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Quantification of Myocardial Perfusion Based on Signal Intensity of Flow Sensitized MRI

Abeykoon, Sumeda B.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1352403722

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2012, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences: Physics.
The quantitative assessment of perfusion is important for early recognition of a variety of heart diseases, determination of disease severity and their cure. In conventional approach of measuring cardiac perfusion by arterial spin labeling, the relative difference in the apparent T1 relaxation times in response to selective and non-selective inversion of blood entering the region of interest is related to perfusion via a two-compartment tissue model. But accurate determination of T1 in small animal hearts is difficult and prone to errors due to long scan times. The purpose of this study is to develop a fast, robust and simple method to quantitatively assess myocardial perfusion using arterial spin labeling. The proposed method is based on signal intensities (SI) of inversion recovery slice-select, non-select and steady-state images. Especially in this method data are acquired at a single inversion time and at short repetition times. This study began by investigating the accuracy of assessment of perfusion using a two compartment system. First, determination of perfusion by T1 and SI were implemented to a simple, two-compartment phantom model. Mathematical model developed for full spin exchange models (in-vivo experiments) by solving a modified Bloch equation was modified to develop mathematical models (T1 and SI) for a phantom (zero spin exchange). The phantom result at different flow rates shows remarkable evidence of accuracy of the two-compartment model and SI, T1 methods: the SI method has less propagation error and less scan time. Next, twelve healthy C57BL/6 mice were scanned for quantitative perfusion assessment and three of them were repeatedly scanned at three different time points for a reproducibility test. The myocardial perfusion of healthy mice obtained by the SI-method,5.7±1.6 ml/g/min, was similar (p=0.38) to that obtained by the conventional T1 method, 5.6± 2.3 ml/g/min. The reproducibility of the SI method shows acceptable results: the maximum percentage deviation is about 5%. Then the SI-method was used in comparison to a delayed enhanced method to qualitatively and quantitatively assess perfusion deficits in an ischemia-reperfusion (IR) mouse model. The infarcted region of the perfusion map is comparable to the hyper intense region of the delayed enhanced image of the IR mouse. The SI method also used to record a chronological comparison of perfusion on delta sarcoglycan null (DSG) mice. Perfusion of DSG and wild-type (WT) mice at ages of 12 weeks and 32 weeks were compared and percentage change of perfusion was estimated. The result shows that in DSG mice perfusion changes considerably. Finally, the SI method was implemented on a 3 Tesla Philip scanner by modifying to data acquisition method. The perfusion obtained in this is consistent with literature values but further adjustment of pulse sequence and modification of numerical solution is needed. The most important benefit of the SI method is that it reduces scan time 30% - 40% and lessens motion artifacts of images compared to the T1 method. This study demonstrates that the signal intensity-based ASL method is a robust alternative to the conventional T1-method.
Robert Endorf, PhD (Committee Chair)
Janaka Wansapura, PhD (Committee Chair)
Charles Dumoulin, PhD (Committee Member)
Scott Holland, PhD (Committee Member)
L.C.R. Wijewardhana, PhD (Committee Member)
120 p.
Physics
MRI; perfusion; ASL; cardiac; ; ;

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  • Abeykoon, S. B. (2012). Quantification of Myocardial Perfusion Based on Signal Intensity of Flow Sensitized MRI [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1352403722

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Abeykoon, Sumeda. Quantification of Myocardial Perfusion Based on Signal Intensity of Flow Sensitized MRI. 2012. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1352403722.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Abeykoon, Sumeda. "Quantification of Myocardial Perfusion Based on Signal Intensity of Flow Sensitized MRI." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1352403722

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