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ArticleJournal of healthcare engineering2017

Removal of Arterial Vessel Contributions in Susceptibility-Weighted Images for Quantification of Normalized Visible Venous Volume in Children with Sickle Cell Disease.

Adam M Winchell, Ruitian Song, Ralf B Loeffler, Winfred C Wang, Jane S Hankins, Kathleen J Helton, Claudia M Hillenbrand

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Adam M WinchellDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Ruitian SongDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Ralf B LoefflerDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0482-5486
Winfred C WangDepartment of Hematology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Jane S HankinsDepartment of Hematology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Kathleen J HeltonDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Claudia M HillenbrandDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8694-2178
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Abstract

purposeTo evaluate a new postprocessing framework that eliminates arterial vessel signal contributions in the quantification of normalized visible venous volume (NVVV, a ratio between venous and brain volume) in susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) exams in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). MATERIALS AND

methodsWe conducted a retrospective study and qualitatively reviewed for hypointense arterial vessel contamination in SWI exams from 21 children with SCD. We developed a postprocessing framework using magnetic resonance angiography in combination with SWI to provide a more accurate quantification of NVVV. NVVV was calculated before and after removing arterial vessel contributions to determine the error from hypointense arterial vessels in quantifying NVVV.

resultsHypointense arterial vessel contamination was observed in 86% SWI exams and was successfully corrected by the proposed method. The contributions of hypointense arterial vessels in the original SWI were significant and accounted for approximately 33% of the NVVV [uncorrected NVVV = 0.012 ± 0.005 versus corrected NVVV = 0.008 ± 0.003 (mean ± SD),

conclusionHypointense arterial vessel contamination occurred in the majority of SWI exams and led to a sizeable overestimation of the visible venous volume. A prospective longitudinal study is needed to evaluate if quantitation of NVVV was improved and to assess the role of NVVV as a biomarker of SCD severity or stroke risk.

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Anemia, Sickle CellAdolescentArteriesBrainCerebrovascular CirculationChildFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleRetrospective StudiesVeins

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