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- Svensson, Jonas, et al.
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Image artifacts due to a time-varying contrast medium concentration in 3D contrast-enhanced MRA
- 1999
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Ingår i: Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. - 1522-2586. ; 10:6, s. 919-928
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of this work was to study image effects due to time-varying contrast medium concentration in contrast-enhanced three dimensional (3D) magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) images. Two different simulation models (1D and 3D) and two different contrast medium variation schemes were used. Phantom measurements were also performed. Experiments were performed for several different bolus timings. Similar sequence and image object parameters were used in both simulations and measurements (TE/TR 2. 1/7.8 mses, flip angle 30 degrees, T1/T2 1200-80/150-40 msec, flow velocity 100 cm/sec). A small variation in bolus timing yielded large variations in the appearance of the image effects, especially if the center of k-space was sampled in the vicinity of rapid contrast medium concentration variation. For a typical bolus injection in a patient, a severe signal loss but only minor ringing and edge artifacts appeared if the bolus injection was poorly timed. Effects of pulsatile flow were minor. The 3D model proved to be a useful tool in these studies.
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- Meaney, James F M, et al.
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Pulmonary magnetic resonance angiography
- 1999
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Ingår i: Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. - 1053-1807 .- 1522-2586. ; 10:3, s. 326-338
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Early attempts to image the pulmonary vasculature with spin-echo magnetic resonance (MR) imaging were hampered by severe image degradation related to respiratory and cardiac pulsation artifact, susceptibility at interfaces between lung parenchyma and vessel wall, and poor contrast between flowing blood and intravascular filling defects of emboli. With the development of gradient-echo MR angiographic techniques some of these limitations were overcome; however, the need for multiple breath-holds and the frequent occurrence of flow-related artifacts that could simulate pulmonary emboli diminished their clinical utility. With the development of contrast-enhanced MR angiography, many of the limitations of earlier techniques were addressed. Images of both lungs with high signal-to-noise ratios and high contrast between flowing blood and pulmonary emboli could be acquired in a single breath-hold, during "first-pass" imaging with extracellular contrast agents in the coronal plane. However, subsegmental vessels could not be assessed with this approach. The technique has been refined further by imaging each lung separately in the sagittal plane; this offers higher resolution and total lung coverage and requires a shorter breath-hold. Finally, several investigators have reported preliminary data on imaging of the pulmonary vasculature with blood pool agents, exploiting respiratory triggering or navigator echoes to eliminate the need for breath-holding for the detection of pulmonary emboli.
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- Wang, Chen, et al.
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Sequence optimization in mangafodipir trisodium-enhanced liver and pancreas MRI
- 1999
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Ingår i: Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. - 1053-1807 .- 1522-2586. ; 9:2, s. 280-284
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- To find an optimal magnetic resonance (MR) sequence for mangafodipir trisodium-enhanced liver and pancreas imaging, six healthy volunteers were studied using a 1.5 T MR system with different T1-weighted abdominal imaging sequences. These were turbo field (gradient)-echo (TFE), fast field (gradient)-echo (FFE), and spin-echo sequences before and after mangafodipir trisodium administration. Various parameter combinations were investigated within each sequence type, and then the best combination was found and compared with those of the other sequences. Signal intensity (SI) measurements were made in regions of interest in the liver, pancreas, and a reference marker with a known T1 value. Contrast index (CI, SItissue/SImarker) and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR, [SItissue/SImarker]/SDbackground) were calculated, and percentage CI increase and CNR in the postcontrast images were used for the best sequence evaluation. Regarding CI, the TFE sequence with a TR/TE/flip angle of 15 msec/4.6 msec/20 degrees and inversion time of 300 msec had the largest pre- to postcontrast percentage increase. The FFE sequence with a TR/TE/flip angle of 140 msec/4.6 msec/90 degrees had the highest postcontrast CNR and is considered to be the optimal sequence for mangafodipir trisodium-enhanced MR imaging of the liver and pancreas.
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- Ståhlberg, Freddy, et al.
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Use of k-space segmentation in MR velocity mapping for rapid quantification of CSF flow
- 1997
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Ingår i: Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. - : Wiley. - 1522-2586 .- 1053-1807. ; 7:6, s. 972-978
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this work, a k-space segmentation technique for quantitative studies of pulsatile cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow is suggested. Three k-space lines are sampled for each of two interleaved gradient-echo sequences (velocity-compensated and velocity-encoded) within each repetition interval. Nine cardiac phases are obtained at a heart rate of 60 bpm with maintained nominal resolution and a factor of 3 in reduction of acquisition time relative to our conventional nonsegmented flow quantification protocol. Segmented and conventional sequences were compared in phantoms, in healthy volunteers, and in two patients with clinically suspected normal pressure hydrocephalus. Good agreement between flow curves obtained with the two sequences was demonstrated in vitro as well as in vivo. A slight underestimation of flow values in volunteers was attributed to data filtering when using the segmented sequence. Because the CSF circulation is complex and tightly connected to the vascular circulation, specific clinical applications may require flow studies at multiple positions and with different velocity encoding. In such cases, the proposed sequence can be used to gain time, but alternatively, the segmentation technique can be used to further increase spatial resolution within reasonable examination times.
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- Wang, Chen, et al.
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Uptake of mangafodipir trisodium in liver metastases from endocrine tumors
- 1998
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Ingår i: Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. - 1053-1807 .- 1522-2586. ; 8:3, s. 682-686
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of the study was to investigate retrospectively whether mangafodipir trisodium (MnDPDP) can enhance the liver metastases from endocrine tumors. Thirteen patients with endocrine tumors and liver metastases underwent T1-weighted spin-echo (SE) and turbo gradient-echo (GRE) MRI conducted before and 20 to 60 minutes after i.v. infusion of MnDPDP. Additional 24-hour-delay scans were performed in 8 of 13 patients. MR signal intensity (SI) was measured in liver parenchyma and metastases, which was then related to that of paraspinal muscle. A total of 30 lesions on precontrast and postcontrast images and 18 lesions on 24-hour-delay images were measured. An enhancement by 49% in SE and 40% in GRE images (P = .0001) was observed in tumor tissues after MnDPDP infusion. In 24-hour-delay images, the SI of the lesions remained relatively high, but in liver parenchyma, it decreased significantly, and the tumor-liver tissue contrast was reduced.
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- Wirestam, Ronnie, et al.
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Theoretical and experimental evaluation of phase-dispersion effects caused by brain motion in diffusion and perfusion MR imaging
- 1996
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Ingår i: Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. - : Wiley. - 1522-2586 .- 1053-1807. ; 6:2, s. 348-355
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We investigated intravoxel phase dispersion caused by pulsatile brain motion in diffusion spin-echo pulse sequences. Mathematical models were used to describe the spatial and temporal velocity distributions of human brain motion. The spatial distribution of brain-tissue velocity introduces a phase spread over one voxel, leading to signal loss. This signal loss was estimated theoretically, and effects on observed diffusion coefficient and perfused capillary fraction were assessed. When parameters from a diffusion pulse sequence without motion compensation were used, and ECG triggering with inappropriate delay times was assumed, the maximal signal loss caused by brain-motion-induced phase dispersion was predicted to be 21%. This corresponds to a 95% overestimation of the diffusion coefficient, and the perfusion-fraction error was small. Corresponding calculations for motion-compensated pulse sequences predicted a 1% to 1.5% signal loss due to undesired phase dispersion, whereas experimental results indicated a signal loss related to brain motion of 4%.
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