Hannes M Wiesner1,2, Dávid Z Balla1, G Shajan1, Klaus Scheffler1,3, Kâmil Uğurbil2, Wei Chen2, Kâmil Uludağ4, Rolf Pohmann1. 1. High-Field Magnetic Resonance Center, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany. 2. Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. 3. Department of Biomedical Magnetic Resonance, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. 4. Maastricht Brain Imaging Center (M-BIC), Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Measurement of the cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen (CMRO2 ) by means of direct imaging of the (17) O signal can be a valuable tool in neuroscientific research. However, knowledge of the longitudinal and transverse relaxation times of different brain tissue types is required, which is difficult to obtain because of the low sensitivity of natural abundance H2 (17) O measurements. METHODS: Using the improved sensitivity at a field strength of 16.4 Tesla, relaxation time measurements in the rat brain were performed in vivo and postmortem with relatively high spatial resolutions, using a chemical shift imaging sequence. RESULTS: In vivo relaxation times of rat brain were found to be T1 = 6.84 ± 0.67 ms and T2 * = 1.77 ± 0.04 ms. Postmortem H2 (17) O relaxometry at enriched concentrations after inhalation of (17) O2 showed similar T2 * values for gray matter (1.87 ± 0.04 ms) and white matter, significantly longer than muscle (1.27 ± 0.05 ms) and shorter than cerebrospinal fluid (2.30 ± 0.16 ms). CONCLUSION: Relaxation times of brain H2 (17) O were measured for the first time in vivo in different types of tissues with high spatial resolution. Because the relaxation times of H2 (17) O are expected to be independent of field strength, our results should help in optimizing the acquisition parameters for experiments also at other MRI field strengths.
PURPOSE: Measurement of the cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen (CMRO2 ) by means of direct imaging of the (17) O signal can be a valuable tool in neuroscientific research. However, knowledge of the longitudinal and transverse relaxation times of different brain tissue types is required, which is difficult to obtain because of the low sensitivity of natural abundance H2 (17) O measurements. METHODS: Using the improved sensitivity at a field strength of 16.4 Tesla, relaxation time measurements in the rat brain were performed in vivo and postmortem with relatively high spatial resolutions, using a chemical shift imaging sequence. RESULTS: In vivo relaxation times of rat brain were found to be T1 = 6.84 ± 0.67 ms and T2 * = 1.77 ± 0.04 ms. Postmortem H2 (17) O relaxometry at enriched concentrations after inhalation of (17) O2 showed similar T2 * values for gray matter (1.87 ± 0.04 ms) and white matter, significantly longer than muscle (1.27 ± 0.05 ms) and shorter than cerebrospinal fluid (2.30 ± 0.16 ms). CONCLUSION: Relaxation times of brain H2 (17) O were measured for the first time in vivo in different types of tissues with high spatial resolution. Because the relaxation times of H2 (17) O are expected to be independent of field strength, our results should help in optimizing the acquisition parameters for experiments also at other MRI field strengths.
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