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ArticleJournal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI2022

Whole-Heart 4D Flow MRI for Evaluation of Normal and Regurgitant Valvular Flow: A Quantitative Comparison Between Pseudo-Spiral Sampling and EPI Readout.

Carmen P S Blanken, Lukas M Gottwald, Jos J M Westenberg, Eva S Peper, Bram F Coolen, Gustav J Strijkers, Aart J Nederveen, R Nils Planken, Pim van Ooij

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Article in Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Comparison of Echo-Planar Imaging and Compressed Sensing in the Estimation of Flow Metrics from Aortic 4D Flow MR Imaging: A Healthy Volunteer Study.Magnetic resonance in medical sciences : MRMS : an official journal of Japan Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine · 2025
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  6. Rationale and clinical applications of 4D flow cardiovascular magnetic resonance in assessment of valvular heart disease: a comprehensive review.Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Carmen P S BlankenDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3008-3236
Lukas M GottwaldDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Jos J M WestenbergDepartment of Radiology, Leiden UMC, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1946-1715
Eva S PeperDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Bram F CoolenDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Physics, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Gustav J StrijkersDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Physics, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Aart J NederveenDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
R Nils PlankenDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Pim van OoijDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Amsterdam Neuroscience · NLAmsterdam University Medical Centers · NLLeiden University · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPseudo-spiral Cartesian sampling with compressed sensing reconstruction has facilitated highly accelerated 4D flow magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in various cardiovascular structures. However, unlike echo planar imaging (EPI)-accelerated 4D flow MRI, it has not been validated in whole-heart applications. HYPOTHESIS: Pseudo-spiral 4D flow MRI (PROUD [PROspective Undersampling in multiple Dimensions]) is comparable to EPI in robustness of valvular flow measurements and remains comparable as the undersampling factor is increased and scan time reduced. STUDY TYPE: Prospective. POPULATION: Twelve healthy subjects and eight patients with valvular regurgitation. FIELD STRENGTH/SEQUENCE: 3.0 T; PROUD and EPI 4D flow sequences, 2D flow and balanced steady-state free precession sequences. ASSESSMENT: Valvular blood flow was quantified using valve tracking. PROUD- and EPI-based measurements of aortic (AV) and pulmonary (PV) flow volumes and left and right ventricular stroke volumes were tested for agreement with 2D MRI-based measurements. PROUD reconstructions with undersampling factors (R) of 9, 14, 28, and 56 were tested for intervalve consistency (per valve, compared to the other valves) and preservation of peak velocities and E/A ratios. STATISTICAL TESTS: We used repeated measures ANOVA, Bland-Altman, Wilcoxon signed rank, and intraclass correlation coefficients. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

resultsPROUD and EPI intervalve consistencies were not significantly different both in healthy subjects (valve-averaged mean difference [limits of agreement width]: 3.2 ± 0.8 [8.7 ± 1.1] mL/beat for PROUD, 5.5 ± 2.9 [13.7 ± 2.3] mL/beat for EPI, P = 0.07) and in patients with valvular regurgitation (2.3 ± 1.2 [15.3 ± 5.9] mL/beat for PROUD, 0.6 ± 0.6 [19.3 ± 2.9] mL/beat for EPI, P = 0.47). Agreement between EPI and PROUD was higher than between 4D flow (EPI or PROUD) and 2D MRI for forward flow, stroke volumes, and regurgitant volumes. Up to R = 28 in healthy subjects and R = 14 in patients with valvular regurgitation, PROUD intervalve consistency remained comparable to that of EPI. Peak velocities and E/A ratios were preserved up to R = 9.

conclusionPROUD is comparable to EPI in terms of intervalve consistency and may be used with higher undersampling factors to shorten scan times further. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 1 TECHNICAL EFFICACY STAGE: 2.

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Echo-Planar ImagingMagnetic Resonance ImagingBlood Flow VelocityHumansImaging, Three-DimensionalProspective StudiesReproducibility of ResultsStroke VolumeVentricular Function, Rightcompressed sensing reconstructionEPI readoutsparse samplingvalvular regurgitationwhole-heart 4D flow MRI

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PMID34510612
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