Purpose: To assess the brain core temperature of Alzheimer disease (AD) patients in comparison with healthy volunteers using diffusion-weighted thermometry. Materials and methods: Fourteen AD patients (3 men, 11 women; age range 60–81 years, mean age 73.8 ± 6.1 years) and 14 healthy volunteers, age and sex-matched (mean age 70.1 ± 6.9 years; range 62–84 years; 5 men, 9 women) underwent MR examination between February 2014 and March 2016. MR imaging studies were performed with a 1.5-T MR scanner. Brain core temperature (T: °C) was calculated using the following equation from the diffusion coefficient (D) in the lateral ventricular (LV) cerebrospinal fluid: T = 2256.74/ln (4.39221/D) − 273.15 using a standard DWI single-shot echo-planar pulse sequence (b value 1000 s/mm2). Statistical analysis was performed using a nonparametric Wilcoxon rank-sum test to compare the patient and control groups regarding LV temperatures. Results: There was no significant difference (P = 0.1937) in LV temperature between patients (mean 37.9 ± 1.1 °C, range 35.8–39.2 °C) and control group (38.7 ± 1.4 °C, range 36.9–42.7 °C). Conclusions: Brain core temperature in AD patients showed no significant alterations compared to healthy volunteers.

Sparacia, G., Sakai, K., Yamada, K., Giordano, G., Coppola, R., Midiri, M., et al. (2017). Assessment of brain core temperature using MR DWI-thermometry in Alzheimer disease patients compared to healthy subjects. JAPANESE JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY, 1-4 [10.1007/s11604-017-0616-0].

Assessment of brain core temperature using MR DWI-thermometry in Alzheimer disease patients compared to healthy subjects

SPARACIA, Gianvincenzo;GIORDANO, Giovanna;MIDIRI, Massimo;
2017-01-01

Abstract

Purpose: To assess the brain core temperature of Alzheimer disease (AD) patients in comparison with healthy volunteers using diffusion-weighted thermometry. Materials and methods: Fourteen AD patients (3 men, 11 women; age range 60–81 years, mean age 73.8 ± 6.1 years) and 14 healthy volunteers, age and sex-matched (mean age 70.1 ± 6.9 years; range 62–84 years; 5 men, 9 women) underwent MR examination between February 2014 and March 2016. MR imaging studies were performed with a 1.5-T MR scanner. Brain core temperature (T: °C) was calculated using the following equation from the diffusion coefficient (D) in the lateral ventricular (LV) cerebrospinal fluid: T = 2256.74/ln (4.39221/D) − 273.15 using a standard DWI single-shot echo-planar pulse sequence (b value 1000 s/mm2). Statistical analysis was performed using a nonparametric Wilcoxon rank-sum test to compare the patient and control groups regarding LV temperatures. Results: There was no significant difference (P = 0.1937) in LV temperature between patients (mean 37.9 ± 1.1 °C, range 35.8–39.2 °C) and control group (38.7 ± 1.4 °C, range 36.9–42.7 °C). Conclusions: Brain core temperature in AD patients showed no significant alterations compared to healthy volunteers.
2017
Sparacia, G., Sakai, K., Yamada, K., Giordano, G., Coppola, R., Midiri, M., et al. (2017). Assessment of brain core temperature using MR DWI-thermometry in Alzheimer disease patients compared to healthy subjects. JAPANESE JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY, 1-4 [10.1007/s11604-017-0616-0].
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