Investigation of long-term reproducibility of intrinsic connectivity network mapping: a resting-state fMRI study.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Connectivity mapping based on resting-state fMRI is rapidly developing, and this methodology has great potential for clinical applications. However, before resting-state fMRI can be applied for diagnosis, prognosis, and monitoring treatment for an individual patient with neurologic or psychiatric diseases, it is essential to assess its long-term reproducibility and between-subject variations among healthy individuals. The purpose of the study was to quantify the long-term test-retest reproducibility of ICN measures derived from resting-state fMRI and to assess the between-subject variation of ICN measures across the whole brain. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Longitudinal resting-state fMRI data of 6 healthy volunteers were acquired from 9 scan sessions during >1 year. The within-subject reproducibility and between-subject variation of ICN measures, across the whole brain and major nodes of the DMN, were quantified with the ICC and COV. RESULTS: Our data show that the long-term test-retest reproducibility of ICN measures is outstanding, with >70% of the connectivity networks showing an ICC > 0.60. The COV across 6 healthy volunteers in this sample was >0.2, suggesting significant between-subject variation. CONCLUSIONS: Our data indicate that resting-state ICN measures (eg, the correlation coefficients between fMRI signal-intensity profiles from 2 different brain regions) are potentially suitable as biomarkers for monitoring disease progression and treatment effects in clinical trials and individual patients. Because between-subject variation is significant, it may be difficult to use quantitative ICN measures in their current state as a diagnostic tool.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Chou, Y-H; Panych, LP; Dickey, CC; Petrella, JR; Chen, N-K
Published Date
- May 2012
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 33 / 5
Start / End Page
- 833 - 838
PubMed ID
- 22268094
Pubmed Central ID
- PMC3584561
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1936-959X
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.3174/ajnr.A2894
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States