The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine (대한핵의학회지)

The Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine (대한핵의학회)
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Quantification of Brain Images Using Korean Standard Templates and Structural and Cytoarchitectonic Probabilistic Maps

한국인 뇌 표준판과 해부학적 및 세포구축학적 확률뇌지도를 이용한 뇌영상 정량화

  • Lee, Jae-Sung (Departments of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee, Dong-Soo (Departments of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Yu-Kyeong (Departments of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Jin-Su (Departments of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee, Jong-Min (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Koo, Bang-Bon (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Kim, Jae-Jin (Department of Neuropsychiatry, Yonsei University) ;
  • Kwon, Jun-Soo (Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University) ;
  • Yoo, Tae-Woo (Department of Family Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Chang, Ki-Hyun (Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Sun-I. (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Kang, Hye-Jin (Departments of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kang, Eun-Joo (Departments of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University)
  • Published : 2004.06.30
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Abstract

Purpose: Population based structural and functional maps of the brain provide effective tools for the analysis and interpretation of complex and individually variable brain data. Brain MRI and PET standard templates and statistical probabilistic maps based on image data of Korean normal volunteers have been developed and probabilistic maps based on cytoarchitectonic data have been introduced. A quantification method using these data was developed for the objective assessment of regional intensity in the brain images. Materials and Methods: Age, gender and ethnic specific anatomical and functional brain templates based on MR and PET images of Korean normal volunteers were developed. Korean structural probabilistic maps for 89 brain regions and cytoarchitectonic probabilistic maps for 13 Brodmann areas were transformed onto the standard templates. Brain FDG PET and SPGR MR images of normal volunteers were spatially normalized onto the template of each modality and gender. Regional uptake of radiotracers in PET and gray matter concentration in MR images were then quantified by averaging (or summing) regional intensities weighted using the probabilistic maps of brain regions. Regionally specific effects of aging on glucose metabolism in cingulate cortex were also examined. Results: Quantification program could generate quantification results for single spatially normalized images per 20 seconds. Glucose metabolism change in cingulate gyrus was regionally specific: ratios of glucose metabolism in the rostral anterior cingulate vs. posterior cingulate and the caudal anterior cingulate vs. posterior cingulate were significantly decreased as the age increased. 'Rostral anterior'/'posterior' was decreased by 3.1% per decade of age ($P<10^{-11}$, r=0.81) and 'caudal anterior'/'posterior' was decreased by 1.7% ($P<10^{-8}$, r=0.72). Conclusion: Ethnic specific standard templates and probabilistic maps and quantification program developed in this study will be useful for the analysis of brain image of Korean people since the difference in shape of the hemispheres and the sulcal pattern of brain relative to age, gender, races, and diseases cannot be fully overcome by the nonlinear spatial normalization techniques.

목적: 다수의 뇌 자료를 기반으로 구성된 통계적 화률뇌지도는 복잡하고 개인적인 편차가 큰 뇌의 형태학적, 기능적 특성을 분석하는데 유용하다. 특히 최근에 한국인의 정상 MR 영상을 기반으로 한 구조적 기능적 뇌 표준판과 구조적 확률뇌지도가 완성되었으며. 부검뇌의 조직절편을 활용한 세포구축학적 확률뇌지도가 도입되었다. 이 연구에서는 이들 자료를 활용하여 뇌 영상의 국소계수를 객관적으로 측정하기 위한 정량화 기법을 개발하였으며, 이를 이용하여 정상 한국인의 뇌 영상자료를 분석하였다. 대상 및 방법 : T1 MRI와 FDG PET에 대한 뇌 표준판을 성별, 연령별로 개발하였으며, 한국인 정상 MR 영상으로 만들어진 89개 뇌 영역의 구조적 확률뇌지도와 독일 율리히 연구센터에서 도입한 13개 브로드만 영역에 대한 세포구축학적 확률뇌지도를 뇌 표준판 위로 각각 비선형 변환하였다. 확률뇌지도에 정의된 각 뇌 영상의 국소계수는 확률에 의한 가중평균 또는 가중합으로 구하였다. 확률뇌지도를 이용한 예비 연구로 정상 노화에 따른 포도당대사의 변화가 대상회 내에서 전 후 위치에 따라 다르게 나타나는 가를 조사하였다. 결과: SPM과의 연계된 사용을 고려하여 Matlab 상에서 작성된 정량화 프로그램은 20초 미만에 1개의 공간정규화된 영상을 처리할 수 있었다. 대상회 포도당 대사에 대한 분석에서 후대상회에 대한 문측-전대상회 및 미측-전대상회의 계수 비는 정상 노화에 따라 매우 유의하게 감소하였다. 즉. 문측-전대상회/후대상회는 매 10년마다 3.1%씩 감소하였으며($P<10^{-11}$, r=0.81) 미측-전대상회/후대상회는 1.7%씩 감소하였다($P<10^{-8}$, r=0.72). 문측-전대상회와 미측-전대상회의 계수비 감소 역시 유의하였다(P<0.0005. r=0.52, 1.5%/year). 결론: 서양인 뇌에 기반한 확률뇌지도는 그동안 제한적으로만 사용되어 왔으나 한국인 뇌 표준판과 확률뇌지도 및 이 연구에서 개발한 정량화 기법은 일반에 공개하기로 하여 더욱 널리 쓰이게 되면 국내 뇌 연구 활성화에 기여할 것으로 기대 된다.

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