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Cerebral perfusion assessment by bolus tracking using hyperpolarized 13C.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15004786     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Cerebral perfusion was assessed with 13C MRI in a rat model after intravenous injections of the 13C-labeled compound bis-1,1-(hydroxymethyl)-1-13C-cyclopropane-D8 in aqueous solutions hyperpolarized by dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP). Since the tracer acted as a direct signal source, several of the problems associated with techniques based on traditional dynamic susceptibility contrast (DSC) MRI contrast agents were avoided. Maps of cerebral blood flow (CBF), cerebral blood volume (CBV), and mean transit time (MTT) were calculated. The MTT was determined to be 2.8 +/- 0.8 sec. However, arterial partial-volume effects in the animal model prevented accurate absolute quantification of CBF and CBV. It was demonstrated that depolarization of the hyperpolarized 13C tracer via relaxation and the imaging sequence had little influence on CBF assessment when the time resolution of the imaging sequence was short compared to the MTT. However, CBV and MTT were increasingly underestimated as MTT or the depolarization rate increased if depolarization was not taken into account. With a modified bolus-tracking theory depolarization could be compensated for, assuming that the depolarization rate was known. Three separate compensation methods were investigated experimentally and by numerical simulations.
Authors:
E Johansson; S Månsson; R Wirestam; J Svensson; J S Petersson; K Golman; F Ståhlberg
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; 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:  51     ISSN:  0740-3194     ISO Abbreviation:  Magn Reson Med     Publication Date:  2004 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2004-03-08     Completed Date:  2004-06-17     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8505245     Medline TA:  Magn Reson Med     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  464-72     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Affiliation:
Department of Radiation Physics, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden. edvin.johansson@radfys.lu.se
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Algorithms
Animals
Blood Volume / physiology
Brain / blood supply
Carbon Isotopes / diagnostic use
Cerebral Arteries / physiology
Cerebrovascular Circulation / physiology*
Computer Simulation
Contrast Media
Cyclopropanes / diagnostic use
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Magnetic Resonance Imaging* / methods
Male
Models, Animal
Models, Biological
Rats
Rats, Wistar
Time Factors
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Carbon Isotopes; 0/Contrast Media; 0/Cyclopropanes; 75-19-4/cyclopropane

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