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Contribution of Sinerem® used as blood‐pool contrast agent: Detection of cerebral blood volume changes during apnea in the rabbit
Author(s) -
Berry Isabelle,
Benderbous Soraya,
Ranjeva JeanPhilippe,
GraciaMeavilla Dominique,
Manelfe Claude,
Le Bihan D.
Publication year - 1996
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.1910360313
Subject(s) - blood volume , cerebral blood volume , apnea , magnetic resonance imaging , respiratory system , cerebral circulation , volume (thermodynamics) , medicine , nuclear magnetic resonance , anesthesia , nuclear medicine , chemistry , cerebral blood flow , cardiology , radiology , physics , quantum mechanics
Abstract The authors suggest that ultra‐small paramagnetic iron oxide (USPIO) particles used as blood pool contrast agents may increase the sensitivity of midfield MRI (i.e., less than 1.5 Tesla) to physiological variations in cerebral blood volume. This hypothesis was tested on a rabbit model of apnea which increases pCO 2 and cerebral blood volume. Using Sinerem® as the USPIO at a blood concentration of 60 μmol iron/kg body weight, an 8% T 2 *‐weighted signal decrease could be observed at 1.0 T with 25–33% increase in pCO 2 . Comparatively, in the absence of USPIO, T 2 *‐weighted signal dropped only 4% during apnea and after mild hyperoxygenation beforehand, due to increased deoxyhemoglobin content. These preliminary data suggest that USPIOs could play an important role in functional MRI at midfield strength, by sensitizing the signal to cerebral blood volume changes.