Facial Nerve Tractography Using Diffusion MRI: A Comparison of Acquisition b-Values and Single- and Multifiber Tracking Strategies
In this young and healthy cohort, best tractography results are obtained by using a 1T model without a FW compartment in b =1,000 diffusion MR images. The FW compartment increased the contrast between streamlines and cerebrospinal fluid (higher mean streamline FA). This finding may help ongoing research to improve CN VII tractography results in tumor cases where the nerve is often stretched and thinned by the tumor.
Authors
- Ron Kikinis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7227-7058)
- Nikos Makris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0425-3315)
- Lorenz Epprecht (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0877-4698)
- Marco Piccirelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3107-4489)
- Alexander Huber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8888-8483)
- Leo Zekelman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6619-0378)
- Katherine L. Reinshagen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3705-1082)
- Lauren J. O’Donnell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0197-7801)
- Isaiah Norton
- Fan Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5032-6039)
- Daniel J. Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5104-4626)
- Guoqiang Xie
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- University Hospital of Zurich (CH)
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals-, Nasen-, Ohrenheilkunde (DE)
- Bio-Medical Science (South Korea) (KR)
- University Radiology (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Otology & Neurotology
- Published
- 2024-09-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/mao.0000000000004310
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.21