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ArticleMagnetic resonance in medicine2018

Rapid assessment of pulmonary gas transport with hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI using a 3D radial double golden-means acquisition with variable flip angles.

Kai Ruppert, Faraz Amzajerdian, Hooman Hamedani, Yi Xin, Luis Loza, Tahmina Achekzai, Ian F Duncan, Harrilla Profka, Sarmad Siddiqui, Mehrdad Pourfathi and 3 more

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13 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kai RuppertDepartment of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Faraz AmzajerdianDepartment of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Hooman HamedaniDepartment of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Yi XinDepartment of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Luis LozaDepartment of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Tahmina AchekzaiDepartment of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Ian F DuncanDepartment of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Harrilla ProfkaDepartment of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Sarmad SiddiquiDepartment of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Mehrdad PourfathiDepartment of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Maurizio F CeredaDepartment of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Stephen KadlecekDepartment of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Rahim R RiziDepartment of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

A new imaging approach to radiotherapy planning for lung cancerR01CA193050 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI RIZI, RAHIM R · 2015 to 2020
$3.0M
Prediction and assessment of COPD lung volume reduction outcomes with polarized MRIR01HL129805 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI RIZI, RAHIM R · 2016 to 2019
$3.0M
Producing Large Quantities of Polarized Xenon with DNP MethodR01EB015767 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI RIZI, RAHIM R · 2013 to 2015
$2.0M
A 129Xe Polarizer for Pulmonary ImagingS10OD018203 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI RIZI, RAHIM R · 2014 to 2014
$600k
National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 CA193050National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 EB015767National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 HL129805NCI NIH HHS R01 CA193050NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL129805NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB015767NIH HHS S10 OD018203
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Abstract

purposeTo demonstrate the feasibility of using a 3D radial double golden-means acquisition with variable flip angles to monitor pulmonary gas transport in a single breath hold with hyperpolarized xenon-129 MRI.

methodsHyperpolarized xenon-129 MRI scans with interleaved gas-phase and dissolved-phase excitations were performed using a 3D radial double golden-means acquisition in mechanically ventilated rabbits. The flip angle was either held fixed at 15 ° or 5 °, or it was varied linearly in ascending or descending order between 5 ° and 15 ° over a sampling interval of 1000 spokes. Dissolved-phase and gas-phase images were reconstructed at high resolution (32 × 32 × 32 matrix size) using all 1000 spokes, or at low resolution (22 × 22 × 22 matrix size) using 400 spokes at a time in a sliding-window fashion. Based on these sliding-window images, relative change maps were obtained using the highest mean flip angle as the reference, and aggregated pixel-based changes were tracked.

resultsAlthough the signal intensities in the dissolve-phase maps were mostly constant in the fixed flip-angle acquisitions, they varied significantly as a function of average flip angle in the variable flip-angle acquisitions. The latter trend reflects the underlying changes in observed dissolve-phase magnetization distribution due to pulmonary gas uptake and transport.

conclusion3D radial double golden-means acquisitions with variable flip angles provide a robust means for rapidly assessing lung function during a single breath hold, thereby constituting a particularly valuable tool for imaging uncooperative or pediatric patient populations.

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Breath HoldingMagnetic Resonance ImagingAnimalsGasesImage Processing, Computer-AssistedImaging, Three-DimensionalLungPulmonary Gas ExchangeRabbitsRespiration, ArtificialWhole Body ImagingXenon IsotopesGasesXenon-129Xenon Isotopes3D radial double golden-means acquisitionhyperpolarized xenon-129pulmonary gas transport

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PMID29682792
PMCPMC6197935
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