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Pandey S, Snider AD, Moreno WA, Ravi H, Bilgin A, Raghunand N. Joint total variation-based reconstruction of multiparametric magnetic resonance images for mapping tissue types. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2021; 34:e4597. [PMID: 34390047 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.4597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Revised: 07/15/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Multispectral analysis of coregistered multiparametric magnetic resonance (MR) images provides a powerful method for tissue phenotyping and segmentation. Acquisition of a sufficiently varied set of multicontrast MR images and parameter maps to objectively define multiple normal and pathologic tissue types can require long scan times. Accelerated MRI on clinical scanners with multichannel receivers exploits techniques such as parallel imaging, while accelerated preclinical MRI scanning must rely on alternate approaches. In this work, tumor-bearing mice were imaged at 7 T to acquire k-space data corresponding to a series of images with varying T1-, T2- and T2*-weighting. A joint reconstruction framework is proposed to reconstruct a series of T1-weighted images and corresponding T1 maps simultaneously from undersampled Cartesian k-space data. The ambiguity introduced by undersampling was resolved by using model-based constraints and structural information from a reference fully sampled image as the joint total variation prior. This process was repeated to reconstruct T2-weighted and T2*-weighted images and corresponding maps of T2 and T2* from undersampled Cartesian k-space data. Validation of the reconstructed images and parameter maps was carried out by computing tissue-type maps, as well as maps of the proton density fat fraction (PDFF), proton density water fraction (PDwF), fat relaxation rate ( R2f*) and water relaxation rate ( R2w*) from the reconstructed data, and comparing them with ground truth (GT) equivalents. Tissue-type maps computed using 18% k-space data were visually similar to GT tissue-type maps, with dice coefficients ranging from 0.43 to 0.73 for tumor, fluid adipose and muscle tissue types. The mean T1 and T2 values within each tissue type computed using only 18% k-space data were within 8%-10% of the GT values from fully sampled data. The PDFF and PDwF maps computed using 27% k-space data were within 3%-15% of GT values and showed good agreement with the expected values for the four tissue types.
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Affiliation(s)
- Shraddha Pandey
- Department of Cancer Physiology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida, USA
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Department of Cancer Physiology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Departments of Medical Imaging, Biomedical Engineering, and Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Cancer Physiology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida, USA
- Department of Oncologic Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA
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Babsky A, Hekmatyar SK, Wehrli S, Nelson D, Bansal N. Effects of temperature on intracellular sodium, pH and cellular energy status in RIF-1 tumor cells. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2004; 17:33-42. [PMID: 15011249 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
Abstract
Most perfused tumor cell experiments are performed at 37 degrees C, the normal healthy body temperature. However, the temperature of subcutaneously implanted tumors in small animals is generally 29-33 degrees C when the rectal temperature of the animal is maintained at 37 degrees C. We have investigated the acute effects of increasing the temperature of perfused radiation-induced-fibrosarcoma (RIF-1) tumor cells from 33 to 37 degrees C (30 min) on intracellular sodium (Na(i)+) , intracellular pH (pH(i)), and bioenergetic status. Heating the cells by 4 degrees C produced a reversible increase in Na(i)+, slight acidification and no change in nucleotide triphosphate to inorganic phosphate ratio (NTP/P(i)) as measured by shift-reagent-aided (23)Na and (31)P NMR spectroscopy. In the presence of 3 microM 5-(N-ethyl-N-isopropyl) amiloride (EIPA), a potent and specific inhibitor of Na(+)/H(+) antiporter, the increase in Na(i)+ during the heating was completely abolished suggesting that the heat induced increase in Na(i)+ was caused by an increase in Na(+)/H(+) antiporter activity. However, the changes in pH(i) with the heating were identical with or without EIPA, indicating that pH(i) is controlled by other ion exchange mechanisms in addition to Na(+)/H(+) antiporter. NTP/P(i) was significantly higher in presence of EIPA for some time points during the heating suggesting that both NTP production and consumption rates may be altered during the heating. These results indicate that a slight increase in temperature from 33 to 37 degrees C induces significant changes in Na(+) physiology largely because of activation of Na(+)/H(+) antiporter but other ion exchange mechanisms are also involved in maintaining pH(i) in the RIF-1 tumor cells. Thus, care must be taken in choosing the temperature for perfused cell studies.
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- Andriy Babsky
- Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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Jayasundar R, Honess D, Hall LD, Bleehen NM. Simultaneous evaluation of the effects of RF hyperthermia on the intra- and extracellular tumor pH. Magn Reson Med 2000; 43:1-8. [PMID: 10642725 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1522-2594(200001)43:1<1::aid-mrm1>3.0.co;2-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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31P-magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and a fiberoptic pH meter were used simultaneously to follow the changes in intra- (pHi) and extracellular pH (pHe), respectively, of murine RIF-1 tumors with hyperthermia. Hyperthermia was induced at 34 MHz using the same coil used for MR. The study was carried out until 3.5 hr after hyperthermia. In untreated tumors (n = 29), pHi was always higher than pHe. pHi was reduced after hyperthermia (30 min) at both 42 degrees C and 45 degrees C. pHe registered an increase after 42 degrees C and a decrease after 45 degrees C. The reduction in pHi was larger than the initial differential between pHi and pHe, and the change in pHe was relatively small. Hyperthermia changed the acidity of the intra- and extracellular compartments, such that pHe became more alkaline than pHi by 0.15 +/- 0.13 units after 42 degrees C [pHe (7.20 +/- 0.12) and pHi (7.03 +/- 0.05)], and by 0.12 +/- 0.14 units after 45 degrees C [pHe (6.84 +/- 0.24) and pHi (6.72 +/- 0.19)]. Simultaneous measurements of pH from the intra- and extracellular compartments demonstrated reversal in the pH gradient after hyperthermic treatment.
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- R Jayasundar
- Clinical Oncology and Radiotherapeutics Unit, Medical Research Council, Cambridge, UK.
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