Full-field, frequency-domain comparison of simulated and measured human brain deformation
We propose a robust framework for quantitatively comparing model-predicted and experimentally measured strain fields in the human brain during harmonic skull motion. Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are typically caused by skull impact or acceleration, but how skull motion leads to brain deformation...
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| author | Arani, AHG Okamoto, RJ Escarcega, JD Jerusalem, A Alshareef, AA Bayly, PV |
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| description | We propose a robust framework for quantitatively comparing model-predicted and experimentally measured strain fields in the human brain during harmonic skull motion. Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are typically caused by skull impact or acceleration, but how skull motion leads to brain deformation and consequent neural injury remains unclear and comparison of model predictions to experimental data remains limited. Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) provides high-resolution, full-field measurements of dynamic brain deformation induced by harmonic skull motion. In the proposed framework, full-field strain measurements from human brain MRE in vivo are compared to simulated strain fields from models with similar harmonic loading. To enable comparison, the model geometry and subject anatomy, and subsequently, the predicted and measured strain fields are nonlinearly registered to the same standard brain atlas. Strain field correlations (𝐶𝑣), both global (over the brain volume) and local (over smaller sub-volumes), are then computed from the inner product of the complex14 valued strain tensors from model and experiment at each voxel. To demonstrate our approach, we compare strain fields from MRE in six human subjects to predictions from two previously developed models. Notably, global 𝐶𝑣 values are higher when comparing strain fields from different subjects (𝐶𝑣~0.6-0.7) than when comparing strain fields from either of the two models to strain fields in any subject. The proposed framework provides a quantitative method to assess similarity (and to identify discrepancies) between model predictions and experimental measurements of brain deformation, and thus can aid in the development and evaluation of improved models of brain biomechanics. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:25a6e898-2a38-4231-afb9-d84bf71496902025-01-06T10:38:08ZFull-field, frequency-domain comparison of simulated and measured human brain deformationJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:25a6e898-2a38-4231-afb9-d84bf7149690EnglishSymplectic ElementsSpringer2024Arani, AHGOkamoto, RJEscarcega, JDJerusalem, AAlshareef, AABayly, PVWe propose a robust framework for quantitatively comparing model-predicted and experimentally measured strain fields in the human brain during harmonic skull motion. Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are typically caused by skull impact or acceleration, but how skull motion leads to brain deformation and consequent neural injury remains unclear and comparison of model predictions to experimental data remains limited. Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) provides high-resolution, full-field measurements of dynamic brain deformation induced by harmonic skull motion. In the proposed framework, full-field strain measurements from human brain MRE in vivo are compared to simulated strain fields from models with similar harmonic loading. To enable comparison, the model geometry and subject anatomy, and subsequently, the predicted and measured strain fields are nonlinearly registered to the same standard brain atlas. Strain field correlations (𝐶𝑣), both global (over the brain volume) and local (over smaller sub-volumes), are then computed from the inner product of the complex14 valued strain tensors from model and experiment at each voxel. To demonstrate our approach, we compare strain fields from MRE in six human subjects to predictions from two previously developed models. Notably, global 𝐶𝑣 values are higher when comparing strain fields from different subjects (𝐶𝑣~0.6-0.7) than when comparing strain fields from either of the two models to strain fields in any subject. The proposed framework provides a quantitative method to assess similarity (and to identify discrepancies) between model predictions and experimental measurements of brain deformation, and thus can aid in the development and evaluation of improved models of brain biomechanics. |
| spellingShingle | Arani, AHG Okamoto, RJ Escarcega, JD Jerusalem, A Alshareef, AA Bayly, PV Full-field, frequency-domain comparison of simulated and measured human brain deformation |
| title | Full-field, frequency-domain comparison of simulated and measured human brain deformation |
| title_full | Full-field, frequency-domain comparison of simulated and measured human brain deformation |
| title_fullStr | Full-field, frequency-domain comparison of simulated and measured human brain deformation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Full-field, frequency-domain comparison of simulated and measured human brain deformation |
| title_short | Full-field, frequency-domain comparison of simulated and measured human brain deformation |
| title_sort | full field frequency domain comparison of simulated and measured human brain deformation |
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