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Dynamic susceptibility contrast perfusion MRI using phase-based venous output functions: : comparison with pseudo-continuous arterial spin labelling and assessment of contrast agent concentration in large veins.

Wirestam, Ronnie LU orcid ; Lind, Emelie LU ; Ahlgren, André LU ; Ståhlberg, Freddy LU and Knutsson, Linda LU orcid (2016) In Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology, and Medicine 29(6). p.823-831
Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Contrast agent (CA) relaxivities are generally not well established in vivo, and the relationship between frequency/phase shift and magnetic susceptibility might be a useful alternative for CA quantification.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty volunteers (25-84 years old) were investigated using test-retest pre-bolus dynamic susceptibility-contrast (DSC) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The pre-bolus phase-based venous output function (VOF) time integral was used for arterial input function (AIF) rescaling. Resulting cerebral blood flow (CBF) data for grey matter (GM) were compared with pseudo-continuous arterial spin labelling (ASL). During the main bolus CA passage, the apparent spatial shift (pixel shift) of the... (More)

OBJECTIVES: Contrast agent (CA) relaxivities are generally not well established in vivo, and the relationship between frequency/phase shift and magnetic susceptibility might be a useful alternative for CA quantification.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty volunteers (25-84 years old) were investigated using test-retest pre-bolus dynamic susceptibility-contrast (DSC) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The pre-bolus phase-based venous output function (VOF) time integral was used for arterial input function (AIF) rescaling. Resulting cerebral blood flow (CBF) data for grey matter (GM) were compared with pseudo-continuous arterial spin labelling (ASL). During the main bolus CA passage, the apparent spatial shift (pixel shift) of the superior sagittal sinus (seen in single-shot echo-planar imaging (EPI)) was converted to CA concentration and compared with conventional ΔR2*-based data and with a predicted phase-based VOF from the pre-bolus experiment.

RESULTS: The phase-based pre-bolus VOF resulted in a reasonable inter-individual GM CBF variability (coefficient of variation 28 %). Comparison with ASL CBF values implied a tissue R2*-relaxivity of 32 mM(-1) s(-1). Pixel-shift data at low concentrations (data not available at peak concentrations) were in reasonable agreement with the predicted phase-based VOF.

CONCLUSION: Susceptibility-induced phase shifts and pixel shifts are potentially useful for large-vein CA quantification. Previous predictions of a higher R2*-relaxivity in tissue than in blood were supported.

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Optimisation and Validation of Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast MRI
MRI brain perfusion quantification at 3 tesla using arterial spin labeling
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  title        = {{Dynamic susceptibility contrast perfusion MRI using phase-based venous output functions: : comparison with pseudo-continuous arterial spin labelling and assessment of contrast agent concentration in large veins.}},
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