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Assessment of arterial arrival times derived from multiple inversion time pulsed arterial spin labeling MRI.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20146233     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The purpose of this study was to establish a normal range for the arterial arrival time (AAT) in whole-brain pulsed arterial spin labeling (PASL) cerebral perfusion MRI. Healthy volunteers (N = 36, range: 20 to 35 years) provided informed consent to participate in this study. AAT was assessed in multiple brain regions, using three-dimensional gradient and spin echo (GRASE) pulsed arterial spin labeling at 3.0 T, and found to be 641 +/- 95, 804 +/- 91, 802 +/- 126, and 935 +/- 108 ms in the temporal, parietal, frontal, and occipital lobes, respectively. Mean gray matter AAT was found to be 694 +/- 89 ms for females (N = 15), which was significantly shorter than for men, 814 +/- 192 ms (N = 21; P < 0.0003), and significant after correcting for brain volume (P < 0.001). Significant AAT sex differences were also found using voxelwise permutation testing. An atlas of AAT values across the healthy brain is presented here and may be useful for future experiments that aim to quantify cerebral blood flow from ASL data, as well as for clinical comparisons where disease pathology may lead to altered AAT. Pulsed arterial spin labeling signals were simulated using an identical sampling scheme as the empiric study and revealed AAT can be estimated robustly when simulated arrival times are well beyond the normal range.
Authors:
Bradley J MacIntosh; Nicola Filippini; Michael A Chappell; Mark W Woolrich; Clare E Mackay; Peter Jezzard
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Evaluation Studies; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Magnetic resonance in medicine : official journal of the Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine / Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine     Volume:  63     ISSN:  1522-2594     ISO Abbreviation:  Magn Reson Med     Publication Date:  2010 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-03-03     Completed Date:  2010-06-09     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8505245     Medline TA:  Magn Reson Med     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  641-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
(c) 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Affiliation:
FMRIB Centre, Department of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK. bmac@fmrib.ox.ac.uk
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Algorithms*
Blood Flow Velocity / physiology
Brain / physiology*
Cerebral Arteries / physiology*
Cerebrovascular Circulation / physiology*
Female
Humans
Image Enhancement / methods
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods*
Magnetic Resonance Angiography / methods*
Male
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Spin Labels
Young Adult
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
//Medical Research Council
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Spin Labels

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