Effect of using local arterial input functions on cerebral blood flow estimation.
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Effect of using local arterial input functions on cerebral blood flow estimation.
J Magn Reson Imaging. 2006 Jun 9;
Authors: Lorenz C, Benner T, Lopez CJ, Ay H, Zhu MW, Aronen H, Karonen J, Liu Y, Nuutinen J, Sorensen AG
PURPOSE: To investigate a previously developed method for perfusion-weighted MRI (PWI) cerebral blood flow (CBF) estimation that uses local arterial input functions (AIFs) in stroke patients, and determine its ability to correct delay and/or dispersion (D/D) errors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Analysis was performed on dynamic susceptibility contrast data from 36 stroke patients, and CBF maps were calculated with global- and local-AIF techniques using standard SVP based methods. The ratios of these maps were calculated and the mean ratios were calculated for voxels with both normal and abnormal time to peak or width. The locations of the voxels with high locally-defined to globally-defined CBF ratios were also mapped and the average underlying concentration-time curves for these voxels were calculated. RESULTS: The ratio of CBF estimates based on local AIFs to global AIFs was on average increased for D/D voxels. The voxels in which this ratio was high were commonly concentrated in the ipsilateral hemisphere, and these voxels also displayed underlying concentration-time curves that showed delay or dispersion. Conversely, there were no such findings based on high globally-defined to locally-defined CBF ratios. CONCLUSION: The local-AIF technique results in an increase in the calculated CBF values for tissues with D/D, consistent with a reduction in the errors associated with D/D. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2006. (c) 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
PMID: 16767708 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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