Grzegorz Bauman1,2, Orso Pusterla1,2, Francesco Santini1,2, Oliver Bieri1,2. 1. Division of Radiological Physics, Department of Radiology, University of Basel Hospital, Basel, Switzerland. 2. Deparment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To demonstrate the feasibility of oxygen-dependent relaxometry in human lung using an inversion recovery ultra-fast steady-state free precession (IR-ufSSFP) technique. METHODS: Electrocardiogram-triggered pulmonary relaxometry with IR-ufSSFP was performed in 7 healthy human subjects at 1.5 T. The data were acquired under both normoxic and hyperoxic conditions. In a single breath-hold of less than 9 seconds, 30 transient state IR-ufSSFP images were acquired, yielding longitudinal (T1) and transversal (T2) relaxometry parameter maps using voxel-wise nonlinear fitting. Possible spatial misalignments between consecutive IR-ufSSFP parameter maps were corrected using elastic image registration. Furthermore, dynamic relaxometry oxygen wash-in and wash-out scans were performed in one volunteer. From this, T1 -related wash-in and wash-out time constants (τwi , τwo ) were calculated voxel-wise on registered maps using an exponential fitting model. RESULTS: For healthy lung, observed T1 values were 1399 ± 77 and 1290 ± 76 ms under normoxic and hyperoxic conditions, respectively. Oxygen-related reduction of T1 was statistically significant in every volunteer. No statistically significant change, however, was observed in T2, with normoxic and hyperoxic T2 values of 55 ± 16 and 56 ± 17 ms, respectively. The observed average τwi was 87.0 ± 28.7 seconds, whereas the average τwo was 73.5 ± 21.6 seconds. CONCLUSION: IR-ufSSFP allows fast, steady-state, and dynamic oxygen-dependent relaxometry of the human lung. Magn Reson Med 79:839-845, 2018.
PURPOSE: To demonstrate the feasibility of oxygen-dependent relaxometry in human lung using an inversion recovery ultra-fast steady-state free precession (IR-ufSSFP) technique. METHODS: Electrocardiogram-triggered pulmonary relaxometry with IR-ufSSFP was performed in 7 healthy human subjects at 1.5 T. The data were acquired under both normoxic and hyperoxic conditions. In a single breath-hold of less than 9 seconds, 30 transient state IR-ufSSFP images were acquired, yielding longitudinal (T1) and transversal (T2) relaxometry parameter maps using voxel-wise nonlinear fitting. Possible spatial misalignments between consecutive IR-ufSSFP parameter maps were corrected using elastic image registration. Furthermore, dynamic relaxometry oxygen wash-in and wash-out scans were performed in one volunteer. From this, T1 -related wash-in and wash-out time constants (τwi , τwo ) were calculated voxel-wise on registered maps using an exponential fitting model. RESULTS: For healthy lung, observed T1 values were 1399 ± 77 and 1290 ± 76 ms under normoxic and hyperoxic conditions, respectively. Oxygen-related reduction of T1 was statistically significant in every volunteer. No statistically significant change, however, was observed in T2, with normoxic and hyperoxic T2 values of 55 ± 16 and 56 ± 17 ms, respectively. The observed average τwi was 87.0 ± 28.7 seconds, whereas the average τwo was 73.5 ± 21.6 seconds. CONCLUSION: IR-ufSSFP allows fast, steady-state, and dynamic oxygen-dependent relaxometry of the human lung. Magn Reson Med 79:839-845, 2018.
Authors: Heling Zhou; Olivier Belzile; Zhang Zhang; Jo Wagner; Chul Ahn; James A Richardson; Debabrata Saha; Rolf A Brekken; Ralph P Mason Journal: Magn Reson Med Date: 2019-01-30 Impact factor: 4.668