R M D'Ortenzio1, S P Hojjat2, R Vitorino3, C G Cantrell4, L Lee5,1, A Feinstein6,1, P O'Connor1, T J Carroll4,7, R I Aviv3,1. 1. University of Toronto (R.M.D., P.O.C., L.L., A.F., R.I.A.), Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 2. Medical Imaging (S.P.H., R.V., R.I.A.), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada r.dortenzio@mail.utoronto.ca. 3. Medical Imaging (S.P.H., R.V., R.I.A.), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 4. Departments of Biomedical Engineering (C.G.C., T.J.C.). 5. Neurology (L.L.). 6. From the Departments of Psychiatry (A.F.). 7. Radiology (T.J.C.), Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Quantitative CBF usage as a biomarker for cognitive impairment and disease progression in MS is potentially a powerful tool for longitudinal patient monitoring. Dynamic susceptibility contrast perfusion with bookend T1-calibration (bookend technique) and pseudocontinuous arterial spin-labeling have recently been used for CBF quantification in relapsing-remitting MS. The noninvasive nature of pseudocontinuous arterial spin-labeling is advantageous over gadolinium-based techniques, but correlation between the techniques is not well-established in the context of MS. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We compared pseudocontinuous arterial spin-labeling CBF with the bookend technique in a prospective cohort of 19 healthy controls, 19 subjects with relapsing-remitting MS without cognitive impairment, and 20 subjects with relapsing-remitting MS with cognitive impairment on a voxelwise and Brodmann region basis. The linear Pearson correlation, SNR, and coefficient of variation were quantified. RESULTS: Voxelwise paired t tests revealed no significant CBF differences between techniques after normalization of global mean intensities. The highest Pearson correlations were observed in deep GM structures (average r = 0.71 for the basal ganglia and r = 0.65 for the thalamus) but remained robust for cortical GM, WM, and white matter lesions (average r = 0.51, 0.53, 0.54, respectively). Lower Pearson correlations were observed for cortical lesions (average r = 0.23). Brodmann region correlations were significant for all groups. All correlations were maintained in healthy controls and in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. The highest SNR was present in bookend perfusion, while the highest coefficient of variation was present in white matter lesions. CONCLUSIONS: Agreement between pseudocontinuous arterial spin-labeling and bookend technique CBF measurements is demonstrated in healthy controls and patients with relapsing-remitting MS.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Quantitative CBF usage as a biomarker for cognitive impairment and disease progression in MS is potentially a powerful tool for longitudinalpatient monitoring. Dynamic susceptibility contrast perfusion with bookend T1-calibration (bookend technique) and pseudocontinuous arterial spin-labeling have recently been used for CBF quantification in relapsing-remitting MS. The noninvasive nature of pseudocontinuous arterial spin-labeling is advantageous over gadolinium-based techniques, but correlation between the techniques is not well-established in the context of MS. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We compared pseudocontinuous arterial spin-labeling CBF with the bookend technique in a prospective cohort of 19 healthy controls, 19 subjects with relapsing-remitting MS without cognitive impairment, and 20 subjects with relapsing-remitting MS with cognitive impairment on a voxelwise and Brodmann region basis. The linear Pearson correlation, SNR, and coefficient of variation were quantified. RESULTS: Voxelwise paired t tests revealed no significant CBF differences between techniques after normalization of global mean intensities. The highest Pearson correlations were observed in deep GM structures (average r = 0.71 for the basal ganglia and r = 0.65 for the thalamus) but remained robust for cortical GM, WM, and white matter lesions (average r = 0.51, 0.53, 0.54, respectively). Lower Pearson correlations were observed for cortical lesions (average r = 0.23). Brodmann region correlations were significant for all groups. All correlations were maintained in healthy controls and in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. The highest SNR was present in bookend perfusion, while the highest coefficient of variation was present in white matter lesions. CONCLUSIONS: Agreement between pseudocontinuous arterial spin-labeling and bookend technique CBF measurements is demonstrated in healthy controls and patients with relapsing-remitting MS.
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