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Abstract #3536

Evaluation of an Image Contrast-Agnostic Brain MRI Segmentation Tool on a Heterogeneous Pediatric Clinical Cohort

Elias Pilgrim1, Wenli Xu1, Hampus Nils Olsson1, Eva Wendel2, Ines El-Naggar2, Annikki Bertolini2, Kevin Rostásy2, Thoralf Niendorf1,3, Sonia Waiczies1,3, and Jason Michael Millward1
1Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility, Max Delbruck Center, Berlin, Germany, 2Department of Paediatric Neurology, Children's Hospital Datteln, Witten/Herdecke University, Datteln, Germany, 3Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Synopsis

Keywords: Neuroinflammation, Segmentation, acute disseminated encephalomyelitisWe evaluated the performance of the brain segmentation tool SynthSeg on a heterogeneous multi-center cohort of pediatric patients with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. Brain MRI of the patient cohort was acquired at multiple field strengths, with a diverse range of image spatial resolutions, MR sequences, contrasts, and w/wo administration of gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA). SynthSeg performance was generally robust to resolution and contrast differences, especially for larger brain structures. Significant differences in some calculated volumes were detected upon pair-wise comparisons among patients with high- vs. low resolution scans, T1- vs. T2-weighed scans, and w/wo GBCA application, acquired on the same day.

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