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Accurate measurement of brain changes in longitudinal MRI scans using tensor-based morphometry
Source: NeuroImage 2012 Feb;57(1):5-14.
Author: Hua X, Gutman B, Boyle CP, Rajagopalan P, Leow AD, Yanovsky I, Kumar AR, Toga AW, Jack CR Jr, Schuff N, Alexander GE, Chen K, Reiman EM, Weiner MW, Thompson PM; Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
PubMed ID: 21320612
Abstract:
This paper responds to Thompson and Holland (2011), who challenged our tensor-based morphometry (TBM) method for estimating rates of brain changes in serial MRI from 431 subjects scanned every 6 months, for 2 years. Thompson and Holland noted an unexplained jump in our atrophy rate estimates: an offset between 0 and 6 months that may bias clinical trial power calculations. We identified why this jump occurs and propose a solution. By enforcing inverse-consistency in our TBM method, the offset dropped from 1.4% to 0.28%, giving plausible anatomical trajectories. Transitivity error accounted for the minimal remaining offset. Drug trial sample size estimates with the revised TBM-derived metrics are highly competitive with other methods, though higher than previously reported sample size estimates by a factor of 1.6 to 2.4. Importantly, estimates are far below those given in the critique. To demonstrate a 25% slowing of atrophic rates with 80% power, 62 AD and 129 MCI subjects would be required for a 2-year trial, and 91 AD and 192 MCI subjects for a 1-year trial.
Source: NeuroImage 2012 Feb;57(1):5-14.
Author: Hua X, Gutman B, Boyle CP, Rajagopalan P, Leow AD, Yanovsky I, Kumar AR, Toga AW, Jack CR Jr, Schuff N, Alexander GE, Chen K, Reiman EM, Weiner MW, Thompson PM; Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
PubMed ID: 21320612
Abstract:
This paper responds to Thompson and Holland (2011), who challenged our tensor-based morphometry (TBM) method for estimating rates of brain changes in serial MRI from 431 subjects scanned every 6 months, for 2 years. Thompson and Holland noted an unexplained jump in our atrophy rate estimates: an offset between 0 and 6 months that may bias clinical trial power calculations. We identified why this jump occurs and propose a solution. By enforcing inverse-consistency in our TBM method, the offset dropped from 1.4% to 0.28%, giving plausible anatomical trajectories. Transitivity error accounted for the minimal remaining offset. Drug trial sample size estimates with the revised TBM-derived metrics are highly competitive with other methods, though higher than previously reported sample size estimates by a factor of 1.6 to 2.4. Importantly, estimates are far below those given in the critique. To demonstrate a 25% slowing of atrophic rates with 80% power, 62 AD and 129 MCI subjects would be required for a 2-year trial, and 91 AD and 192 MCI subjects for a 1-year trial.