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Perfusion-related parameters in intravoxel incoherent motion MR imaging compared with CBV and CBF measured by dynamic susceptibility-contrast MR technique

Wirestam, Ronnie LU orcid ; Borg, M ; Brockstedt, Sara LU ; Lindgren, Arne LU ; Holtås, Stig LU and Ståhlberg, Freddy LU (2001) In Acta Radiologica 42(2). p.123-128
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Perfusion-related parameters obtained by intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) MR imaging (MRI) were compared with cerebral blood volume and flow (CBV and CBF), retrieved by dynamic susceptibility-contrast (DSC) MRI. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Twenty-eight volunteers (average age 68.5 years) were investigated. Spin-echo echo-planar imaging with IVIM-encoding gradients was employed (36 different b values, 0-1200 s/mm2). The perfusion fraction and the pseudo-diffusion coefficient were calculated for regions in thalamus gray matter and frontal white matter, using asymptotic and full fitting. In DSC-MRI, a Gd-DTPA-BMA contrast-agent bolus was monitored using simultaneous-dual FLASH. Deconvolution of the measured tissue... (More)
OBJECTIVE: Perfusion-related parameters obtained by intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) MR imaging (MRI) were compared with cerebral blood volume and flow (CBV and CBF), retrieved by dynamic susceptibility-contrast (DSC) MRI. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Twenty-eight volunteers (average age 68.5 years) were investigated. Spin-echo echo-planar imaging with IVIM-encoding gradients was employed (36 different b values, 0-1200 s/mm2). The perfusion fraction and the pseudo-diffusion coefficient were calculated for regions in thalamus gray matter and frontal white matter, using asymptotic and full fitting. In DSC-MRI, a Gd-DTPA-BMA contrast-agent bolus was monitored using simultaneous-dual FLASH. Deconvolution of the measured tissue concentration-versus-time curve with an arterial input function from the carotid artery was applied, and maps of CBV and CBF were calculated. RESULTS: The correlation between the perfusion fraction and CBV was r=0.56 (p<0.0000006) using asymptotic fitting, and r=0.35 (p<0.0004) when full fitting was applied. Average CBF was 41.5 ml/(min 100 g), to be compared with the IVIM-based value of 63.6 ml/(min 100 g), obtained from the median value of the pseudo-diffusion coefficient in combination with assumptions about capillary network structure. CONCLUSION: The IVIM concept provided results that agreed reasonably with conventional CBV and CBF. The non-linear fitting to noisy signal data was problematic, in accordance with previously presented simulations. (Less)
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Brain, Cerebral Circulation, Blood Volume Determination, Diffusion, Mr Imaging
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Acta Radiologica
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42
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123 - 128
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SAGE Publications
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1600-0455
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10.1080/028418501127346459
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Optimisation and Validation of Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast MRI
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English
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  author       = {{Wirestam, Ronnie and Borg, M and Brockstedt, Sara and Lindgren, Arne and Holtås, Stig and Ståhlberg, Freddy}},
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  keywords     = {{Brain; Cerebral Circulation; Blood Volume Determination; Diffusion; Mr Imaging}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{123--128}},
  publisher    = {{SAGE Publications}},
  series       = {{Acta Radiologica}},
  title        = {{Perfusion-related parameters in intravoxel incoherent motion MR imaging compared with CBV and CBF measured by dynamic susceptibility-contrast MR technique}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/028418501127346459}},
  doi          = {{10.1080/028418501127346459}},
  volume       = {{42}},
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