TY - JOUR
T1 - Anatomical characterization of athetotic and spastic cerebral palsy using an atlas-based analysis
AU - Yoshida, Shoko
AU - Faria, Andreia V.
AU - Oishi, Kenichi
AU - Kanda, Toyoko
AU - Yamori, Yuriko
AU - Yoshida, Naoko
AU - Hirota, Haruyo
AU - Iwami, Mika
AU - Okano, Sozo
AU - Hsu, John
AU - Li, Xin
AU - Jiang, Hangyi
AU - Li, Yue
AU - Hayakawa, Katsumi
AU - Mori, Susumu
PY - 2013/8
Y1 - 2013/8
N2 - Purpose To analyze diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in two types of cerebral palsy (CP): the athetotic-type and the spastic-type, using an atlas-based anatomical analysis of the entire brain, and to investigate whether these images have unique anatomical characteristics that can support functional diagnoses. Materials and Methods We retrospectively analyzed the DTI of seven children with athetotic-type, 11 children with spastic-type, and 20 healthy control children, all age-matched. The severity of motor dysfunction was evaluated with the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS). The images were normalized using a linear transformation, followed by large deformation diffeomorphic metric mapping. For 205 parcellated brain areas, the volume, fractional anisotropy, and mean diffusivity were measured. Principal component analysis (PCA) was performed for the Z-scores of these parameters. Results The GMFCS scores in athetotic-type were significantly higher than those in spastic-type (P < 0.001). PCA extracted anatomical components that comprised the two types of CP, as well as the severity of motor dysfunction. In the athetotic group, the abnormalities were more severe than in the spastic group. In the spastic group, significant changes were concentrated in the lateral ventricle and periventricular structures. Conclusion Our results quantitatively delineated anatomical characteristics that reflected the functional findings in two types of CP. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
AB - Purpose To analyze diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in two types of cerebral palsy (CP): the athetotic-type and the spastic-type, using an atlas-based anatomical analysis of the entire brain, and to investigate whether these images have unique anatomical characteristics that can support functional diagnoses. Materials and Methods We retrospectively analyzed the DTI of seven children with athetotic-type, 11 children with spastic-type, and 20 healthy control children, all age-matched. The severity of motor dysfunction was evaluated with the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS). The images were normalized using a linear transformation, followed by large deformation diffeomorphic metric mapping. For 205 parcellated brain areas, the volume, fractional anisotropy, and mean diffusivity were measured. Principal component analysis (PCA) was performed for the Z-scores of these parameters. Results The GMFCS scores in athetotic-type were significantly higher than those in spastic-type (P < 0.001). PCA extracted anatomical components that comprised the two types of CP, as well as the severity of motor dysfunction. In the athetotic group, the abnormalities were more severe than in the spastic group. In the spastic group, significant changes were concentrated in the lateral ventricle and periventricular structures. Conclusion Our results quantitatively delineated anatomical characteristics that reflected the functional findings in two types of CP. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
KW - atlas-based analysis
KW - cerebral palsy
KW - diffusion tensor imaging
KW - principal component analysis
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U2 - 10.1002/jmri.23931
DO - 10.1002/jmri.23931
M3 - Article
C2 - 23737247
AN - SCOPUS:84882604819
SN - 1053-1807
VL - 38
SP - 288
EP - 298
JO - Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
JF - Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
IS - 2
ER -