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Fingerprinting-Based Neuronal Fiber Identification in Brain Surgery

Award Number: R01EB028774
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE Of BIOMEDICAL IMAGING & BIOENGINEERING
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 04/01/2020
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 12/31/2024

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Fingerprinting-Based Neuronal Fiber Identification in Brain Surgery - PROJECT ABSTRACT When planning brain tumor surgery, neurosurgeons use MRI images to assess the location of tissues affected by the tumor. A key question in this planning is the location and/or displacement of important neuronal connections. For visualization of neuronal connections surgeons rely on fiber tractography results derived from diffusion MRI acquisitions. Current fiber tractography methods however fail to individually detect fiber bundles crossing at angles less than 40°. This fiber detection limitation hampers the reliability of fiber tractography in neurosurgery and neuroscience research. Indeed, in neurosurgery applications, tractography struggles with absent or limited visualization of the lateral corticospinal tract, temporal projections of the arcuate fasciculus and anterior optic radiations, nerve bundles essential for preservation of respectively motor, language and visual function. This proposal is dedicated to the development of novel fiber identification methods for diffusion MRI inspired by MR Fingerprinting. In fingerprinting approaches diffusion weighted signals are matched to a pre-computed signal library of potential fiber configurations. Our preliminary data show that fingerprinting-based fiber identification makes better use of the information available in the diffusion MRI measurement and hence outperforms current methods. This improved characterization of the diffusion signal will better inform tractography algorithms on the underlying tissue microstructure, increasing adherence of tractography results to the biological truth. The initial goals of the proposal are to establish the fiber identification performance of the proposed method using simulations, Human Connectome Protocol datasets and a biomimetic hollow fiber phantom in order to achieve smaller angular resolution and to validate the improved tractography results in an animal model. The progress made in these initial goals will be employed to retrospectively assess the impact of the proposed Fingerprinting-based fiber identification on fiber tractography in in vivo brain, the final goal of the proposal. Attainment of these goals will significantly further the adherence of tractography to tissue microstructure aiding in the understanding and visualizing of brain structure in both fundamental research and clinical applications.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = -$8,045 )
2025	2023	NEW YORK UNIVERSITY	550 1ST AVE	NEW YORK	NY	10016	NEW YORK	USA	Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health	000	4	4/22/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$8,045
														Subtotal = -$8,045

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $530,088 )
2023	2023	NEW YORK UNIVERSITY	550 1ST AVE	NEW YORK	NY	10016	NEW YORK	USA	Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health	001	4	1/27/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$53,009
2023	2023	NEW YORK UNIVERSITY	550 1ST AVE	NEW YORK	NY	10016	NEW YORK	USA	Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health	000	4	12/23/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$477,079
														Subtotal = $530,088

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $498,052 )
2022	2022	NEW YORK UNIVERSITY	550 1ST AVE	NEW YORK	NY	10016	NEW YORK	USA	Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health	000	3	12/1/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$448,248
2022	2022	NEW YORK UNIVERSITY	550 1ST AVE	NEW YORK	NY	10016	NEW YORK	USA	Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health	001	3	6/27/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$49,804
														Subtotal = $498,052

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $431,667 )
2021	2021	NEW YORK UNIVERSITY	550 1ST AVE	NEW YORK	NY	10016	NEW YORK	USA	Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health	001	2	6/1/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2021	2021	NEW YORK UNIVERSITY	550 1ST AVE	NEW YORK	NY	10016	NEW YORK	USA	Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health	000	2	4/9/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$431,667
														Subtotal = $431,667

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $405,281 )
2020	2020	NEW YORK UNIVERSITY	550 1ST AVE	NEW YORK	NY	10016	NEW YORK	USA	Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health	000	1	3/26/2020	NEW	$405,281
														Subtotal = $405,281

Grand Total All Awards = $1,857,043

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Fingerprinting-Based Neuronal Fiber Identification in Brain Surgery

Award Number: R01EB028774

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE Of BIOMEDICAL IMAGING & BIOENGINEERING

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 04/01/2020

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 12/31/2024

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