血管编码动脉自旋标记MR脑灌注成像初步研究

目的 初步应用血管编码动脉自旋标记MR脑灌注成像技术选择件标记双侧颈内动脉及后循环的血流分布区.方法 使用伪连续动脉自旋标记成像方法 对7名健康志愿者和6例脑血管病患者的左、右颈内动脉及椎基底动脉编码进行头部横断而成像和图像后处理,得到来源于上述不同血管的脑血流量(CBF)的灌注分布图,计算7名志愿者的双侧大脑厌、白质及半脑的CBF.比较脑血管病患者的血流分布结果 与DSA图像的一致性及低灌注区域与液体衰减反转恢复(FLAIR)T2WI的高信号区域大小.结果 定量测量正常志愿者的半CBF为(32.6±4.3)ml·min-1·100 g-1,脑白质血流最(10.8±0.9)ml·min-1·100 g-1,脑灰质血流量(55.6±2.9)ml·min-1·100 g-1.脑血管病患者的脑血流分布异常、侧支循环血流分布与DSA对应良好;所有患者低灌注区域比FLAIR T2WI显示的高信号区域范围更大.结论 血管编码动脉自旋标记MR脑灌注成像可以无创地定性并定量不同血管来源的脑血供.

Vessel encoded arterial spin labeling with cerebral perfusion: preliminary study

Objective To evaluate a noninvasive vessel encoded imaging for selective mapping of the flow territories of the left and right internal carotid arteries and vertebral-basilar arteries. Methods Seven volunteers (33.5±4.1) years ; 3 men, 4 women] and 6 patients (55.2 ± 3.2) years; 2 men,4women] were given written informed consent approved by the institutional review board before participating in the study. A pseudo-continuous tagging pulse train is modified to encode all vessels of interest. The selectivity of this method was demonstrated. Regional perfusion imaging was developed on the same arterial spin labeling sequence. Perfusion-weighted images of the selectively labeled cerebral arteries were obtained by subtraction of the labeled from control images. The CBF values of hemisphere, white matter, and gray matter of volunteers were calculated. The vessel territories on patients were compared with DSA. The low perfusion areas were compared with high signal areas on T2-FLAIR. Results High SNR maps of left carotid, right carotid, and basilar territories were generated in 8 minutes of scan time. Cerebral blood flow 100 g-1 were in agreement with data in the literature. Vessel encoded imaging in patients had a good agreement with DSA. The low perfusion areas were larger than high signal areas on T2-FLAIR. Conclusion We present a new method capable of evaluating both quantitatively and qualitatively the individual brain-feeding arteries in vivo.