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Pre‐ and postprandial alterations of portal venous flow: Evaluation with single breath‐hold three‐dimensional half‐fourier fast spin‐echo MR imaging and a selective inversion recovery tagging pulse
Author(s) -
Tsukuda Toshinobu,
Ito Katsuyoshi,
Koike Shinji,
Sasaki Katsumi,
Shimizu Ayame,
Fujita Takeshi,
Miyazaki Mitsue,
Kanazawa Hitoshi,
Jo Chisaki,
Matsunaga Naofumi
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of magnetic resonance imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.563
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1522-2586
pISSN - 1053-1807
DOI - 10.1002/jmri.20419
Subject(s) - medicine , postprandial , portal vein , meal , superior mesenteric vein , magnetic resonance imaging , nuclear medicine , radiology , insulin
Purpose To evaluate the influence of food intake on portal flow using unenhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Materials and Methods The study population included 29 healthy subjects. A selective inversion recovery tagging pulse was used on the superior mesenteric vein (SMV) and splenic vein (SpV) to study the correlation of tagged blood in the portal vein (PV). MRI was performed before and 60–90 min after a meal. Results The flow signal from the SMV increased in 97% of the subjects after the meal. Before the meal the portal flow was dominated by flow from the SpV in 59% of the subjects, while it was dominated by flow from the SMV in 76% of the subjects after the meal. The most common distribution pattern of the flow signal from the SpV before the meal was in the central part of the main PV (55%), while it was in the left side (45%) after the meal. The most common distribution pattern of the flow signal from the SMV was in the bilateral sides of the main PV both before and after the meal (62%). Conclusion This technique shows potential for evaluating pre‐ and postprandial alterations of flow from the SpV and SMV in the PV under physiological conditions. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2005. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.