Generic acquisition protocol for quantitative MRI of the spinal cord

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Contributors

  • Julien Cohen-Adad - , Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, University of Montreal, Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute (Author)
  • Eva Alonso-Ortiz - , Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal (Author)
  • Mihael Abramovic - , Swiss Paraplegic Centre (Author)
  • Carina Arneitz - , Swiss Paraplegic Centre (Author)
  • Nicole Atcheson - , University of Queensland (Author)
  • Laura Barlow - , University of British Columbia (Author)
  • Robert L. Barry - , Harvard University (Author)
  • Markus Barth - , University of Queensland (Author)
  • Marco Battiston - , University College London (Author)
  • Christian Büchel - , University of Hamburg (Author)
  • Matthew Budde - , Medical College of Wisconsin (Author)
  • Virginie Callot - , Aix-Marseille Université, Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille (Author)
  • Anna J.E. Combes - , Vanderbilt University (Author)
  • Benjamin De Leener - , Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, University of Montreal (Author)
  • Maxime Descoteaux - , Université de Sherbrooke (Author)
  • Paulo Loureiro de Sousa - , University of Strasbourg (Author)
  • Marek Dostál - , Masaryk University (Author)
  • Julien Doyon - , McGill University (Author)
  • Adam Dvorak - , University of British Columbia (Author)
  • Falk Eippert - , Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (Author)
  • Karla R. Epperson - , Stanford University (Author)
  • Kevin S. Epperson - , Stanford University (Author)
  • Patrick Freund - , University of Zurich (Author)
  • Jürgen Finsterbusch - , University of Hamburg (Author)
  • Alexandru Foias - , Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal (Author)
  • Michela Fratini - , National Research Council of Italy (CNR), IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia - Roma (Author)
  • Issei Fukunaga - , Juntendo University (Author)
  • Claudia A.M.Gandini Wheeler-Kingshott - , University College London, University of Pavia, IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Casimiro Mondino - Pavia (Author)
  • Giancarlo Germani - , IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Casimiro Mondino - Pavia (Author)
  • Guillaume Gilbert - , Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Author)
  • Federico Giove - , IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia - Roma, Enrico Fermi Center (Author)
  • Charley Gros - , Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, University of Queensland (Author)
  • Francesco Grussu - , University College London, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) (Author)
  • Akifumi Hagiwara - , Juntendo University (Author)
  • Pierre Gilles Henry - , University of Minnesota System (Author)
  • Tomáš Horák - , Central European Institute of Technology (Author)
  • Masaaki Hori - , Toho University (Author)
  • James Joers - , University of Minnesota System (Author)
  • Kouhei Kamiya - , The University of Tokyo (Author)
  • Haleh Karbasforoushan - , Northwestern University, Stanford University (Author)
  • Miloš Keřkovský - , Masaryk University (Author)
  • Ali Khatibi - , McGill University, University of Birmingham (Author)
  • Joo Won Kim - , Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Author)
  • Nawal Kinany - , Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), University of Geneva (Author)
  • Hagen Kitzler - , Institute and Polyclinic of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden (Author)
  • Shannon Kolind - , University of British Columbia (Author)
  • Yazhuo Kong - , CAS - Institute of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Oxford (Author)
  • Petr Kudlička - , Central European Institute of Technology (Author)
  • Paul Kuntke - , Institute and Polyclinic of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden (Author)
  • Nyoman D. Kurniawan - , University of Queensland (Author)
  • Slawomir Kusmia - , Cardiff University, University College London, Epilepsy Society (Author)
  • René Labounek - , University of Minnesota System, University Hospital Olomouc (Author)
  • Maria Marcella Laganà - , IRCCS S. Maria Nascente-Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus (Author)
  • Cornelia Laule - , University of British Columbia (Author)
  • Christine S. Law - , Stanford University (Author)
  • Christophe Lenglet - , University of Minnesota System (Author)
  • Tobias Leutritz - , Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (Author)
  • Yaou Liu - , Capital Medical University (CMU) (Author)
  • Sara Llufriu - , University of Barcelona (Author)
  • Sean Mackey - , Stanford University (Author)
  • Eloy Martinez-Heras - , University of Barcelona (Author)
  • Loan Mattera - , Fondation Campus Biotech Genève (Author)
  • Igor Nestrasil - , University of Minnesota System (Author)
  • Kristin P. O’Grady - , Vanderbilt University (Author)
  • Nico Papinutto - , University of California at San Francisco (Author)
  • Daniel Papp - , Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, University of Oxford (Author)
  • Deborah Pareto - , Autonomous University of Barcelona (Author)
  • Todd B. Parrish - , Northwestern University (Author)
  • Anna Pichiecchio - , University of Pavia, IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Casimiro Mondino - Pavia (Author)
  • Ferran Prados - , University College London, Open University of Catalonia (Author)
  • Àlex Rovira - , Autonomous University of Barcelona (Author)
  • Marc J. Ruitenberg - , University of Queensland (Author)
  • Rebecca S. Samson - , University College London (Author)
  • Giovanni Savini - , IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Casimiro Mondino - Pavia (Author)
  • Maryam Seif - , University of Zurich, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (Author)
  • Alan C. Seifert - , Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Author)
  • Alex K. Smith - , University of Oxford (Author)
  • Seth A. Smith - , Vanderbilt University (Author)
  • Zachary A. Smith - , University of Oklahoma (Author)
  • Elisabeth Solana - , University of Barcelona (Author)
  • Yuichi Suzuki - , The University of Tokyo (Author)
  • George Tackley - , Cardiff University (Author)
  • Alexandra Tinnermann - , University of Hamburg (Author)
  • Jan Valošek - , University Hospital Olomouc (Author)
  • Dimitri Van De Ville - , Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), University of Geneva (Author)
  • Marios C. Yiannakas - , University College London (Author)
  • Kenneth A. Weber - , Stanford University (Author)
  • Nikolaus Weiskopf - , Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig University (Author)
  • Richard G. Wise - , Cardiff University, University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti-Pescara (Author)
  • Patrik O. Wyss - , Swiss Paraplegic Centre (Author)
  • Junqian Xu - , Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Author)

Abstract

Quantitative spinal cord (SC) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) presents many challenges, including a lack of standardized imaging protocols. Here we present a prospectively harmonized quantitative MRI protocol, which we refer to as the spine generic protocol, for users of 3T MRI systems from the three main manufacturers: GE, Philips and Siemens. The protocol provides guidance for assessing SC macrostructural and microstructural integrity: T1-weighted and T2-weighted imaging for SC cross-sectional area computation, multi-echo gradient echo for gray matter cross-sectional area, and magnetization transfer and diffusion weighted imaging for assessing white matter microstructure. In a companion paper from the same authors, the spine generic protocol was used to acquire data across 42 centers in 260 healthy subjects. The key details of the spine generic protocol are also available in an open-access document that can be found at https://github.com/spine-generic/protocols. The protocol will serve as a starting point for researchers and clinicians implementing new SC imaging initiatives so that, in the future, inclusion of the SC in neuroimaging protocols will be more common. The protocol could be implemented by any trained MR technician or by a researcher/clinician familiar with MRI acquisition.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4611-4632
Number of pages22
JournalNature protocols
Volume16
Issue number10
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2021
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMed 34400839
ORCID /0000-0003-1838-2230/work/151982584

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