T1- or T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging : what is the best choice to evaluate atrophy of the hippocampus?

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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Magnetic resonance imaging is part of the diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer's disease (AD) through the evaluation of hippocampal atrophy. The objective of this study was to evaluate which sequence of T1-weighted (T1WI) and T2-weighted (T2WI) imaging allowed the best visual evaluation of hippocampal atrophy.

METHODS: Visual qualitative ratings of the hippocampus of 100 patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and 50 patients with AD were made independently by four operators according to the medial temporal lobe atrophy score based either on T1WI or T2WI. These two evaluations were compared in terms of interobserver reproducibility, concordance with a quantitative volumetric measure, discrimination power between AD and MCI groups, and correlation with several neuropsychological tests.

RESULTS: The medial temporal lobe atrophy score evaluated on either T1WI or T2WI exhibited similar interobserver variability and accordance with quantitative volumetric evaluation. However, the visual evaluation on T2WI seemed to provide better discrimination power between AD and MCI groups for both left (T1WI, P = 0.0001; T2WI, P = 7.072 × 10-5 ) and right (T1WI, P = 0.008; T2WI, P = 0.001) hippocampus, and a higher overall correlation with neuropsychological tests.

CONCLUSIONS: The present study suggests that T2WI provides a more adequate visual rating of hippocampal atrophy.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

European journal of neurology - 25(2018), 5 vom: 17. Mai, Seite 775-781

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fischbach-Boulanger, C [VerfasserIn]
Fitsiori, A [VerfasserIn]
Noblet, V [VerfasserIn]
Baloglu, S [VerfasserIn]
Oesterle, H [VerfasserIn]
Draghici, S [VerfasserIn]
Philippi, N [VerfasserIn]
Duron, E [VerfasserIn]
Hanon, O [VerfasserIn]
Dietemann, J-L [VerfasserIn]
Blanc, F [VerfasserIn]
Kremer, S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alzheimer's disease
Cohort study
Geriatric
Journal Article
Magnetic resonance imaging
Memory
Mild cognitive impairment
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 15.03.2019

Date Revised 15.03.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/ene.13601

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM281011532