RABİA TAŞDEMİR, İSMİHAN İLKNUR UYSAL, SÜLEYMANSAVAŞ DURDURAN
Experimental and Applied Medical Science - 2020;1(2):45-51
Magnetic resonance image (MRI) has much importance in terms of searching aging and gender effects on brain. In this study, age and gender differenceswere aimed to be found out on cerebellar and ventral pons volumes. It is totally studied on nine cross-section images from MRI; three at transvers plane (top, middle, and bottom), three at frontal plane (front, middle, back), and three at sagittal plane (right, middle, left). T1 transvers, frontal and sagittal MRI was taken from 43 men and 57 womenany of whomdo not display any pathological symptom. Both gender groups were separated into age groups as young, middle aged and elderly in order to understand effects of aging. Areas of the cerebellum and ventral pons formation were calculated by transferring selected images to NETCAD software. The volumes were calculated in Excel program by using the values obtained from MRI and analysed by SPSS. No significant difference between genders in the ventral pons volumes. A significant size in men’s right and left hemisphere volumes at transverse and frontal planes. It was determined a significant size in women’s vermis of cerebellum volumes at the sagittal plane. Also, a significant reducing was observed in right hemisphere volumes, in frontal plane right left hemisphere volumes owing to aging and, so it was found that the reducing was much more in men. The results were comparable with previous ones. NETCAD is concluded to be suitable in volume calculating with MRI.
