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Motion Immune Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Completed
Conditions
Parkinson's Disease
Interventions
Device: Multiplex Sensitivity Encoding (MUSE)
Registration Number
NCT02302521
Lead Sponsor
Duke University
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate our recently developed MRI reconstruction strategy for producing artifact-free neuro and abdominal MRI data. The new reconstruction strategies, including 1) REKAM and 2) MUSE, are capable of effectively removing motion-related artifacts resulting from global and local motion during neuro and free-breathing abdominal MRI scans, without modifying the MRI pulse sequences and protocols that are currently used in clinical scans. The study team aims to recruit 60 subjects across multiple challenge patient populations: 10 healthy young adults (age 20-30) and 10 healthy older adults (aged 50-70) for abdominal MRI, as well as 20 tremor dominant PD patients and 20 children (age 4-8) for brain MRI scans. There are no known risks in taking MRIs and a unique code will be assigned to each participant to protect their PHI.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
16
Inclusion Criteria
  1. subject's age is within one of the following age ranges (4-8, 20-30, or 50-70 years old);
  2. male or female;
  3. healthy volunteer or diagnosed with PD ; and
  4. devoid of the following exclusion criteria.
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Exclusion Criteria
  1. claustrophobia or other MRI contraindications (including pregnancy);
  2. diagnosis for dementia (Alzheimer's, Lewy Body, or Vascular);
  3. symptomatic psychotic disorders;
  4. depression with psychotic symptoms;
  5. other psychotic or schizophrenic disorders;
  6. recent neuroleptic treatment;
  7. history of cardiovascular disease;
  8. history of stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack;
  9. cancer (other than skin cancer) within the last three years;
  10. hospitalization for neurological/psychiatric condition;
  11. significant handicaps (e.g., visual or hearing loss, mental retardation) that would interfere with neuropsychological testing or the ability to follow study procedures; or
  12. any other factor that in the investigators' judgment may affect patient safety or compliance.
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Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Healthy Younger AdultsMultiplex Sensitivity Encoding (MUSE)Age: 20-30. Gender: male or female. No neurological conditions.
Healthy Older AdultsMultiplex Sensitivity Encoding (MUSE)Age: 50-70. Gender: male or female. No neurological conditions.
Parkinson's diseaseMultiplex Sensitivity Encoding (MUSE)Gender: male or female. Tremor dominant Parkinson's disease.
Healthy ChildrenMultiplex Sensitivity Encoding (MUSE)Age: 4-8. Gender:male or female. No neurological conditions.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Rating of image quality (based on 8 criteria) by multiple radiologists (blind to reconstruction method)1 day (At time of image analysis)

The ratings will be compared to compare the quality of images processed with MUSE versus conventional reconstruction methods

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Duke University Medical Center

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Durham, North Carolina, United States

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