American Journal of Neuroradiology, Vol 18, Issue 7 1317-1322, Copyright © 1997 by American Society of Neuroradiology
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Test-retest analysis with functional MR of the activated area in the human visual cortex
SA Rombouts, F Barkhof, FG Hoogenraad, M Sprenger, J Valk and P Scheltens
Department of Clinical Physics and Engineering, University Hospital Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
PURPOSE: To investigate the intersubject and intrasubject variability of the activated area in the visual cortex with functional MR imaging. METHODS: Double-section gradient-echo MR images were acquired at 1.5 T in 28 healthy volunteers using the fast low-angle shot (FLASH) technique. Visual stimulation was obtained with light-emitting diode (LED) goggles. Eighteen volunteers were studied twice. The size of the activated areas in the visual cortex and the increase in signal were measured. A reproducibility ratio for size (R[size]) and for location (R[overlap]) was calculated on a scale of 0.0 to 1.0. RESULTS: Activation was seen in 89% of the subjects. The size of the activated area was widely variable among subjects: mean, 460 +/- 284 mm2; range, 0 to 1029 mm2 in the first study in all volunteers. Signal increases ranged from 3.2% to 10.9%, with a mean of 6.6 +/- 1.7%. The mean values of intrasubject variability testing were R(size) = 0.83 +/- 0.16 and R(overlap) = 0.31 +/- 0.11. CONCLUSION: Functional MR imaging with the FLASH technique is useful in identifying certain cortical areas that have quite variable locations among subjects. This study provides reference data for the intrasubject and intersubject variability of the activation pattern of the visual cortex.
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