Selda Yildiz1, Suraj Thyagaraj2, Ning Jin3, Xiaodong Zhong4,5, Soroush Heidari Pahlavian2, Bryn A Martin6, Francis Loth2, John Oshinski7, Karim G Sabra1. 1. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Conquer Chiari Research Center, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, USA. 3. MR R&D Collaborations, Siemens Healthcare, Columbus, Ohio, USA. 4. MR R&D Collaborations, Siemens Healthcare, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 5. Department of Radiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 6. Department of Biological Engineering, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA. 7. Department of Radiology & Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To validate a real-time phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging (RT-PCMRI) sequence in a controlled phantom model, and to quantify the relative contributions of respiration and cardiac pulsations on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) velocity at the level of the foramen magnum (FM). MATERIALS AND METHODS: To validate the 3T MRI techniques, in vitro studies used a realistic model of the spinal subarachnoid space driven by pulsatile flow waveforms mimicking the respiratory and cardiac components of CSF flow. Subsequently, CSF flow was measured continuously during 1-minute RT-PCMRI acquisitions at the FM while healthy subjects (N = 20) performed natural breathing, deep breathing, breath-holding, and coughing. Conventional cardiac-gated PCMRI was obtained for comparison. A frequency domain power ratio analysis determined the relative contribution of respiration versus cardiac ([r/c]) components of CSF velocity. RESULTS: In vitro studies demonstrating the accuracy of RT-PCMRI within 5% of input values showed that conventional PCMRI measures only the cardiac component of CSF velocity (0.42 ± 0.02 cm/s), averages out respiratory effects, and underestimates the magnitude of CSF velocity (0.96 ± 0.07 cm/s). In vivo RT-PCMRI measurements indicated the ratio of respiratory to cardiac velocity pulsations averaged over all subjects as [r/c = 0.14 ± 0.27] and [r/c = 0.40 ± 0.47] for natural and deep breathing, respectively. During coughing, the peak CSF velocity increased by a factor of 2.27 ± 1.40. CONCLUSION: RT-PCMRI can noninvasively measure instantaneous CSF velocity driven by cardiac pulsations, respiration, and coughing in real time. A comparable contribution of respiration and cardiac pulsations on CSF velocity was found during deep breathing but not during natural breathing. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 1 Technical Efficacy: Stage 1 J. MAGN. RESON. IMAGING 2017;46:431-439.
PURPOSE: To validate a real-time phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging (RT-PCMRI) sequence in a controlled phantom model, and to quantify the relative contributions of respiration and cardiac pulsations on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) velocity at the level of the foramen magnum (FM). MATERIALS AND METHODS: To validate the 3T MRI techniques, in vitro studies used a realistic model of the spinal subarachnoid space driven by pulsatile flow waveforms mimicking the respiratory and cardiac components of CSF flow. Subsequently, CSF flow was measured continuously during 1-minute RT-PCMRI acquisitions at the FM while healthy subjects (N = 20) performed natural breathing, deep breathing, breath-holding, and coughing. Conventional cardiac-gated PCMRI was obtained for comparison. A frequency domain power ratio analysis determined the relative contribution of respiration versus cardiac ([r/c]) components of CSF velocity. RESULTS: In vitro studies demonstrating the accuracy of RT-PCMRI within 5% of input values showed that conventional PCMRI measures only the cardiac component of CSF velocity (0.42 ± 0.02 cm/s), averages out respiratory effects, and underestimates the magnitude of CSF velocity (0.96 ± 0.07 cm/s). In vivo RT-PCMRI measurements indicated the ratio of respiratory to cardiac velocity pulsations averaged over all subjects as [r/c = 0.14 ± 0.27] and [r/c = 0.40 ± 0.47] for natural and deep breathing, respectively. During coughing, the peak CSF velocity increased by a factor of 2.27 ± 1.40. CONCLUSION: RT-PCMRI can noninvasively measure instantaneous CSF velocity driven by cardiac pulsations, respiration, and coughing in real time. A comparable contribution of respiration and cardiac pulsations on CSF velocity was found during deep breathing but not during natural breathing. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 1 Technical Efficacy: Stage 1 J. MAGN. RESON. IMAGING 2017;46:431-439.
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