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Journal Article
Non‐lesional white matter in relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis assessed by multicomponent T2 relaxation
2023
Overview
Introduction
The purpose of the study is to investigate, by T2 relaxation, non‐lesional white matter (WM) in relapsing–remitting (RR) multiple sclerosis (MS).
Methods
Twenty stable RR MS patients underwent 1.5T Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) with 3D Fluid‐Attenuated Inversion‐Recovery (FLAIR), 3D‐T1‐weighted, and T2‐relaxation multi‐echo sequences. The Lesion Segmentation Tool processed FLAIR images to identify focal lesions (FLs), whereas T1 images were segmented to identify WM and FL sub‐volumes with T1 hypo‐intensity. Non‐lesional WM was obtained as the segmented WM, excluding FL volumes. The multi‐echo sequence allowed decomposition into myelin water, intra‐extracellular water, and free water (Fw), which were evaluated on the segmented non‐lesional WM. Correlation analysis was performed between the non‐lesional WM relaxation parameters and Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS), disease duration, patient age, and T1 hypo‐intense FL volumes.
Results
The T1 hypo‐intense FL volumes correlated with EDSS. On the non‐lesional WM, the median Fw correlated with EDSS, disease duration, age, and T1 hypo‐intense FL volumes. Bivariate EDSS correlation of FL volumes and WM T2‐relaxation parameters did not improve significance.
Conclusion
T2 relaxation allowed identifying subtle WM alterations, which significantly correlated with EDSS, disease duration, and age but do not seem to be EDSS‐predictors independent from FL sub‐volumes in stable RR patients. Particularly, the increase in the Fw component is suggestive of an uninvestigated prodromal phenomenon in brain degeneration.
In this study, stable relapsing−remitting MS patients were investigated by conventional imaging, WM T2−relaxation, and a fully automated post−processing. The T2−relaxation method allowed the identification of subtle alterations in non lesional WM, particularly an increase of the free water (Fw) component, which correlates with EDSS, disease duration, and patient age. Such increase in the Fw component is suggestive of an unexplored prodromal phenomenon in brain degeneration.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc,John Wiley and Sons Inc,Wiley
