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In vivo demonstration of microscopic anisotropy in the human kidney using multidimensional diffusion MRI
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- Nery, Fabio (author)
- University College London
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- Szczepankiewicz, Filip (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Medicinsk strålningsfysik, Lund,Sektion V,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Lund,Medicinska fakulteten,MR Physics,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Multidimensional microstructure imaging,Medical Radiation Physics, Lund,Section V,Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund,Faculty of Medicine,Lund University Research Groups,Harvard Medical School,Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School
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- Kerkelä, Leevi (author)
- University College London
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- Hall, Matt G. (author)
- National Physical Laboratory, UK,University College London
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- Kaden, Enrico (author)
- University College London
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- Gordon, Isky (author)
- University College London
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- Thomas, David L. (author)
- University College London
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- Clark, Chris A. (author)
- University College London
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- 2019-06-26
- 2019
- English.
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In: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. - : Wiley. - 0740-3194 .- 1522-2594. ; 82:6, s. 2160-2168
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- Purpose: To demonstrate the feasibility of multidimensional diffusion MRI to probe and quantify microscopic fractional anisotropy (µFA) in human kidneys in vivo. Methods: Linear tensor encoded (LTE) and spherical tensor encoded (STE) renal diffusion MRI scans were performed in 10 healthy volunteers. Respiratory triggering and image registration were used to minimize motion artefacts during the acquisition. Kidney cortex–medulla were semi-automatically segmented based on fractional anisotropy (FA) values. A model-free analysis of LTE and STE signal dependence on b-value in the renal cortex and medulla was performed. Subsequently, µFA was estimated using a single-shell approach. Finally, a comparison of conventional FA and µFA is shown. Results: The hallmark effect of µFA (divergence of LTE and STE signal with increasing b-value) was observed in all subjects. A statistically significant difference between LTE and STE signal was found in the cortex and medulla, starting from b = 750 s/mm2 and b = 500 s/mm2, respectively. This difference was maximal at the highest b-value sampled (b = 1000 s/mm2) which suggests that relatively high b-values are required for µFA mapping in the kidney compared to conventional FA. Cortical and medullary µFA were, respectively, 0.53 ± 0.09 and 0.65 ± 0.05, both respectively higher than conventional FA (0.19 ± 0.02 and 0.40 ± 0.02). Conclusion: The feasibility of combining LTE and STE diffusion MRI to probe and quantify µFA in human kidneys is demonstrated for the first time. By doing so, we show that novel microstructure information—not accessible by conventional diffusion encoding—can be probed by multidimensional diffusion MRI. We also identify relevant technical limitations that warrant further development of the technique for body MRI.
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- TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER -- Medicinteknik -- Medicinsk bildbehandling (hsv//swe)
- ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY -- Medical Engineering -- Medical Image Processing (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Radiologi och bildbehandling (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Fysik -- Annan fysik (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Physical Sciences -- Other Physics Topics (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- diffusion
- fractional anisotropy
- kidney
- microscopic anisotropy
- spherical tensor encoding
- tensor-valued diffusion encoding
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