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Neuroimage ; 233: 117952, 2021 06.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33716156

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For developing a detailed network model of the brain based on image reconstructions, it is necessary to spatially resolve crossing nerve fibers. The accuracy hereby depends on many factors, including the spatial resolution of the imaging technique. 3D Polarized Light Imaging (3D-PLI) allows the three-dimensional reconstruction of nerve fiber tracts in whole brain sections with micrometer in-plane resolution, but leaves uncertainties in pixels containing crossing fibers. Here we introduce Scattered Light Imaging (SLI) to resolve the substructure of nerve fiber crossings. The measurement is performed on the same unstained histological brain sections as in 3D-PLI. By illuminating the brain sections from different angles and measuring the transmitted (scattered) light under normal incidence, light intensity profiles are obtained that are characteristic for the underlying brain tissue structure. We have developed a fully automated evaluation of the intensity profiles, allowing the user to extract various characteristics, like the individual directions of in-plane crossing nerve fibers, for each image pixel at once. We validate the reconstructed nerve fiber directions against results from previous simulation studies, scatterometry measurements, and fiber directions obtained from 3D-PLI. We demonstrate in different brain samples (human optic tracts, vervet monkey brain, rat brain) that the 2D fiber directions can be reliably reconstructed for up to three crossing nerve fiber bundles in each image pixel with an in-plane resolution of up to 6.5 µm. We show that SLI also yields reliable fiber directions in brain regions with low 3D-PLI signals coming from regions with a low density of myelinated nerve fibers or out-of-plane fibers. This makes Scattered Light Imaging a promising new imaging technique, providing crucial information about the organization of crossing nerve fibers in the brain.


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Encéfalo/diagnóstico por imagen , Encéfalo/patología , Dispersión Dinámica de Luz/normas , Procesamiento de Imagen Asistido por Computador/normas , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética/normas , Fibras Nerviosas Mielínicas/patología , Anciano , Animales , Chlorocebus aethiops , Dispersión Dinámica de Luz/métodos , Femenino , Humanos , Procesamiento de Imagen Asistido por Computador/métodos , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética/métodos , Masculino , Ratas , Ratas Wistar , Reproducibilidad de los Resultados , Especificidad de la Especie
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