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Dorniak K, Heiberg E, Hellmann M, Rawicz-Zegrzda D, Wesierska M, Galaska R, Sabisz A, Szurowska E, Dudziak M, Hedström E. Required temporal resolution for accurate thoracic aortic pulse wave velocity measurements by phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging and comparison with clinical standard applanation tonometry. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2016; 16:110. [PMID: 27387199 PMCID: PMC4937588 DOI: 10.1186/s12872-016-0292-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2015] [Accepted: 05/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background Pulse wave velocity (PWV) is a biomarker for arterial stiffness, clinically assessed by applanation tonometry (AT). Increased use of phase-contrast cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging allows for PWV assessment with minor routine protocol additions. The aims were to investigate the acquired temporal resolution needed for accurate and precise measurements of CMR-PWV, and develop a tool for CMR-PWV measurements. Methods Computer phantoms were generated for PWV = 2–20 m/s based on human CMR-PWV data. The PWV measurements were performed in 13 healthy young subjects and 13 patients at risk for cardiovascular disease. The CMR-PWV was measured by through-plane phase-contrast CMR in the ascending aorta and at the diaphragm level. Centre-line aortic distance was determined between flow planes. The AT-PWV was assessed within 2 h after CMR. Three observers (CMR experience: 15, 4, and <1 year) determined CMR-PWV. The developed tool was based on the flow-curve foot transit time for PWV quantification. Results Computer phantoms showed bias 0.27 ± 0.32 m/s for a temporal resolution of at least 30 ms. Intraobserver variability for CMR-PWV were: 0 ± 0.03 m/s (15 years), -0.04 ± 0.33 m/s (4 years), and -0.02 ± 0.30 m/s (<1 year). Interobserver variability for CMR-PWV was below 0.02 ± 0.38 m/s. The AT-PWV overestimated CMR-PWV by 1.1 ± 0.7 m/s in healthy young subjects and 1.6 ± 2.7 m/s in patients. Conclusions An acquired temporal resolution of at least 30 ms should be used to obtain accurate and precise thoracic aortic phase-contrast CMR-PWV. A new freely available research tool was used to measure PWV in healthy young subjects and in patients, showing low intra- and interobserver variability also for less experienced CMR observers.
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- Karolina Dorniak
- Department of Noninvasive Cardiac Diagnostics, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Clinical Physiology, Lund, Sweden.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Noninvasive Cardiac Diagnostics, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Noninvasive Cardiac Diagnostics, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Noninvasive Cardiac Diagnostics, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- 1st Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- 2nd Department of Radiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- 2nd Department of Radiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Noninvasive Cardiac Diagnostics, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Clinical Physiology, Lund, Sweden. .,Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Diagnostic Radiology, Lund, Sweden.
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Nayak KS, Nielsen JF, Bernstein MA, Markl M, D Gatehouse P, M Botnar R, Saloner D, Lorenz C, Wen H, S Hu B, Epstein FH, N Oshinski J, Raman SV. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance phase contrast imaging. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 2015; 17:71. [PMID: 26254979 PMCID: PMC4529988 DOI: 10.1186/s12968-015-0172-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2015] [Accepted: 07/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) phase contrast imaging has undergone a wide range of changes with the development and availability of improved calibration procedures, visualization tools, and analysis methods. This article provides a comprehensive review of the current state-of-the-art in CMR phase contrast imaging methodology, clinical applications including summaries of past clinical performance, and emerging research and clinical applications that utilize today's latest technology.
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- Krishna S Nayak
- Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, 3740 McClintock Ave, EEB 406, Los Angeles, California, 90089-2564, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
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- Department of Radiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
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- Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK.
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- Cardiovascular Imaging, Imaging Sciences Division, Kings's College London, London, UK.
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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- Center for Applied Medical Imaging, Siemens Corporation, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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- Imaging Physics Laboratory, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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- Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
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- Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
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- Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
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Dyverfeldt P, Ebbers T, Länne T. Pulse wave velocity with 4D flow MRI: systematic differences and age-related regional vascular stiffness. Magn Reson Imaging 2014; 32:1266-71. [PMID: 25171817 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2014.08.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2014] [Revised: 08/11/2014] [Accepted: 08/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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PURPOSE The objective of this study was to compare multiple methods for estimation of PWV from 4D flow MRI velocity data and to investigate if 4D flow MRI-based PWV estimation with piecewise linear regression modeling of travel-distance vs. travel time is sufficient to discern age-related regional differences in PWV. METHODS 4D flow MRI velocity data were acquired in 8 young and 8 older (age: 23±2 vs. 58±2 years old) normal volunteers. Travel-time and travel-distance were measured throughout the aorta and piecewise linear regression was used to measure global PWV in the descending aorta and regional PWV in three equally sized segments between the top of the aortic arch and the renal arteries. Six different methods for extracting travel-time were compared. RESULTS Methods for estimation of travel-time that use information about the whole flow waveform systematically overestimate PWV when compared to methods restricted to the upslope-portion of the waveforms (p<0.05). In terms of regional PWV, a significant interaction was found between age and location (p<0.05). The age-related differences in regional PWV were greater in the proximal compared to distal descending aorta. CONCLUSION Care must be taken as different classes of methods for the estimation of travel-time produce different results. 4D flow MRI-based PWV estimation with piecewise linear regression modeling of travel-distance vs. travel time can discern age-related differences in regional PWV well in line with previously reported data.
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- Petter Dyverfeldt
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Division of Media and Information Technology, Department of Science and Technology/Swedish e-Science Research Centre (SeRC), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Linköping University Hospital, County Council of Östergötland, Linköping, Sweden
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Wentland AL, Grist TM, Wieben O. Review of MRI-based measurements of pulse wave velocity: a biomarker of arterial stiffness. Cardiovasc Diagn Ther 2014; 4:193-206. [PMID: 24834415 DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2223-3652.2014.03.04] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2014] [Accepted: 03/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Atherosclerosis is the leading cause of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the Western world. In the early development of atherosclerosis, vessel walls remodel outwardly such that the vessel luminal diameter is minimally affected by early plaque development. Only in the late stages of the disease does the vessel lumen begin to narrow-leading to stenoses. As a result, angiographic techniques are not useful for diagnosing early atherosclerosis. Given the absence of stenoses in the early stages of atherosclerosis, CVD remains subclinical for decades. Thus, methods of diagnosing atherosclerosis early in the disease process are needed so that affected patients can receive the necessary interventions to prevent further disease progression. Pulse wave velocity (PWV) is a biomarker directly related to vessel stiffness that has the potential to provide information on early atherosclerotic disease burden. A number of clinical methods are available for evaluating global PWV, including applanation tonometry and ultrasound. However, these methods only provide a gross global measurement of PWV-from the carotid to femoral arteries-and may mitigate regional stiffness within the vasculature. Additionally, the distance measurements used in the PWV calculation with these methods can be highly inaccurate. Faster and more robust magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequences have facilitated increased interest in MRI-based PWV measurements. This review provides an overview of the state-of-the-art in MRI-based PWV measurements. In addition, both gold standard and clinical standard methods of computing PWV are discussed.
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- Andrew L Wentland
- 1 Department of Medical Physics, 2 Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health,1111 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705-2275, USA
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- 1 Department of Medical Physics, 2 Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health,1111 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705-2275, USA
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- 1 Department of Medical Physics, 2 Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health,1111 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705-2275, USA
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Barber DC, Valverde I, Shi Y, Brown A, Beerbaum P, Rodney Hose D. Derivation of aortic distensibility and pulse wave velocity by image registration with a physics-based regularisation term. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 2014; 30:55-68. [PMID: 24123929 DOI: 10.1002/cnm.2589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2012] [Revised: 06/17/2013] [Accepted: 07/24/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Analysis of the cardiovascular system represents a classical problem in which the solid and fluid phases interact intimately, and so is a rich field of application for state-of-the-art fluid-solid interaction (FSI) analyses. In this paper, we focus on the human aorta. Solution of the full FSI problem requires knowledge of the material properties of the wall and information on vessel support. We show that variation of distensibility along the aorta can be obtained from four-dimensional image data using image registration. If pressure data at one point in the vessel are available, these can be converted to absolute values. Alternatively, values of pulse wave velocity along the vessel can be obtained. The quality of the extracted data is improved by the incorporation into the registration of a regularisation term based on the one-dimensional wave equation. The method has been validated using simulated data. For idealised vessels, the accuracy with which the distensibility and wave velocity can be extracted is high (1%-2%). The method is applied to six clinical datasets from patients with mild coarctation, for which it is shown that wave velocity along the aorta is relatively constant.
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- David C Barber
- Department of Cardiovascular Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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Markl M, Wallis W, Strecker C, Gladstone BP, Vach W, Harloff A. Analysis of pulse wave velocity in the thoracic aorta by flow-sensitive four-dimensional MRI: reproducibility and correlation with characteristics in patients with aortic atherosclerosis. J Magn Reson Imaging 2012; 35:1162-8. [PMID: 22271330 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2011] [Accepted: 09/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To measure aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) using flow-sensitive four-dimensional (4D) MRI and to evaluate test-retest reliability, inter- and intra-observer variability in volunteers and correlation with characteristics in patients with aortic atherosclerosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Flow-sensitive 4D MRI was performed in 12 volunteers (24 ± 3 years) and 86 acute stroke patients (68 ± 9 years) with aortic atherosclerosis. Retrospectively positioned 28 ± 4 analysis planes along the entire aorta (inter-slice-distance = 10 mm) and frame wise lumen segmentation yielded flow-time-curves for each plane. Global aortic PWV was calculated from time-shifts and distances between the upslope portions of all available flow-time curves. RESULTS Inter- and intra-observer variability of PWV measurements in volunteers (7% and 8%) was low while test-retest reliability (22%) was moderate. PWV in patients was significantly higher compared with volunteers (5.8 ± 2.9 versus 3.8 ± 0.8 m/s; P = 0.02). Among 17 patient characteristics considered, statistical analysis revealed significant (P < 0.05) but low correlation of PWV with age (r = 0.25), aortic valve insufficiency (r = 0.29), and pulse pressure (r = 0.28). Multivariate modeling indicated that aortic valve insufficiency and elevated pulse pressure were significantly associated with higher PWV (adjusted R(2) = 0.13). CONCLUSION Flow-sensitive 4D MRI allows for estimating aortic PWV with low observer dependence and moderate test-retest reliability. PWV in patients correlated with age, aortic valve insufficiency, and pulse pressure.
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- Michael Markl
- Department of Radiology, Medical Physics, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany.
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Langham MC, Li C, Wehrli FW. Non-triggered quantification of central and peripheral pulse-wave velocity. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 2011; 13:81. [PMID: 22188972 PMCID: PMC3258212 DOI: 10.1186/1532-429x-13-81] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2011] [Accepted: 12/21/2011] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Stiffening of the arteries results in increased pulse-wave velocity (PWV), the propagation velocity of the blood. Elevated aortic PWV has been shown to correlate with aging and atherosclerotic alterations. We extended a previous non-triggered projection-based cardiovascular MR method and demonstrate its feasibility by mapping the PWV of the aortic arch, thoraco-abdominal aorta and iliofemoral arteries in a cohort of healthy adults. MATERIALS AND METHODS The proposed method "simultaneously" excites and collects a series of velocity-encoded projections at two arterial segments to estimate the wave-front velocity, which inherently probes the high-frequency component of the dynamic vessel wall modulus in response to oscillatory pressure waves. The regional PWVs were quantified in a small pilot study in healthy subjects (N = 10, age range 23 to 68 yrs) at 3T. RESULTS The projection-based method successfully time-resolved regional PWVs for 8-10 cardiac cycles without gating and demonstrated the feasibility of monitoring beat-to-beat changes in PWV resulting from heart rate irregularities. For dual-slice excitation the aliasing was negligible and did not interfere with PWV quantification. The aortic arch and thoracoabdominal aorta PWV were positively correlated with age (p < 0.05), consistent with previous reports. On the other hand, the PWV of the iliofemoral arteries showed decreasing trend with age, which has been associated with the weakening of muscular arteries, a natural aging process. CONCLUSION The PWV map of the arterial tree from ascending aorta to femoral arteries may provide additional insight into pathophysiology of vascular aging and atherosclerosis.
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- Michael C Langham
- Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, 3400 Spruced Street, Philadelphia, (19104), USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, 3400 Spruced Street, Philadelphia, (19104), USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, 3400 Spruced Street, Philadelphia, (19104), USA
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Parczyk M, Herold V, Klug G, Bauer WR, Rommel E, Jakob PM. Regional in vivo transit time measurements of aortic pulse wave velocity in mice with high-field CMR at 17.6 Tesla. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 2010; 12:72. [PMID: 21134260 PMCID: PMC3014910 DOI: 10.1186/1532-429x-12-72] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2010] [Accepted: 12/06/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Transgenic mouse models are increasingly used to study the pathophysiology of human cardiovascular diseases. The aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) is an indirect measure for vascular stiffness and a marker for cardiovascular risk. RESULTS This study presents a cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) transit time (TT) method that allows the determination of the PWV in the descending murine aorta by analyzing blood flow waveforms. Systolic flow pulses were recorded with a temporal resolution of 1 ms applying phase velocity encoding. In a first step, the CMR method was validated by pressure waveform measurements on a pulsatile elastic vessel phantom. In a second step, the CMR method was applied to measure PWVs in a group of five eight-month-old apolipoprotein E deficient (ApoE(-/-)) mice and an age matched group of four C57Bl/6J mice. The ApoE(-/-) group had a higher mean PWV (PWV = 3.0 ± 0.6 m/s) than the C57Bl/6J group (PWV = 2.4 ± 0.4 m/s). The difference was statistically significant (p = 0.014). CONCLUSIONS The findings of this study demonstrate that high field CMR is applicable to non-invasively determine and distinguish PWVs in the arterial system of healthy and diseased groups of mice.
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- Marco Parczyk
- Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Lehrstuhl für Experimentelle Physik 5, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Lehrstuhl für Experimentelle Physik 5, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Oberdürrbacher Straße 6, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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- Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Oberdürrbacher Straße 6, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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- Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Lehrstuhl für Experimentelle Physik 5, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Lehrstuhl für Experimentelle Physik 5, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Langham MC, Li C, Magland JF, Wehrli FW. Nontriggered MRI quantification of aortic pulse-wave velocity. Magn Reson Med 2010; 65:750-5. [PMID: 20882637 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2010] [Revised: 08/10/2010] [Accepted: 08/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Pulse-wave velocity is an index of arterial stiffness, which is a strong indicator of cardiovascular risk. We present a high-speed technique that generates time-resolved complex difference signal intensity simultaneously in the ascending and descending aorta from velocity-encoded projections without gating, allowing quantification of pulse-wave velocity. The velocity-time curve was approximated with a time-resolved complex difference signal intensity to estimate the propagation time of the pulse wave in the aortic arch. The path length of the pulse wave is measured from an oblique sagittal image in a plane encompassing thoracic ascending and descending aorta, and pulse-wave velocity is computed from the ratio between the path length and pulse-wave propagation time. The method was implemented at 1.5 T and 3 T, and pulse-wave velocity was quantified in healthy subjects (ages 20-70 years, N=23) without symptoms or prior history of cardiovascular events. In addition, the method was compared against retrospectively EKG-gated PC-MRI. The overall results were found to be in good agreement with literature data showing age-related increase in aortic stiffness. The RMS differences between the projection and gated PC-MRI methods were less than 4%. Key benefits of the proposed method are simplicity in both data acquisition and processing requiring only computation of the complex difference between the velocity-encoded projections rather than absolute velocity.
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- Michael C Langham
- Laboratory for Structural NMR Imaging, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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Taviani V, Patterson AJ, Graves MJ, Hardy CJ, Worters P, Sutcliffe MP, Gillard JH. Accuracy and repeatability of fourier velocity encoded M-mode and two-dimensional cine phase contrast for pulse wave velocity measurement in the descending aorta. J Magn Reson Imaging 2010; 31:1185-94. [DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Duprez DA, Swingen C, Sih R, Lefebvre T, Kaiser DR, Jerosch-Herold M. Heterogeneous remodelling of the ascending and descending aorta with age. J Hum Hypertens 2007; 21:689-91. [PMID: 17476288 DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1002216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Rapid MR elastography (MRE) techniques using spatially-selective excitations to reduce acquisition times to a few seconds or less were devised and tested. The techniques included reduced field of view (rFOV) MRE and 1D MRE (beam MRE) using 2D spatially selective RF excitations for gradient-echo (GRE) applications and intersecting 90 degrees and 180 degrees slice-selective excitations for spin-echo (SE) applications. It was shown that scan times could be reduced by a factor of 8 using rFOV MRE, and by 64 using beam MRE, while still obtaining stiffness estimates comparable to full-FOV MRE. Results were shown in gel phantom experiments as well as in the case of a preserved postmortem breast tissue specimen with a stiff lesion. These methods can be used to more rapidly interrogate regions of interest (ROIs) in tissue to quickly obtain information about the viscoelastic properties of that tissue.
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- Kevin J Glaser
- Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Thompson RB, McVeigh ER. Real-time volumetric flow measurements with complex-difference MRI. Magn Reson Med 2004; 50:1248-55. [PMID: 14648573 PMCID: PMC2396256 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Blood flow in large vessels can be noninvasively evaluated with phase-contrast (PC) MRI by encoding the spin velocity to the image phase. Conventional phase-difference processing of the flow-encoded image data yields velocity images. Complex-difference processing is an alternative to phase-difference methods, and has the advantage of eliminating signal from stationary spins. In this study, two acquisitions with differential flow encoding are subtracted to yield a single projection that contains signal from only those spins moving in the direction of the flow-encoding gradients. The increase in acquisition efficiency allows real-time flow imaging with a temporal window as short as two acquisition lengths (60 ms). Validation of the complex-difference method by comparison with conventional gated-segmented PC-MRI in a flow phantom yielded a correlation of r > 0.99. Peak arterial flow rates in the popliteal artery and desending aorta measured in vivo with the complex-difference method were 0.92 +/- 0.06 of the values measured with conventional PC imaging. Real-time in vivo volumetric flow imaging of transient flow events is also presented.
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- Richard B Thompson
- Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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Krug R, Boese JM, Schad LR. Determination of aortic compliance from magnetic resonance images using an automatic active contour model. Phys Med Biol 2003; 48:2391-404. [PMID: 12953905 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/15/310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The possibility of monitoring changes in aortic elasticity in humans has important applications for clinical trials because it estimates the efficacy of plaque-reducing therapies. The elasticity is usually quantified by compliance measurements. Therefore, the relative temporal change in the vessel cross-sectional area throughout the cardiac cycle has to be determined. In this work we determined and compared the compliance between three magnetic resonance (MR) methods (FLASH, TrueFISP and pulse-wave). Since manual outlining of the aortic wall area is a very time-consuming process and depends on an operator's variability, an algorithm for the automatic segmentation of the artery wall from MR images through the entire heart cycle is presented. The reliable detection of the artery cross-sectional area over the whole heart cycle was possible with a relative error of about 1%. Optimizing the temporal resolution to 60 ms we obtained a relative error in compliance of about 7% from TrueFISP (1.0 x 1.0 x 10 mm3, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) > 12) and FLASH (0.7 x 0.7 x 10 mm3, SNR > 12) measurements in volunteers. Pulse-wave measurements yielded an error of more than 9%. In a study of ten volunteers, a compliance between C = 3 x 10(-5) Pa(-1) and C = 8 x 10(-5) Pa(-1) was determined, depending on age. The results of the TrueFISP and the pulse-wave measurements agreed very well with one another (confidence interval of 1 x 10(-5) Pa(-1)) while the results of the FLASH method more clearly deviated from the TrueFISP and pulse-wave (confidence interval of more than 2 x 10(-5) Pa(-1)).
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- Roland Krug
- Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum dkfz), Abteilung Biophysik und Medizinische Strahlenphysik E0201, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Macgowan CK, Henkelman RM, Wood ML. Pulse-wave velocity measured in one heartbeat using MR tagging. Magn Reson Med 2002; 48:115-21. [PMID: 12111938 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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A noninvasive method for measuring the aortic pulse-wave velocity (PWV) in a single heartbeat is introduced. The method sinusoidally tags a column of blood within the vessel, and rapidly acquires a series of 1D projections of the tags as they move (in practice, 64 projections at 4-ms intervals). From these projections, the relative motion of blood at different positions along the vessel is measured. The PWV is obtained by fitting a mathematical model of blood flow to the tag trajectories. Tests of this method in a pulsatile flow phantom are presented using latex and polyurethane tubes. The PWV measured in these tubes was (mean +/- standard deviation) 4.4 +/- 0.5 m/s and 2.3 +/- 0.2 m/s, respectively. The distensibility of each tube was calculated from the PWV (latex = (7 +/- 2) 10(-3) mm Hg(-1), poly. = (25 +/- 4) 10(-3)mmHg(-1)) and found to agree within error with distensibility measurements based on the change of tube area with pressure (latex = (6.3 +/- 0.3) 10(-3)mmHg(-1), poly. = (27 +/- 1) 10(-3) mmHg(-1)). To test its feasibility, the PWV measurement was applied to four normal volunteers. The measured PWV values were 3.9 +/- 0.8 m/s, 3.6 +/- 0.9 m/s, 3.9 +/- 0.5 m/s, and 5.3 +/- 0.8 m/s. By acquiring an independent PWV measurement each heartbeat, errors introduced by arrhythmia and trigger variability appear to be avoided with this method.
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- Christopher K Macgowan
- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children, The University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Stevanov M, Baruthio J, Gounot D, Grucker D. In vitro validation of MR measurements of arterial pulse-wave velocity in the presence of reflected waves. J Magn Reson Imaging 2001; 14:120-7. [PMID: 11477669 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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A magnetic resonance imaging projective velocity encoding sequence was used to determine the pulse-wave velocity in an artery model. To this end, a well-defined flow phantom simulating flow propagation in large arteries was used. In order to validate the measurement method in the presence of large reflected waves, these were deliberately created in the phantom. The projective sequence was applied to two measurement sites and the wave velocity was determined from the spatial and temporal separations of the foot of the velocity waveform. A theoretical model describing reflection and attenuation phenomena was compared with experimental velocity waveforms. The model showed that reflections and attenuation can explain the important changes in velocity waveforms. The model also confirmed that in the presence of reflecting waves, the foot of the waveform can be used as a characteristic point for measurements through changes in the waveform.
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- M Stevanov
- Université Louis Pasteur, Faculté de Médecine, Institut de Physique Biologique UPRES-A-7004 (ULP-CNRS), Strasbourg Cedex, France.
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Groenink M, de Roos A, Mulder BJ, Verbeeten B, Timmermans J, Zwinderman AH, Spaan JA, van der Wall EE. Biophysical properties of the normal-sized aorta in patients with Marfan syndrome: evaluation with MR flow mapping. Radiology 2001; 219:535-40. [PMID: 11323484 DOI: 10.1148/radiology.219.2.r01ma01535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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PURPOSE To investigate the feasibility of magnetic resonance (MR) flow mapping in the assessment of aortic biophysical properties in patients with Marfan syndrome and to detect differences in biophysical properties in the normal-sized aorta distal to the aortic root between these patients and matched control subjects. MATERIALS AND METHODS Seventy-eight patients with Marfan syndrome with aortic root dilatation and 23 matched control subjects underwent MR flow mapping in four locations in the normal-sized aorta (1, ascending aorta; 2, thoracic descending aorta; 3, descending aorta at the level of the diaphragm; and 4, abdominal descending aorta). Distensibility at each location and flow wave velocity between locations were calculated. RESULTS Compared with the control subjects, patients with Marfan syndrome had decreased aortic distensibility at three of the four locations (levels 1, 2, and 4; P <.05) and increased flow wave velocity between all locations (P <.05) in the aorta. In patients with Marfan syndrome, flow wave velocity was also significantly increased along the entire aortic tract beyond the aortic root (from level 1 to level 4). CONCLUSION MR imaging reveals abnormal biophysical properties of the normal-sized aorta in patients with Marfan syndrome. Monitoring of these properties is relevant for evaluating disease progression and treatment options.
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- M Groenink
- Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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A one-dimensional intravascular MR (IVMR) technique for the measurement of pulsewave velocity in a single cardiac cycle is presented. The technique was used to measure pulsewave velocity in vivo in the intact rabbit model, where its sensitivity to different hemodynamic states was demonstrated using a pharmacological intervention with phenylephrine and nitroprusside. IVMR measurements of pulsewave velocity were found to increase with mean arterial pressure, as expected. Further, IVMR-based pulsewave velocity estimates were in agreement with those measured by pressure catheters and direct distensibility measurement. Because of their rapidity and highly localized nature, these measurements of vessel elasticity may complement the high-resolution vascular imaging information gained in an IVMR examination. This could allow assessment of atherosclerotic plaques and facilitate immediate treatment decisions. Magn Reson Med 45:53-60, 2001.
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- B D Bolster
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Boese JM, Bock M, Schoenberg SO, Schad LR. Estimation of aortic compliance using magnetic resonance pulse wave velocity measurement. Phys Med Biol 2000; 45:1703-13. [PMID: 10870719 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/6/320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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A method for compliance estimation employing magnetic resonance pulse wave velocity measurement is presented. Time-resolved flow waves are recorded at several positions along the vessel using a phase contrast sequence, and pulse wave velocity is calculated from the delay of the wave onsets. Using retrospective cardiac gating in combination with an optically decoupled electrocardiogram acquisition, a high temporal resolution of 3 ms can be achieved. A phantom set-up for the simulation of pulsatile flow in a compliant vessel is described. In the phantom, relative errors of pulse wave velocity estimation were found to be about 15%, whereas in a volunteer, larger errors were found that might be caused by vessel branches. Results of pulse wave velocity estimation agree with direct aortic distension measurements which rely on a peripheral estimate of aortic pressure and are therefore less accurate. Studies in 12 volunteers show values of pulse wave velocity consistent with the literature; in particular the well-known increase in pulse wave velocity with age was observed. Preliminary results show that the method can be applied to aortic aneurysms.
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- J M Boese
- Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Radiologische Diagnostik und Therapie, Heidelberg, Germany
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Bolster BD, Atalar E, Hardy CJ, McVeigh ER. Accuracy of arterial pulse-wave velocity measurement using MR. J Magn Reson Imaging 1998; 8:878-88. [PMID: 9702890 PMCID: PMC2396309 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880080418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The performance of a one-dimensional MR technique for the estimation of pulse-wave velocity in the aorta was evaluated. An expression for the error in this estimate was formulated and verified both by simulation and by experiment. On the basis of this formulation, guidelines for increasing the efficiency of the acquisition were established. The technique was further validated by comparison with pulse-wave velocity measurements made with a pressure catheter. All data were acquired from a latex tube driven by a pulsatile flow system. MR measurements of pulse-wave velocity in the tube were found to be very reproducible in the presence of white noise. Measurements by other techniques were in good agreement, falling within 2 SD of the mean. Because of its sensitivity and spatial resolution, this technique shows promise for making spatially resolved estimates of vessel distensibility. This would allow assessment of diseases, such as atherosclerosis, that cause local changes in the material properties of the vasculature.
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- B D Bolster
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Hardy CJ, Darrow RD, Pauly JM, Kerr AB, Dumoulin CL, Hu BS, Martin KM. Interactive coronary MRI. Magn Reson Med 1998; 40:105-11. [PMID: 9660560 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910400115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The acquisition of complete three-dimensional (3D), segmented gradient-echo data sets to visualize the coronary arteries can be both time consuming and sensitive to motion, even with use of multiple breath-holding or respiratory gating. An alternate hybrid approach is demonstrated here, in which real-time interactive imaging is first used to locate an optimal oblique coronary scan plane. Then, a limited number of contiguous slices are acquired around that plane within a breath-hold with use of two-dimensional (2D) segmented gradient-echo imaging. Dual inversion nulling is used to suppress fat and myocardium. Finally, if needed, a limited reformat of the data is performed to produce images from relatively long sections of the coronaries. This approach yields relatively rapid visualization of portions of the coronary tree. Several different methods are compared for interactively moving the scan plane.
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- C J Hardy
- GE Corporate Research and Development, Schenectady, New York 12301, USA
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Mohiaddin RH, Gatehouse PD, Henien M, Firmin DN. Cine MR Fourier velocimetry of blood flow through cardiac valves: comparison with Doppler echocardiography. J Magn Reson Imaging 1997; 7:657-63. [PMID: 9243384 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880070408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Noninvasive measurement of blood flow velocity through the cardiac valves has important clinical applications. A wide variety of MR methods are available for flow measurement. The aim of this study was to investigate the ability of cine MR Fourier velocimetry to measure flow through healthy cardiac valves and to compare MR and Doppler peak velocity measurements. Ten healthy volunteers (age mean +/- SD, 24 +/- 4 years) without history of valvular disease were studied. Four of the subjects were females. In each subject, aortic, pulmonary, mitral, and tricuspid valves were evaluated with MR and Doppler imaging. A whole-body mobile MR machine was used, operating at .5-T with actively shielded magnetic field gradient coils on all three axes capable of 20 mT/m at a slew rate of 60 mT/ m/msec. The heart rate during MR and Doppler studies was not significantly different. The mean difference between the two studies was 2 beats/min, with a 95% confidence interval of -22 beats/min, +25 beats/ min. Peak systolic flow velocity in the aortic and pulmonary valves and peak diastolic flow velocity in the mitral and tricuspid valves measured with MRI and Doppler echocardiography correlated well. The mean difference between the two measurements (MR-Doppler) was 63 mm/sec, with a 95% confidence interval of -180 mm/sec, +310 mm/sec. The agreement between two observers interpreting the same MR velocity maps was close. The mean difference between their two measurements was 23 mm/sec, with a 95% confidence interval of -20 mm/sec, +60 mm/sec. There was no significant difference between MR and Doppler imaging or between the two MR observers. MR Fourier velocimetry has the necessary ease, reliability, and speed to measure blood flow through the cardiac valves, although measurement of late diastolic flow in the atrioventricular valves is limited. Measurement of peak blood velocity through the cardiac valves by this method showed satisfactory agreement with Doppler, but its clinical application for assessing diseased cardiac valves must be established.
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- R H Mohiaddin
- Magnetic Resonance Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
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Hardy CJ, Bolster BD, McVeigh ER, Iben IE, Zerhouni EA. Pencil excitation with interleaved fourier velocity encoding: NMR measurement of aortic distensibility. Magn Reson Med 1996; 35:814-9. [PMID: 8744007 PMCID: PMC2396293 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910350605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/1995] [Accepted: 01/31/1996] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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A technique is presented for rapidly and noninvasively determining aortic distensibility, by NMR measurement of pulse-wave velocity in the aorta. A cylinder of magnetization is excited along the aorta, with Fourier-velocity encoding and readout gradients applied along the cylinder axis. Cardiac gating and data interleaving improve the effective time resolution to as high as 3 ms. Wave velocities are determined from the position of the foot of the flow wave in the velocity profiles. Evidence of helical flow distal to the aortic arch can be seen in normal subjects, while disturbed flow patterns are visible in patients with aneurysms and dissections.
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- C J Hardy
- GE Corporate Research and Development Center, Schenectady, New York 12301, USA
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An MR imaging method for measuring intravascular pressure variations is introduced. The technique is based on estimates of vascular compliance and vessel distension, which are obtained from a correlation of spatial and temporal velocity derivatives and measurements of the velocity gradient in the direction of flow, respectively. The accuracy of the technique was determined in vitro through a comparison of MR and transducer pressure measurements obtained in distensible vessel phantoms undergoing pulsatile flow. Results indicated that a root-mean-square error of 4-12% can be expected in phantoms covering a physiological range of compliance. In vivo feasibility was demonstrated by thoracic aorta pressure measurements, which produced pressure waveforms with an expected shape and magnitude.
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- S N Urchuk
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Urchuk SN, Plewes DB. A velocity correlation method for measuring vascular compliance using MR imaging. J Magn Reson Imaging 1995; 5:628-34. [PMID: 8748478 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880050603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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A method for estimating vascular compliance using MR velocity imaging is presented. The technique combines an analysis of pulse propagation, based on spatially averaged equations of continuity and momentum, together with phase-contrast velocity measurements to estimate the compliance from a correlation of second-order spatial and temporal velocity derivatives. The technique can be applied in the presence of reflected flow waves and uses velocity data acquired throughout the entire cardiac cycle. The accuracy of the technique was assessed in distensible vessel phantoms spanning a physiological range of compliance through a comparison with compliance estimates obtained using high-resolution MR imaging and pressure transducers. The mean error of all measurements was found to be 0.04 +/- 0.02% per mm Hg, with the relative errors ranging from 1.2% to 46%. Error was found to decrease as the temporal sampling rate and/or image plane separation were increased. This suggests that an accurate hemodynamic evaluation of a vessel's elastic properties is feasible with MR velocity imaging techniques.
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- S N Urchuk
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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