DTI parameter values for NAWM in patients with TSC and the normal control group (NC)a

GCCSCCL-ECR-ECL-PLICR-PLICL-ALICR-ALIC
MeanSDMeanSDMeanSDMeanSDMeanSDMeanSDMeanSDMeanSD
λ1bTSC1490961437171101195100780122172122070110758100780
NC1344149136013496310491981115389115810096310491981
λ2TSC54312552615765311864511145549483605886958277
NC414773759158112158812540835415445105650359
λ3TSC3669838598452454745930069306774209041587
NC27578270104373603736023925245193215430951
ADCTSC80091783126705697096565956670667057170970
NC67890668107639676276660076606725984557746
FAcTSC0.6430.0470.6270.1010.3810.0110.3660.0210.6390.0280.6230.0310.4690.0390.4340.035
NC0.7030.0510.7250.0680.4370.0360.4130.0350.6760.0490.6700.0510.5030.0350.4940.040
  • Note:—DTI indicates diffusion tensor imaging; NAWM, normal-appearing white matter; TSC, tuberous sclerosis complex; GCC, genu of corpus callosum; SCC, splenium of corpus callosum; L-EC, left external capsule; R-EC, right external capsule; ADC, apparent diffusion coefficient; FA, fractional anisotropy; L-PLIC, left posterior limb of internal capsule; R-PLIC, right posterior limb of internal capsule; L-ALIC, left anterior limb of internal capsule; R-ALIC, right anterior limb of internal capsule.

  • a Regions of interest were drawn in the GCC and SCC bilaterally (L and R) over the EC and in both left and right hemispheres over the ALIC and PLIC.

  • b The 3 eigenvalues, λ1, λ2, and λ3, and ADC are expressed in 10−6 [mm2/s].

  • c The FA, the relative anisotropy, and the anisotropy index are dimensionless.