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@ARTICLE{Dusek:140592,
author = {Dusek, Petr and Madai, Vince Istvan and Huelnhagen, Till
and Bahn, Erik and Matej, Radoslav and Sobesky, Jan and
Niendorf, Thoralf and Acosta-Cabronero, Julio and Wuerfel,
Jens},
title = {{T}he choice of embedding media affects image quality,
tissue {R}2* , and susceptibility behaviors in post-mortem
brain {MR} microscopy at 7.0{T}.},
journal = {Magnetic resonance in medicine},
volume = {81},
number = {4},
issn = {0740-3194},
address = {New York, NY [u.a.]},
publisher = {Wiley-Liss},
reportid = {DZNE-2020-06914},
pages = {2688-2701},
year = {2019},
abstract = {The quality and precision of post-mortem MRI microscopy may
vary depending on the embedding medium used. To investigate
this, our study evaluated the impact of 5 widely used media
on: (1) image quality, (2) contrast of high spatial
resolution gradient-echo (T1 and T2* -weighted) MR images,
(3) effective transverse relaxation rate (R2* ), and (4)
quantitative susceptibility measurements (QSM) of
post-mortem brain specimens.Five formaldehyde-fixed brain
slices were scanned using 7.0T MRI in: (1) formaldehyde
solution (formalin), (2) phosphate-buffered saline (PBS),
(3) deuterium oxide (D2 O), (4) perfluoropolyether (Galden),
and (5) agarose gel. SNR and contrast-to-noise ratii
(SNR/CNR) were calculated for cortex/white matter (WM) and
basal ganglia/WM regions. In addition, median R2* and QSM
values were extracted from caudate nucleus, putamen, globus
pallidus, WM, and cortical regions.PBS, Galden, and agarose
returned higher SNR/CNR compared to formalin and D2 O.
Formalin fixation, and its use as embedding medium for
scanning, increased tissue R2* . Imaging with agarose, D2 O,
and Galden returned lower R2* values than PBS (and
formalin). No major QSM offsets were observed, although
spatial variance was increased (with respect to R2*
behaviors) for formalin and agarose.Embedding media affect
gradient-echo image quality, R2* , and QSM in differing
ways. In this study, PBS embedding was identified as the
most stable experimental setup, although by a small margin.
Agarose and Galden were preferred to formalin or D2 O
embedding. Formalin significantly increased R2* causing
noisier data and increased QSM variance.},
keywords = {Aged / Autopsy: instrumentation / Autopsy: methods / Brain:
diagnostic imaging / Brain: pathology / Brain Mapping:
methods / Contrast Media / Deuterium Oxide / Ethers / Female
/ Fluorocarbons / Formaldehyde / Humans / Image Processing,
Computer-Assisted / Magnetic Resonance Imaging:
instrumentation / Magnetic Resonance Imaging: methods / Male
/ Middle Aged / Phosphates / Sepharose: chemistry /
Signal-To-Noise Ratio / Specimen Handling / Tissue
Embedding: instrumentation},
cin = {AG Nestor},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)1310001},
pnm = {344 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF3-344)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-344},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:30506939},
doi = {10.1002/mrm.27595},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/140592},
}