Knights, Harry;
Coleman, Annabelle;
Hobbs, Nicola Z;
Tabrizi, Sarah J;
Scahill, Rachael I;
(2024)
Freesurfer Software Update Significantly Impacts Striatal Volumes in the Huntington’s Disease Young Adult Study and Will Influence HD-ISS Staging.
Journal of Huntington's Disease
, 13
(1)
pp. 77-90.
10.3233/jhd-231512.
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Abstract
Background: The Huntington’s Disease Integrated Staging System (HD-ISS) defined disease onset using volumetric cut-offs for caudate and putamen derived from FreeSurfer 6 (FS6). The impact of the latest software update (FS7) on volumes remains unknown. The Huntington’s Disease Young Adult Study (HD-YAS) is appropriately positioned to explore differences in FS bias when detecting early atrophy. // Objective: Explore the relationships and differences between raw caudate and putamen volumes, calculated total intracranial volumes (cTICV), and adjusted caudate and putamen volumes, derived from FS6 and FS7, in HD-YAS. // Methods: Images from 123 participants were segmented and quality controlled. Relationships and differences between volumes were explored using intraclass correlation (ICC) and Bland-Altman analysis. // Results: Across the whole cohort, ICC for raw caudate and putamen was 0.99, cTICV 0.93, adjusted caudate 0.87, and adjusted putamen 0.86 (all p < 0.0005). Compared to FS6, FS7 calculated: i) larger raw caudate (+0.8%, p < 0.00005) and putamen (+1.9%, p < 0.00005), with greater difference for larger volumes; and ii) smaller cTICV (–5.1%, p < 0.00005), with greater difference for smaller volumes. The systematic and proportional difference in cTICV was greater than raw volumes. When raw volumes were adjusted for cTICV, these effects compounded (adjusted caudate +7.0%, p < 0.00005; adjusted putamen +8.2%, p < 0.00005), with greater difference for larger volumes. // Conclusions: As new software is released, it is critical that biases are explored since differences have the potential to significantly alter the findings of HD trials. Until conversion factors are defined, the HD-ISS must be applied using FS6. This should be incorporated into the HD-ISS online calculator.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Freesurfer Software Update Significantly Impacts Striatal Volumes in the Huntington’s Disease Young Adult Study and Will Influence HD-ISS Staging |
| Location: | Netherlands |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3233/jhd-231512 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/jhd-231512 |
| 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. |
| Keywords: | Huntington’s Disease, FreeSurfer, MRI, segmentation, caudate, putamen, HD-ISS |
| 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 Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Neurodegenerative Diseases |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10190671 |
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