Three-dimensional mapping of brain venous oxygenation using R2* oximetry

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PURPOSE: Cerebral venous oxygenation (Yv ) is an important biomarker for brain diseases. This study aims to develop an R2*-based MR oximetry that can measure cerebral Yv in 3D.

METHODS: This technique separates blood signal from tissue by velocity-encoding phase contrast and measures the R2* of pure blood by multi-gradient-echo acquisition. The blood R2* was converted to Yv using an R2*-versus-oxygenation (Y) calibration curve, which was obtained by in vitro bovine blood experiments. Reproducibility, sensitivity, validity, and resolution dependence of the technique were evaluated.

RESULTS: In vitro R2*-Y calibration plot revealed a strong dependence of blood R2* on oxygenation, with additional dependence on hematocrit. In vivo results demonstrated that the technique can provide a 3D venous oxygenation map that depicts both large sinuses and smaller cortical veins, with venous oxygenation ranging from 57 to 72%. Intrasession coefficient of variation of the measurement was 3.0%. The technique detected an average Yv increase of 10.8% as a result of hyperoxia, which was validated by global oxygenation measurement from T2 -Relaxation-Under-Spin-Tagging (TRUST) MRI. Two spatial resolutions, one with an isotropic voxel dimension and the other with a nonisotropic dimension, were tested for full brain coverage.

CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrated the feasibility of 3D brain oxygenation mapping without using contrast agent. Magn Reson Med 79:1304-1313, 2018. © 2017 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:79

Enthalten in:

Magnetic resonance in medicine - 79(2018), 3 vom: 05. März, Seite 1304-1313

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mao, Deng [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Peiying [VerfasserIn]
Peng, Shin-Lei [VerfasserIn]
Pillai, Jay J [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Hanzhang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Blood R2*
Blood oxygenation
Hyperoxia
Journal Article
MR oximetry
Phase contrast
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Venogram

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Date Completed 26.04.2019

Date Revised 26.04.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/mrm.26763

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM272654760