A Comparison of Theory-Based and Experimentally Determined Myocardial Signal Intensity Correction Methods in First-Pass Perfusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Joint Authors
Benefield, Brandon C.
Bakhos, Lara
Harris, Kathleen R.
Lee, Daniel C.
Fluckiger, Jacob U.
Source
Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-09-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objectives.
To evaluate the impact of correcting myocardial signal saturation on the accuracy of absolute myocardial blood flow (MBF) measurements.
Materials and Methods.
We performed 15 dual bolus first-pass perfusion studies in 7 dogs during global coronary vasodilation and variable degrees of coronary artery stenosis.
We compared microsphere MBF to MBF calculated from uncorrected and corrected MRI signal.
Four correction methods were tested, two theoretical methods (Th1 and Th2) and two empirical methods (Em1 and Em2).
Results.
The correlations with microsphere MBF (n=90 segments) were: uncorrected (y=0.47x+1.1, r=0.70), Th1 (y=0.53x+1.0, r=0.71), Th2 (y=0.62x+0.86, r=0.73), Em1 (y=0.82x+0.86, r=0.77), and Em2 (y=0.72x+0.84, r=0.75).
All corrected methods were not significantly different from microspheres, while uncorrected MBF values were significantly lower.
For the top 50% of microsphere MBF values, flows were significantly underestimated by uncorrected SI (31%), Th1 (25%), and Th2 (19%), while Em1 (1%), and Em2 (9%) were similar to microsphere MBF.
Conclusions.
Myocardial signal saturation should be corrected prior to flow modeling to avoid underestimation of MBF by MR perfusion imaging.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Fluckiger, Jacob U.& Benefield, Brandon C.& Bakhos, Lara& Harris, Kathleen R.& Lee, Daniel C.. 2015. A Comparison of Theory-Based and Experimentally Determined Myocardial Signal Intensity Correction Methods in First-Pass Perfusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1058016
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Fluckiger, Jacob U.…[et al.]. A Comparison of Theory-Based and Experimentally Determined Myocardial Signal Intensity Correction Methods in First-Pass Perfusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1058016
American Medical Association (AMA)
Fluckiger, Jacob U.& Benefield, Brandon C.& Bakhos, Lara& Harris, Kathleen R.& Lee, Daniel C.. A Comparison of Theory-Based and Experimentally Determined Myocardial Signal Intensity Correction Methods in First-Pass Perfusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1058016
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1058016