Rohan S Virgincar1,2, Scott H Robertson1,3, John Nouls1,4, Simone Degan1,5, Geoffry M Schrank1,4, Mu He1,6, Bastiaan Driehuys1,2,3,4. 1. Center for In Vivo Microscopy, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA. 2. Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA. 3. Medical Physics Graduate Program, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA. 4. Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA. 5. Center for Molecular and Biomolecular Imaging, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA. 6. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University, Durham North Carolina, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: 129 Xe interacts with biological media to exhibit chemical shifts exceeding 200 ppm that report on physiology and pathology. Extracting this functional information requires shifts to be measured precisely. Historically, shifts have been reported relative to the gas-phase resonance originating from pulmonary airspaces. However, this frequency is not fixed-it is affected by bulk magnetic susceptibility, as well as Xe-N2 , Xe-Xe, and Xe-O2 interactions. In this study, we addressed this by introducing a robust method to determine the 0 ppm 129 Xe reference from in vivo data. METHODS: Respiratory-gated hyperpolarized 129 Xe spectra from the gas- and dissolved-phases were acquired in four mice at 2T from multiple axial slices within the thoracic cavity. Complex spectra were then fitted in the time domain to identify peaks. RESULTS: Gas-phase 129 Xe exhibited two distinct resonances corresponding to 129 Xe in conducting airways (varying from -0.6 ± 0.2 to 1.3 ± 0.3 ppm) and alveoli (relatively stable, at -2.2 ± 0.1 ppm). Dissolved-phase 129 Xe exhibited five reproducible resonances in the thorax at 198.4 ± 0.4, 195.5 ± 0.4, 193.9 ± 0.2, 191.3 ± 0.2, and 190.7 ± 0.3 ppm. CONCLUSION: The alveolar 129 Xe resonance exhibits a stable frequency across all mice. Therefore, it can provide a reliable in vivo reference frequency by which to characterize other spectroscopic shifts. Magn Reson Med 77:1438-1445, 2017.
PURPOSE: 129 Xe interacts with biological media to exhibit chemical shifts exceeding 200 ppm that report on physiology and pathology. Extracting this functional information requires shifts to be measured precisely. Historically, shifts have been reported relative to the gas-phase resonance originating from pulmonary airspaces. However, this frequency is not fixed-it is affected by bulk magnetic susceptibility, as well as Xe-N2 , Xe-Xe, and Xe-O2 interactions. In this study, we addressed this by introducing a robust method to determine the 0 ppm 129 Xe reference from in vivo data. METHODS: Respiratory-gated hyperpolarized 129 Xe spectra from the gas- and dissolved-phases were acquired in four mice at 2T from multiple axial slices within the thoracic cavity. Complex spectra were then fitted in the time domain to identify peaks. RESULTS: Gas-phase 129 Xe exhibited two distinct resonances corresponding to 129 Xe in conducting airways (varying from -0.6 ± 0.2 to 1.3 ± 0.3 ppm) and alveoli (relatively stable, at -2.2 ± 0.1 ppm). Dissolved-phase 129 Xe exhibited five reproducible resonances in the thorax at 198.4 ± 0.4, 195.5 ± 0.4, 193.9 ± 0.2, 191.3 ± 0.2, and 190.7 ± 0.3 ppm. CONCLUSION: The alveolar 129 Xe resonance exhibits a stable frequency across all mice. Therefore, it can provide a reliable in vivo reference frequency by which to characterize other spectroscopic shifts. Magn Reson Med 77:1438-1445, 2017.
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