Anomalous diffusion stretched exponential  -imaging model provides new information on spinal cord microstructure Alessandra Caporale 1,2, M. Palombo 2,3,

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Anomalous diffusion stretched exponential  -imaging model provides new information on spinal cord microstructure Alessandra Caporale 1,2, M. Palombo 2,3, S. Capuani 2,4 1. Physics Department Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, 2. CNR-ISC Roma Physics Department Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, 3. CEA/DSV/12BM/MIRCen, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France, 4. Center for Life Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Rome, Italy Alessandra Caporale et al. – 101 st SIF National Congress – 24 september 2015, Rome, Italy

Goal Investigate the potential of  -imaging model to obtain information about white matter arrangement in the Spinal Cord Anomalous diffusion stretched exponential  -imaging model provides new information on spinal cord microstructure

White Matter Anomalous diffusion stretched exponential  -imaging model provides new information on spinal cord microstructure Illustration by Jen Christiansen in Scientific American 2008

White Matter Anomalous diffusion stretched exponential  -imaging model provides new information on spinal cord microstructure

Anomalous Diffusion Anomalous diffusion stretched exponential  -imaging model provides new information on spinal cord microstructure R. Metzler and J. Klafter, 339 Phys Rep (2000) 1-77

Anomalous diffusion stretched exponential  -imaging model provides new information on spinal cord microstructure How to perform Anomalous-Diffusion MRI Pseudo Super-diffusion PGSE or PGSTE varying q, Keeping Δ constant PGSTE Tanner, J Chem Phys 52, 1970 (  = MHz/T)

Validation in phantoms Anomalous diffusion stretched exponential  -imaging model provides new information on spinal cord microstructure M. Palombo et al., 216 JMR (2012)   is influenced by ΔX m at the interface between micro-beads and diffusing water   reflects micro-beads sizes

Methods Anomalous diffusion stretched exponential  -imaging model provides new information on spinal cord microstructure z x y B0B0 C57 BL6 mouse spinal cord fixed with 4%/2% glutaraldehyde/paraformaldehyde and stored in PBS B 0 = 9.4T

Methods Anomalous diffusion stretched exponential  -imaging model provides new information on spinal cord microstructure  Acquisition Protocol for the extraction of  PGSTE (Δ = 40 ms) 10 b-values in the interval (100, 4000) s/mm b0 10 G-values in the interval (50, 500) mT/m 3 orthogonal directions (x, y, z)  Conventional DTI protocol PGSTE with Δ/δ = 40/2 ms, b-value = 700 s/mm 2 6 directions  Conventional T2* relaxometry GE with 13 TEs varying in the interval (2, 40) ms B0B0

Methods Anomalous diffusion stretched exponential  -imaging model provides new information on spinal cord microstructure The contrast between white matter and gray matter changes with increasing b The effective b0 is 154 s/mm 2 Δ = 40 ms for each DWI Diffusion weighted images at different G

Methods Anomalous diffusion stretched exponential  -imaging model provides new information on spinal cord microstructure Extraction of  from DWIs

Results Anomalous diffusion stretched exponential  -imaging model provides new information on spinal cord microstructure In plane resolution of 33 x 33 µm 2 Slice thickness: 0.7 mm  -imaging along 3 orthogonal directions

Results Anomalous diffusion stretched exponential  -imaging model provides new information on spinal cord microstructure In plane resolution of 33 x 33 µm 2  -imaging parametric maps

Results Anomalous diffusion stretched exponential  -imaging model provides new information on spinal cord microstructure ROIs were selected thresholding FA maps M  and A  correlate with R2* In axial slices  -metrics is sensitive to ΔX m Water-myelin

Results  par correlates with R2* - M  with R2* also in sagittal sl. Anomalous diffusion stretched exponential  -imaging model provides new information on spinal cord microstructure

Discussion  par correlates with R2* - M  with R2* also in sagittal sl. Anomalous diffusion stretched exponential  -imaging model provides new information on spinal cord microstructure D.A. Yablonskiy and A.L. Sukstanskii 71 Mag Res Med (2014) The alternating proteo-lipid-protein in the presence of a static magnetic Field determines susceptibility differences At the surface Ext. water diffusing in the Preferential orientation parallel to fibers encounters several ΔX m along its trajectory J.L. Salzer 18 Neuron (1997)

Results Anomalous diffusion stretched exponential  -imaging model provides new information on spinal cord microstructure right Spino- Thalamic Tract (STT) Funiculus Gracilis (Fg) dorsal Cortico- spinal tract (dCST) right Rubro- spinal Tract (RST) medial Vestibulo- spinal Tract (VST) right Recto- spinal Tract (ReST) Light microscopic images from H.H. Ong et al., 40 Neuroim (2008) Wm microstructure in mouse SC

Results Anomalous diffusion stretched exponential  -imaging model provides new information on spinal cord microstructure Anisotropy of  and wm micro-structure A  correlates with wm structural parameters! conversely MD, FA, T2*, R2* DO NOT

Results Anomalous diffusion stretched exponential  -imaging model provides new information on spinal cord microstructure  orthogonal to fibers and wm micro-structure  ort correlates with wm structural parameters! CONVERSELY ‘No correlation was found between tADC and axon diameter’ Schwartz et al., 16 Neuroreport (2005) 73-76

Discussion Anomalous diffusion stretched exponential  -imaging model provides new information on spinal cord microstructure Fluorescence of CNS J.C. Rios et al., 23 J of NeuroSc (2003) In Multiple Sclerosis (MS) the myelin sheath is attacked by the immune system, and dismantled

Discussion Anomalous diffusion stretched exponential  -imaging model provides new information on spinal cord microstructure AA Fluorescence of CNS J.C. Rios et al., 23 J of NeuroSc (2003)

Example of application Anomalous diffusion stretched exponential  -imaging model provides new information on spinal cord microstructure Cortico-Spinal Tract G.C. De Luca et al., 127 Brain (2004) In Multiple Sclerosis axonal loss is widespread in both brain and Spinal Cord (SC), and its extent is tract specific and size selective From literature:

Example of application Anomalous diffusion stretched exponential  -imaging model provides new information on spinal cord microstructure

Conclusions The GAP project, and the authors of this article are partially supported by MIUR under grant RBFR12JF2Z ‘Futuro in ricerca 2012’ Anomalous diffusion stretched exponential  -imaging model provides new information on spinal cord microstructure  The  -parameters are sensitive to magnetic susceptibility inhomogeneities at the interface between different tissues.  The  -parameters (  ort, A  ) reflect micro-structure features of different white matter tracts  In particular,  ort, A  correlate with axon diameters and axon density.  The  -imaging technique may be useful to detect micrometric changes in patological white matter of SC tracts

Supplementary One-way ANOVA ANOVA test  Levene’s test for homogeneity of variances  Multiple comparisons with Bonferroni Correction T2* cannot discriminate among dCST and VST ( CNR = ) INSTEAD A  can p < , CNR =  ort can p < 0.02, CNR =  par can p < 0.001, CNR = T2* and R2* cannot discriminate among ReST and STT (CNR = ; CNR =0.0447) INSTEAD  ort can p < CNR =  par can p < CNR = T2* and R2* cannot discriminate among dCST and RST (CNR = ; CNR = ) INSTEAD Dpar can p < , CNR = MD can p < 0.034, CNR =  -parameters help in discriminating certain ROIs Anomalous diffusion stretched exponential  -imaging model provides new information on spinal cord microstructure

Results Anomalous diffusion stretched exponential  -imaging model provides new information on spinal cord microstructure In plane resolution of 33 x 33 µm 2  -maps provide a new source of contrast

Results # 2907 Anomalous diffusion stretched exponential  -imaging model provides new information on spinal cord microstructure Due to susceptibility-induced field distorsions, produced By the tissue or other materials Water-myelin Due to intrinsic defects In the magnet Field inhomogeneities across a voxel The rate of relaxation is related to ΔX m C. Liu et al., 56 NeuroIm (2011)