Quantitative oxygenation venography from MRI phase
Corresponding Author
Audrey P. Fan
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Group, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
Address reprint requests to: Audrey Fan, S.M., 32 Vassar Street, Room 36-792, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorBerkin Bilgic
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Group, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
Search for more papers by this authorLouis Gagnon
Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Search for more papers by this authorThomas Witzel
Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
Search for more papers by this authorHimanshu Bhat
Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc., Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
Search for more papers by this authorBruce R. Rosen
Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Search for more papers by this authorElfar Adalsteinsson
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Group, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Audrey P. Fan
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Group, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
Address reprint requests to: Audrey Fan, S.M., 32 Vassar Street, Room 36-792, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorBerkin Bilgic
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Group, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
Search for more papers by this authorLouis Gagnon
Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Search for more papers by this authorThomas Witzel
Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
Search for more papers by this authorHimanshu Bhat
Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc., Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
Search for more papers by this authorBruce R. Rosen
Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Search for more papers by this authorElfar Adalsteinsson
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Group, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Purpose
To demonstrate acquisition and processing methods for quantitative oxygenation venograms that map in vivo oxygen saturation (SvO2) along cerebral venous vasculature.
Methods
Regularized quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) is used to reconstruct susceptibility values and estimate SvO2 in veins. QSM with ℓ1 and ℓ2 regularization are compared in numerical simulations of vessel structures with known magnetic susceptibility. Dual-echo, flow-compensated phase images are collected in three healthy volunteers to create QSM images. Bright veins in the susceptibility maps are vectorized and used to form a three-dimensional vascular mesh, or venogram, along which to display SvO2 values from QSM.
Results
Quantitative oxygenation venograms that map SvO2 along brain vessels of arbitrary orientation and geometry are shown in vivo. SvO2 values in major cerebral veins lie within the normal physiological range reported by 15O positron emission tomography. SvO2 from QSM is consistent with previous MR susceptometry methods for vessel segments oriented parallel to the main magnetic field. In vessel simulations, ℓ1 regularization results in less than 10% SvO2 absolute error across all vessel tilt orientations and provides more accurate SvO2 estimation than ℓ2 regularization.
Conclusion
The proposed analysis of susceptibility images enables reliable mapping of quantitative SvO2 along venograms and may facilitate clinical use of venous oxygenation imaging. Magn Reson Med 72:149–159, 2014. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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