Tracking motor and language eloquent white matter pathways with intraoperative fiber tracking versus preoperative tractography adjusted by intraoperative MRI–based elastic fusion

Author:

Zhang Wei1,Ille Sebastian1,Schwendner Maximilian1,Wiestler Benedikt2,Meyer Bernhard1,Krieg Sandro M.1

Affiliation:

1. Departments of Neurosurgery and

2. Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Technical University of Munich School of Medicine, Munich, Germany

Abstract

OBJECTIVE Preoperative fiber tracking (FT) enables visualization of white matter pathways. However, the intraoperative accuracy of preoperative image registration is reduced due to brain shift. Intraoperative FT is currently considered the standard of anatomical accuracy, while intraoperative imaging can also be used to correct and update preoperative data by intraoperative MRI (ioMRI)–based elastic fusion (IBEF). However, the use of intraoperative tractography is restricted due to the need for additional acquisition of diffusion imaging in addition to scanner limitations, quality factors, and setup time. Since IBEF enables compensation for brain shift and updating of preoperative FT, the aim of this study was to compare intraoperative FT with IBEF of preoperative FT. METHODS Preoperative MRI (pMRI) and ioMRI, both including diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) data, were acquired between February and November 2018. Anatomy-based DTI FT of the corticospinal tract (CST) and the arcuate fascicle (AF) was reconstructed at various fractional anisotropy (FA) values on pMRI and ioMRI, respectively. The intraoperative DTI FT, as a baseline tractography, was fused with original preoperative FT and IBEF-compensated FT, processes referred to as rigid fusion (RF) and elastic fusion (EF), respectively. The spatial overlap index (Dice coefficient [DICE]) and distances of surface points (average surface distance [ASD]) of fused FT before and after IBEF were analyzed and compared in operated and nonoperated hemispheres. RESULTS Seventeen patients with supratentorial brain tumors were analyzed. On the operated hemisphere, the overlap index of pre- and intraoperative FT of the CST by DICE significantly increased by 0.09 maximally after IBEF. A significant decrease by 0.5 mm maximally in the fused FT presented by ASD was observed. Similar improvements were found in IBEF-compensated FT, for which AF tractography on the tumor hemispheres increased by 0.03 maximally in DICE and decreased by 1.0 mm in ASD. CONCLUSIONS Preoperative tractography after IBEF is comparable to intraoperative tractography and can be a reliable alternative to intraoperative FT.

Publisher

Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

Subject

Genetics,Animal Science and Zoology

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