstrate that left ML-TP distances are significantly shorter than right ML-TP distances. These asymmetries are also reflected in shorter left distances between ML-TH and ML-UF. Moreover, these results are of interest to left-sided temporal lobe epilepsy surgery because it is not only more likely to disturb the anterior extent of ML but also renders the often closely located posterior aspect of the left UF more vulnerable to potential surgical impact Crown Copyright (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.