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ArticleJournal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism2025

A novel model to quantify blood transit time in cerebral arteries using ASL-based 4D magnetic resonance angiography with example clinical application in moyamoya disease.

Alex A Bhogal, Simone M Uniken Venema, Pieter T Deckers, Kim van de Ven, Maarten Versluis, Kees P Braun, Albert van der Zwan, Jeroen Cw Siero

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Alex A BhogalDepartment of Radiology, Center for Image Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-3211-1760
Simone M Uniken VenemaDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Pieter T DeckersDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-5476-547X
Kim van de VenPhilips, Best, The Netherlands.
Maarten VersluisPhilips, Best, The Netherlands.
Kees P BraunDepartment of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Albert van der ZwanDepartment of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Jeroen Cw SieroDepartment of Radiology, Center for Image Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-5079-2868

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Angiography is critical for visualizing cerebral blood flow in intracranial steno-occlusive diseases. Current 4D magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) techniques primarily focus on macrovascular structures, yet few have quantified hemodynamic timing. This study introduces a novel model to estimate macrovascular arterial transit time (mATT) derived from arterial spin labeling (ASL)-based 4D-MRA. We provide examples of our method that visualize mATT differences throughout the brain of patients with intracranial steno-occlusive disease (moyamoya), as well as changes in mATT resulting from the cerebrovascular reactivity response to an acetazolamide (ACZ) injection. Furthermore, we present a method that projects sparse arterial signals into a 3D native brain-region atlas space and correlates regional mATT with other hemodynamic parameters of interest, such as tissue transit time and cerebrovascular reactivity. This approach offers a non-invasive, quantitative assessment of macrovascular dynamics, with potential to enhance understanding of large-vessel and tissue-level hemodynamics and augment monitoring of treatment outcomes in steno-occlusive disease patients. Furthermore, it sets the stage for more in-depth investigations of the macrovascular contribution to brain hemodynamics.

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Cerebral ArteriesCerebrovascular CirculationMagnetic Resonance AngiographyMoyamoya DiseaseAcetazolamideAdultFemaleHemodynamicsHumansMaleMiddle AgedSpin LabelsAcetazolamideSpin Labels4D-MRAAngiographyarterial transit timecerebrovascular reactivitymoyamoyamulti-PLD pCASLsteno occlusive disease

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PMCPMC11826826

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