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ReviewTranslational stroke research2021

Refined Ischemic Penumbra Imaging with Tissue pH and Diffusion Kurtosis Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

Jesse Cheung, Madeline Doerr, Ranliang Hu, Phillip Zhe Sun

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Review in Translational stroke research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jesse Cheung *Emory College of Arts and Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA.
Madeline Doerr *Yerkes Imaging Center, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA.
Ranliang HuDepartment of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, 1364 Clifton RD NE, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
Phillip Zhe SunYerkes Imaging Center, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA. pzhesun@emory.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-4872-1192
Emory University · USDartmouth College · US

Funding

Yerkes National Primate Research Center Role of type-I IFN in regulating COVID-19 induced inflammation and pathogenesisP51OD011132 · OD · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Joon Sup Lee · 2012 to 2026
$167.0M
Establishment of fast pH MRI for imaging metabolic injury during acute strokeR01NS083654 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Phillip Zhe Sun · 2013 to 2026
$4.0M
NIH HHS P51 OD011132NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS083654
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Imaging has played a vital role in our mechanistic understanding of acute ischemia and the management of acute stroke patients. The most recent DAWN and DEFUSE-3 trials showed that endovascular therapy could be extended to a selected group of late-presenting stroke patients with the aid of imaging. Although perfusion and diffusion MRI have been commonly used in stroke imaging, the approximation of their mismatch as the penumbra is oversimplified, particularly in the era of endovascular therapy. Briefly, the hypoperfusion lesion includes the benign oligemia that does not proceed to infarction. Also, with prompt and effective reperfusion therapy, a portion of the diffusion lesion is potentially reversible. Therefore, advanced imaging that provides improved ischemic tissue characterization may enable new experimental stroke therapeutics and eventually further individualize stroke treatment upon translation to the clinical setting. Specifically, pH imaging captures tissue of altered metabolic state that demarcates the hypoperfused lesion into ischemic penumbra and benign oligemia, which remains promising to define the ischemic penumbra's outer boundary. On the other hand, diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) differentiates the most severely damaged and irreversibly injured diffusion lesion from the portion of diffusion lesion that is potentially reversible, refining the inner boundary of the penumbra. Altogether, the development of advanced imaging has the potential to not only transform the experimental stroke research but also aid clinical translation and patient management.

Indexed as

Brain IschemiaStrokeDiffusion Magnetic Resonance ImagingHumansHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationIschemiaMagnetic Resonance ImagingAcidificationAcute strokeDiffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI)MRI mismatchPenumbrapH MRI

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PMID33159656
PMCPMC8102648
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