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ArticleMagnetic resonance in medicine2021

A split-label design for simultaneous measurements of perfusion in distant slices by pulsed arterial spin labeling.

Celine Baligand, Lydiane Hirschler, Thom T J Veeger, Lena Václavů, Suzanne L Franklin, Matthias J P van Osch, Hermien E Kan

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Celine BaligandC.J. Gorter Center for High Field MRI, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-4548-5630
Lydiane HirschlerC.J. Gorter Center for High Field MRI, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-2379-0861
Thom T J VeegerC.J. Gorter Center for High Field MRI, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Lena VáclavůC.J. Gorter Center for High Field MRI, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-8617-7752
Suzanne L FranklinC.J. Gorter Center for High Field MRI, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-6886-5578
Matthias J P van OschC.J. Gorter Center for High Field MRI, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-7034-8959
Hermien E KanC.J. Gorter Center for High Field MRI, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-5772-7177

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purposeMultislice arterial spin labeling (ASL) MRI acquisitions are currently challenging in skeletal muscle because of long transit times, translating into low-perfusion SNR in distal slices when large spatial coverage is required. However, fiber type and oxidative capacity vary along the length of healthy muscles, calling for multislice acquisitions in clinical studies. We propose a new variant of flow alternating inversion recovery (FAIR) that generates sufficient ASL signal to monitor exercise-induced perfusion changes in muscle in two distant slices.

methodsLabel around and between two 7-cm distant slices was created by applying the presaturation/postsaturation and selective inversion modules selectively to each slice (split-label multislice FAIR). Images were acquired using simultaneous multislice EPI. We validated our approach in the brain to take advantage of the high resting-state perfusion, and applied it in the lower leg muscle during and after exercise, interleaved with a single-slice FAIR as a reference.

resultsWe show that standard multislice FAIR leads to an underestimation of perfusion, while the proposed split-label multislice approach shows good agreement with separate single-slice FAIR acquisitions in brain, as well as in muscle following exercise.

conclusionSplit-label FAIR allows measuring muscle perfusion in two distant slices simultaneously without losing sensitivity in the distal slice.

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Cerebrovascular CirculationMagnetic Resonance ImagingPerfusionReproducibility of ResultsSpin LabelsSpin LabelsASLFAIRMRImuscleperfusion

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PMID34105189
PMCPMC8596809

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