Menys, A;
Hoad, C;
Spiller, R;
Scott, M;
Atkinson, D;
Marciani, L;
Taylor, SA;
(2019)
Spatio-temporal motility MRI analysis of the stomach and colon.
Neurogastroenterology & Motility
, 31
(5)
, Article e13557. 10.1111/nmo.13557.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: MRI is increasingly used to objectively assess gastrointestinal motility. However, motility metrics often do not offer insights into the nature of contractile action. This study introduces a systematic method of making spatio-temporal measurements of contractions, based on changes in bowel lumen diameter. METHODS: Two heterogeneous cohorts of subjects were selected displaying gastric (n = 15) and colonic motility (n = 20) on which to test the spatio-temporal motility MRI (STMM) technique. STMM involved delineating the bowel lumen along with inner and outer bowel wall along a section of the gastrointestinal tract. A series of diameter measurements were made automatically across the central axis of the lumen. Measurements were automatically propagated through the time series using a previously validated algorithm. Contractions were quantitatively summarized with two methods measuring (a) normalized contraction plot (NCP) and (b) combined velocity distance (CVD) both of which can be visualized as spatio-temporal motility maps. Both metrics were correlated against subjective visual scoring systems. KEY RESULTS: Good correlation was seen between reader scores and both motility metrics (NCP, R = 0.85, P < 0.001, CVD, R = 0.93, R < 0.001) in the gastric data. Good correlation was also seen between the reader scores and the two metrics in the colonic data (NCP, R = 0.82, P < 0.001, CVD, R = 0.78, R < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS AND INFERENCES: Spatio-temporal motility MRI analysis of the stomach and colon correlates well with reader scores in a range of datasets and provides both a quantitative and qualitative means of assessing contractile activity in the gastrointestinal tract.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Spatio-temporal motility MRI analysis of the stomach and colon |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/nmo.13557 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/nmo.13557 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Department of Imaging |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10069924 |
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