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Perfusion imaging using dynamic arterial spin labeling (DASL) †
Author(s) -
Barbier Emmanuel L.,
Silva Afonso C.,
Kim SeongGi,
Koretsky Alan P.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
magnetic resonance in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.696
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1522-2594
pISSN - 0740-3194
DOI - 10.1002/mrm.1136
Subject(s) - perfusion , arterial spin labeling , perfusion scanning , mean transit time , transit time , nuclear magnetic resonance , arterial perfusion , chemistry , biomedical engineering , physics , medicine , radiology , transport engineering , engineering
Recently, a technique based on arterial spin labeling, called dynamic arterial spin labeling (DASL (Magn Reson Med 1999;41:299–308)), has been introduced to measure simultaneously the transit time of the labeled blood from the labeling plane to the exchange site, the longitudinal relaxation time of the tissue, and the perfusion of the tissue. This technique relies on the measurement of the tissue magnetization response to a time varying labeling function. The analysis of the characteristics of the tissue magnetization response (transit time, filling time constant, and perfusion) allows for quantification of the tissue perfusion and for transit time map computations. In the present work, the DASL scheme is used in conjuction with echo planar imaging at 4.7 T to produce brain maps of perfusion and transit time in the anesthetized rat, under graded hypercapnia. The data obtained show the variation of perfusion and transit time as a function of arterial pCO 2 . Based on the data, CO 2 reactivity maps are computed. Magn Reson Med 45:1021–1029, 2001. Published 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.