Riikka Immonen, Gregory Smith, Rhys D Brady, David Wright, Leigh Johnston, Neil G Harris, Eppu Manninen, Raimo Salo, Craig Branch, Dominique Duncan, Ryan Cabeen, Xavier Ekolle Ndode-Ekane, Cesar Santana Gomez, Pablo M Casillas-Espinosa, Idrish Ali, Sandy R Shultz, Pedro Andrade, Noora Puhakka, Richard J Staba, Terence J O'Brien, Arthur W Toga, Asla Pitkänen, Olli Gröhn
Preclinical imaging studies of posttraumatic epileptogenesis (PTE) have largely been proof-of-concept studies with limited animal numbers, and thus lack the statistical power for biomarker discovery. Epilepsy Bioinformatics Study for Antiepileptogenic Therapy (EpiBioS4Rx) is a pioneering multicenter trial investigating preclinical imaging biomarkers of PTE. EpiBios4Rx faced the issue of harmonizing the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) procedures and imaging data metrics prior to its execution. We present here the harmonization process between three preclinical MRI facilities at the University of Eastern Finland (UEF), the University of Melbourne (Melbourne), and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and evaluate the uniformity of the obtained MRI data...
February 2019: Epilepsy Research