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Rapid whole-brain quantitative magnetization transfer imaging using 3D selective inversion recovery sequences.

Abstract：

:Selective inversion recovery (SIR) is a quantitative magnetization transfer (qMT) method that provides estimates of parameters related to myelin content in white matter, namely the macromolecular pool-size-ratio (PSR) and the spin-lattice relaxation rate of the free pool (R1f), without the need for independent estimates of ∆B0, B1+, and T1. Although the feasibility of performing SIR in the human brain has been demonstrated, the scan times reported previously were too long for whole-brain applications. In this work, we combined optimized, short-TR acquisitions, SENSE/partial-Fourier accelerations, and efficient 3D readouts (turbo spin-echo, SIR-TSE; echo-planar imaging, SIR-EPI; and turbo field echo, SIR-TFE) to obtain whole-brain data in 18, 10, and 7 min for SIR-TSE, SIR-EPI, SIR-TFE, respectively. Based on numerical simulations, all schemes provided accurate parameter estimates in large, homogenous regions; however, the shorter SIR-TFE scans underestimated focal changes in smaller lesions due to blurring. Experimental studies in healthy subjects (n = 8) yielded parameters that were consistent with literature values and repeatable across scans (coefficient of variation: PSR = 2.2-6.4%, R1f = 0.6-1.4%) for all readouts. Overall, SIR-TFE parameters exhibited the lowest variability, while SIR-EPI parameters were adversely affected by susceptibility-related image distortions. In patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (n = 2), focal changes in SIR parameters were observed in lesions using all three readouts; however, contrast was reduced in smaller lesions for SIR-TFE, which was consistent with the numerical simulations. Together, these findings demonstrate that efficient, accurate, and repeatable whole-brain SIR can be performed using 3D TFE, EPI, or TSE readouts; however, the appropriate readout should be tailored to the application.

journal_name

Magn Reson Imaging

journal_title

Magnetic resonance imaging

authors

Cronin MJ,Xu J,Bagnato F,Gochberg DF,Gore JC,Dortch RD

doi

10.1016/j.mri.2020.01.014

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-05-01 00:00:00

pages

66-74

eissn

0730-725X

issn

1873-5894

pii

S0730-725X(19)30535-1

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Rapid whole-brain quantitative magnetization transfer imaging using 3D selective inversion recovery sequences.