Document Detail


Arterial transit time imaging with flow encoding arterial spin tagging (FEAST).
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  12939768     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Arterial spin labeling (ASL) perfusion imaging provides direct and absolute measurement of cerebral blood flow (CBF). Arterial transit time is a related physiological parameter reflecting the duration for the labeled spins to reach the brain region of interest. Most of the existing ASL approaches to assess arterial transit time rely on multiple measurements at various postlabeling delay times, and thus are vulnerable to motion artifact as well as computational error. We describe the use of flow encoding arterial spin tagging (FEAST) technique to measure tissue transit time, which can be derived from the ratio between the ASL signals measured with and without appropriate bipolar gradients. In the present study, we provided a theoretical framework and carried out an experimental validation during steady-state imaging. The global mean tissue transit time was approximately 1100 and 1400 ms for two conditions of bipolar gradients with specific encoding velocity (Venc) of 29 and 8 mm/sec, respectively. The mean tissue transit time measured within cerebral vascular territories was shortest in the deep middle cerebral artery (MCA) territory. Application of the FEAST technique in two patients with cerebrovascular disease demonstrated prolonged tissue transit times in the affected vascular territories which were consistent with results from other MR imaging modalities.
Authors:
Jiongjiong Wang; David C Alsop; Hee Kwon Song; Joseph A Maldjian; Kathy Tang; Alana E Salvucci; John A Detre
Related Documents :
20043978 - Fasudil, a rho-kinase inhibitor, attenuates induction and progression of cerebral aneur...
2429068 - A study on the microvasculature of the cerebral cortex. fundamental architecture and it...
88508 - Ischemic lesions of the hippocampus and their relation to ammon's horn sclerosis. a neu...
3713668 - Multi-infarct dementia.
1989118 - Simple technique for long term central venous access in the patient with thrombocytopen...
15562848 - Myocardial ischemia caused by a coronary anomaly: left circumflex coronary artery arisi...
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Magnetic resonance in medicine : official journal of the Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine / Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine     Volume:  50     ISSN:  0740-3194     ISO Abbreviation:  Magn Reson Med     Publication Date:  2003 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2003-08-26     Completed Date:  2004-01-22     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8505245     Medline TA:  Magn Reson Med     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  599-607     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA. jwang@rad.upenn.edu
Export Citation:
APA/MLA Format     Download EndNote     Download BibTex
MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Algorithms
Arteries
Blood Flow Velocity
Cerebrovascular Circulation / physiology*
Female
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Male
Spin Labels
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
DA015149/DA/NIDA NIH HHS; HD39621/HD/NICHD NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Spin Labels

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine


Previous Document:  Computation of the fractional anisotropy and mean diffusivity maps without tensor decoding and diago...
Next Document:  Effect of vascular crushing on FAIR perfusion kinetics, using a BIR-4 pulse in a magnetization prepa...