PURPOSE: To present a novel imaging strategy for noninvasive measurement of tumor oxygenation using MR imaging of endogenous blood and tissue water. THEORY AND METHODS: The proposed approach for oxygen partial pressure (pO2) estimation is based on intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion MRI and the dependence of the blood R2 relaxation rate on the inter-echo spacing measured using a multiple spin-echo Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill sequence and weak-field diffusion model. The accuracy of the approach was validated by comparison with (19)F MRI oximetry. RESULTS: The results in eight rats at 4.7 T showed that tumors have longer T1 (1980 ± 186 ms) and T2 (59 ± 9 ms) relaxation times, heterogeneous blood volume fraction (0.23 ± 0.1), oxygen saturation level (Y) (0.53 ± 0.12), and pO2 (36 ± 15 mmHg) distributions compared with normal muscle (T1 1480 ± 86 ms, T2 29 ± 2 ms, blood volume fraction 0.22 ± 0.03, Y 0.49 ± 0.06, and pO2 39 ± 5 mmHg). pO2 estimates based on the novel (1)H approach were essentially identical with (19)F observations. CONCLUSION: The study indicates that noninvasive measurement of tumor pO2 using (1)H MRI derived multiparametric maps is feasible and could become a valuable tool to evaluate tumor hypoxia.
PURPOSE: To present a novel imaging strategy for noninvasive measurement of tumor oxygenation using MR imaging of endogenous blood and tissue water. THEORY AND METHODS: The proposed approach for oxygen partial pressure (pO2) estimation is based on intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion MRI and the dependence of the blood R2 relaxation rate on the inter-echo spacing measured using a multiple spin-echo Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill sequence and weak-field diffusion model. The accuracy of the approach was validated by comparison with (19)F MRI oximetry. RESULTS: The results in eight rats at 4.7 T showed that tumors have longer T1 (1980 ± 186 ms) and T2 (59 ± 9 ms) relaxation times, heterogeneous blood volume fraction (0.23 ± 0.1), oxygen saturation level (Y) (0.53 ± 0.12), and pO2 (36 ± 15 mmHg) distributions compared with normal muscle (T1 1480 ± 86 ms, T2 29 ± 2 ms, blood volume fraction 0.22 ± 0.03, Y 0.49 ± 0.06, and pO2 39 ± 5 mmHg). pO2 estimates based on the novel (1)H approach were essentially identical with (19)F observations. CONCLUSION: The study indicates that noninvasive measurement of tumorpO2 using (1)H MRI derived multiparametric maps is feasible and could become a valuable tool to evaluate tumor hypoxia.
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