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Measurement of MR signal and T2* in lung to characterize a tight skin mouse model of emphysema using single-point imaging

Olsson, Lars E LU orcid ; Lindahl, Maria LU ; Onnervik, Per-Ola ; Johansson, Lars B ; Palmér, Malin ; Reimer, Martina Kvist LU ; Hultin, Leif and Hockings, Paul D (2007) In Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 25(3). p.94-488
Abstract

PURPOSE: To evaluate whether MRI signal and T2* measurements of lung tissue acquired at ultrashort detection times (tds) can detect emphysematous changes in lungs.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: MR signal intensity of in vivo mouse lungs was measured at 4.7 T at tds of 0.2 and 0.4 msec using single-point imaging (SPI). T2* was calculated from the measurements obtained at the two tds. Two groups of 8- and 30-week-old Tight Skin (TS) and aged-matched CB57BL/6 mice were examined. The TS mice spontaneously developed emphysema-like alveolar enlargement. In vivo micro-computed tomography (microCT) scanning and histology were used as reference methods.

RESULTS: MR signal and T2* were significantly lower in the lungs of TS mice than in... (More)

PURPOSE: To evaluate whether MRI signal and T2* measurements of lung tissue acquired at ultrashort detection times (tds) can detect emphysematous changes in lungs.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: MR signal intensity of in vivo mouse lungs was measured at 4.7 T at tds of 0.2 and 0.4 msec using single-point imaging (SPI). T2* was calculated from the measurements obtained at the two tds. Two groups of 8- and 30-week-old Tight Skin (TS) and aged-matched CB57BL/6 mice were examined. The TS mice spontaneously developed emphysema-like alveolar enlargement. In vivo micro-computed tomography (microCT) scanning and histology were used as reference methods.

RESULTS: MR signal and T2* were significantly lower in the lungs of TS mice than in controls. There were no significant differences between the different age groups. MR signal in lung parenchyma correlated linearly (P < 0.0001, r = 0.89) with microCT mass density, and T2* correlated linearly (P < 0.0001, r = -0.91) with the alveoli size (mean linear intercept [MLI]).

CONCLUSION: The MR signal intensity and T2* measured at short tds can be used as imaging biomarkers to characterize parenchyma density and alveolar size, respectively.

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Age Factors, Animals, Disease Models, Animal, Disease Progression, Emphysema, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Imaging, Three-Dimensional, Lung, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Mice, Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted, Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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25
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3
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7 pages
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John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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  • pmid:17279537
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1053-1807
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10.1002/jmri.20840
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English
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  author       = {{Olsson, Lars E and Lindahl, Maria and Onnervik, Per-Ola and Johansson, Lars B and Palmér, Malin and Reimer, Martina Kvist and Hultin, Leif and Hockings, Paul D}},
  issn         = {{1053-1807}},
  keywords     = {{Age Factors; Animals; Disease Models, Animal; Disease Progression; Emphysema; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Lung; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Mice; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Tomography, X-Ray Computed}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{94--488}},
  publisher    = {{John Wiley & Sons Inc.}},
  series       = {{Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging}},
  title        = {{Measurement of MR signal and T2* in lung to characterize a tight skin mouse model of emphysema using single-point imaging}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmri.20840}},
  doi          = {{10.1002/jmri.20840}},
  volume       = {{25}},
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