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@ARTICLE{Schwarzer:281880,
author = {Schwarzer, Johannes and Khadhraoui, Eya and Einspänner,
Eric and Kukhlenko, Olga and Behme, Daniel and Büntjen,
Lars and Schmitt, Friedhelm C and Müller, Sebastian
Johannes},
title = {{C}omparison of brain volumetry in patients with
non-lesional epilepsy on 3 and 7 {T} {MPRAGE}.},
journal = {Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery},
volume = {15},
number = {11},
issn = {2223-4292},
address = {Hong Kong},
publisher = {AME Publ.},
reportid = {DZNE-2025-01251},
pages = {11408 - 11426},
year = {2025},
abstract = {7 Tesla (T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides more
accurate image resolution than 3 T MRI due to its higher
field strength. This could lead to a significant improvement
in diagnostics, especially in small anatomical regions like
the substructures of the hippocampus and amygdala. However,
inhomogeneities arise due to higher field strengths, which
could reduce this benefit. We compared current segmentations
between 3 and 7 T in a clinical setup. The aim of this study
was to evaluate the feasibility of FreeSurfer and FastSurfer
at 7 T MRI in comparison to 3 T MRI. Since the hippocampus
and amygdala also play an important role in epilepsy
research, we additionally tested the FreeSurfer hippocampus
scripts on both the FreeSurfer and FastSurfer
segmentations.As part of a prospective study, we performed
both a 3 T MRI and a 7 T MRI on patients with non-lesional
epilepsy initially diagnosed on 3 T. FreeSurfer and
FastSurfer segmented and volumetrically measured both data
sets using T1-weighted MPRAGE. We also performed hippocampal
subfield volumetry and calculated inter-scanner
variability.We found significant differences between
FreeSurfer and FastSurfer at both 3 and 7 T, with FastSurfer
typically producing higher volumetric estimates. We detected
significant deviations in FreeSurfer in the subsegmentation
of the left hippocampus on 7 T caused by inhomogeneities.
The hippocampus segmentation on 3 T demonstrated overall
greater homogeneity.Both methods and field strengths possess
inherent advantages and limitations, resulting in
differences in segmentation outcomes. Pre-processing can
partially mitigate these discrepancies.},
keywords = {7-Tesla (7 T) (Other) / FastSurfer (Other) / FreeSurfer
(Other) / epilepsy (Other) / hippocampal subfields (Other)},
cin = {AG Düzel},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)5000006},
pnm = {353 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF4-353)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:41209181},
pmc = {pmc:PMC12591911},
doi = {10.21037/qims-2025-1263},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/281880},
}