Quantification of blood flow in the fetus with cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging using Doppler ultrasound gating : validation against metric optimized gating
Ryd, Daniel LU ; Sun, Liqun ; Steding-Ehrenborg, Katarina LU ; Bidhult, Sebastian LU ; Kording, Fabian ; Ruprecht, Christian ; Macgowan, Christopher K ; Seed, Michael ; Aletras, Anthony H LU
and Arheden, Håkan
LU
, et al.
(2019)
In Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
21.
- Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Fetal cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is used clinically and for research, but has been previously limited due to lack of direct gating methods. A CMR-compatible Doppler ultrasound (DUS) gating device has resolved this. However, the DUS-gating method is not validated against the current reference method for fetal phase-contrast blood flow measurements, metric optimized gating (MOG). Further, we investigated how different methods for vessel delineation affect flow volumes and observer variability in fetal flow acquisitions.
AIMS: To 1) validate DUS gating versus MOG for quantifying fetal blood flow; 2) assess repeatability of DUS gating; 3) assess impact of region of interest (ROI) size on flow volume;... (More)
INTRODUCTION: Fetal cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is used clinically and for research, but has been previously limited due to lack of direct gating methods. A CMR-compatible Doppler ultrasound (DUS) gating device has resolved this. However, the DUS-gating method is not validated against the current reference method for fetal phase-contrast blood flow measurements, metric optimized gating (MOG). Further, we investigated how different methods for vessel delineation affect flow volumes and observer variability in fetal flow acquisitions.
AIMS: To 1) validate DUS gating versus MOG for quantifying fetal blood flow; 2) assess repeatability of DUS gating; 3) assess impact of region of interest (ROI) size on flow volume; and 4) compare time-resolved and static delineations for flow volume and observer variability.
METHODS: Phase-contrast CMR was acquired in the fetal descending aorta (DAo) and umbilical vein by DUS gating and MOG in 22 women with singleton pregnancy in gestational week 360 (265-400) with repeated scans in six fetuses. Impact of ROI size on measured flow was assessed for ROI:s 50-150% of the vessel diameter. Four observers from two centers provided time-resolved and static delineations. Bland-Altman analysis was used to determine agreement between both observers and methods.
RESULTS: DAo flow was 726 (348-1130) ml/min and umbilical vein flow 366 (150-782) ml/min by DUS gating. Bias±SD for DUS-gating versus MOG were - 45 ± 122 ml/min (-6 ± 15%) for DAo and 19 ± 136 ml/min (2 ± 24%) for umbilical vein flow. Repeated flow measurements in the same fetus showed similar volumes (median CoV = 11% (DAo) and 23% (umbilical vein)). Region of interest 50-150% of vessel diameter yielded flow 35-120%. Bias±SD for time-resolved versus static DUS-gated flow was 33 ± 39 ml/min (4 ± 6%) for DAo and 11 ± 84 ml/min (2 ± 15%) for umbilical vein flow.
CONCLUSIONS: Quantification of blood flow in the fetal DAo and umbilical vein using DUS-gated phase-contrast CMR is feasible and agrees with the current reference method. Repeatability was generally high for CMR fetal blood flow assessment. An ROI similar to the vessel area or slightly larger is recommended. A static ROI is sufficient for fetal flow quantification using currently available CMR sequences.
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- Ryd, Daniel
LU
; Sun, Liqun
; Steding-Ehrenborg, Katarina
LU
; Bidhult, Sebastian
LU
; Kording, Fabian
; Ruprecht, Christian
; Macgowan, Christopher K
; Seed, Michael
; Aletras, Anthony H
LU
and Arheden, Håkan
LU
, et al. (More)
- Ryd, Daniel
LU
; Sun, Liqun
; Steding-Ehrenborg, Katarina
LU
; Bidhult, Sebastian
LU
; Kording, Fabian
; Ruprecht, Christian
; Macgowan, Christopher K
; Seed, Michael
; Aletras, Anthony H
LU
; Arheden, Håkan
LU
and Hedström, Erik
LU
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- Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
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- 21
- article number
- 74
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- BioMed Central (BMC)
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- pmid:31783877
- scopus:85075783153
- ISSN
- 1097-6647
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- 10.1186/s12968-019-0586-8
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- Fetal and maternal cardiovascular physiology in complicated pregnancy
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- English
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author = {{Ryd, Daniel and Sun, Liqun and Steding-Ehrenborg, Katarina and Bidhult, Sebastian and Kording, Fabian and Ruprecht, Christian and Macgowan, Christopher K and Seed, Michael and Aletras, Anthony H and Arheden, Håkan and Hedström, Erik}},
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series = {{Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance}},
title = {{Quantification of blood flow in the fetus with cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging using Doppler ultrasound gating : validation against metric optimized gating}},
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