Armin M Nagel1, Frank Lehmann-Horn, Marc-André Weber, Karin Jurkat-Rott, Maya B Wolf, Alexander Radbruch, Reiner Umathum, Wolfhard Semmler. 1. From the Department of Medical Physics in Radiology (A.M.N., R.U., W.S.) and Department of Radiology (M.A.W., M.B.W., A.R.), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Neurophysiology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany (F.L., K.J.); Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (M.A.W., M.B.W.) and Department of Neuroradiology (A.R.), University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To implement chlorine 35 ((35)Cl) magnetic resonance (MR) at a 7-T whole-body MR system and evaluate its feasibility for imaging humans. MATERIALS AND METHODS: All examinations were performed with ethical review board approval; written informed consent was obtained from all volunteers. Seven examinations each of brain and muscle in healthy volunteers and four examinations of patients were performed. Two patients with histologically confirmed glioblastoma multiforme underwent brain imaging. (35)Cl MR and (35)Cl inversion-recovery (IR) MR were performed. Two patients with genetically confirmed hypokalemic periodic paralysis underwent calf muscle imaging. Seven multiecho sequences (acquisition time, 5 minutes; voxel dimension, 11 mm(3)) were applied to determine transverse relaxation time as affected by magnetic field heterogeneity (T2*) and chlorine concentration. (35)Cl and sodium 23 ((23)Na) MR were conducted with a 7-T whole-body MR system. (35)Cl longitudinal relaxation time (T1) and T2* of healthy human brain and muscle were determined with a three-dimensional density-adapted-projection reconstruction technique to achieve short echo times and high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) efficiency. A nonlinear least squares routine and mono- (T1) and biexponential (T2*) models were used for curve fitting. RESULTS: Phantom imaging revealed 15-fold lower SNR and much shorter relaxation times for (35)Cl than (23)Na. In vivo T2* was biexponential and extremely short. Monoexponential fits of T1 revealed 9.2 and 4.0 milliseconds ± 0.7 (standard deviation) for brain and muscle, respectively. In glioblastoma tissue, increased Cl(-) concentrations and increased Cl(-) IR signal intensities were detected. Voxel dimension and acquisition time, respectively, were 6 mm(3) and 9 minutes 45 seconds ((35)Cl MR) and 10 mm(3) and 10 minutes ((35)Cl IR MR). In patients with hypokalemic periodic paralysis versus healthy volunteers, Cl(-) and Na(+) concentrations were increased. Cl(-) concentration of muscle could be determined (voxel size, 11 mm(3); total acquisition time, 35 minutes). CONCLUSION: MR at 7 T enables in vivo imaging of (35)Cl in human brain and muscle in clinically feasible acquisition times (10-35 minutes) and voxel volumes (0.2-1.3 cm(3)). Pathophysiological changes of Cl(-) homeostasis due to cancer or muscular ion channel disease can be visualized.
PURPOSE: To implement chlorine 35 ((35)Cl) magnetic resonance (MR) at a 7-T whole-body MR system and evaluate its feasibility for imaging humans. MATERIALS AND METHODS: All examinations were performed with ethical review board approval; written informed consent was obtained from all volunteers. Seven examinations each of brain and muscle in healthy volunteers and four examinations of patients were performed. Two patients with histologically confirmed glioblastoma multiforme underwent brain imaging. (35)Cl MR and (35)Cl inversion-recovery (IR) MR were performed. Two patients with genetically confirmed hypokalemic periodic paralysis underwent calf muscle imaging. Seven multiecho sequences (acquisition time, 5 minutes; voxel dimension, 11 mm(3)) were applied to determine transverse relaxation time as affected by magnetic field heterogeneity (T2*) and chlorine concentration. (35)Cl and sodium 23 ((23)Na) MR were conducted with a 7-T whole-body MR system. (35)Cl longitudinal relaxation time (T1) and T2* of healthy human brain and muscle were determined with a three-dimensional density-adapted-projection reconstruction technique to achieve short echo times and high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) efficiency. A nonlinear least squares routine and mono- (T1) and biexponential (T2*) models were used for curve fitting. RESULTS: Phantom imaging revealed 15-fold lower SNR and much shorter relaxation times for (35)Cl than (23)Na. In vivo T2* was biexponential and extremely short. Monoexponential fits of T1 revealed 9.2 and 4.0 milliseconds ± 0.7 (standard deviation) for brain and muscle, respectively. In glioblastoma tissue, increased Cl(-) concentrations and increased Cl(-) IR signal intensities were detected. Voxel dimension and acquisition time, respectively, were 6 mm(3) and 9 minutes 45 seconds ((35)Cl MR) and 10 mm(3) and 10 minutes ((35)Cl IR MR). In patients with hypokalemic periodic paralysis versus healthy volunteers, Cl(-) and Na(+) concentrations were increased. Cl(-) concentration of muscle could be determined (voxel size, 11 mm(3); total acquisition time, 35 minutes). CONCLUSION: MR at 7 T enables in vivo imaging of (35)Cl in human brain and muscle in clinically feasible acquisition times (10-35 minutes) and voxel volumes (0.2-1.3 cm(3)). Pathophysiological changes of Cl(-) homeostasis due to cancer or muscular ion channel disease can be visualized.
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