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| The shortest time duration between two events that can be measured with an MRI experiment. |
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(PWI - Perfusion Weighted Imaging) Perfusion MRI techniques (e.g. PRESTO - Principles of Echo Shifting using a Train of Observations) are sensitive to microscopic levels of blood flow. Contrast enhanced relative cerebral blood volume (rCBV) is the most used perfusion imaging.
Both, the ready availability and the T2* susceptibility effects of gadolinium, rather than the T1 shortening effects make gadolinium a suitable agent for use in perfusion imaging. Susceptibility here refers to the loss of MR signal, most marked on T2* (gradient echo)-weighted and T2 (spin echo)-weighted sequences, caused by the magnetic field-distorting effects of paramagnetic substances.
T2* perfusion uses dynamic sequences based on multi or single shot techniques. The T2* (T2) MRI signal drop within or across a brain region is caused by spin dephasing during the rapid passage of contrast agent through the capillary bed. The signal decrease is used to compute the relative perfusion to that region. The bolus through the tissue is only a few seconds, high temporal resolution imaging is required to obtain sequential images during the wash in and wash out of the contrast material and therefore, resolve the first pass of the tracer. Due to the high temporal resolution, processing and calculation of hemodynamic maps are available (including mean transit time (MTT), time to peak (TTP), time of arrival (T0), negative integral (N1) and index.
An important neuroradiological indication for MRI is the evaluation of incipient or acute stroke via perfusion and diffusion imaging. Diffusion imaging can demonstrate the central effect of a stroke on the brain, whereas perfusion imaging visualizes the larger 'second ring' delineating blood flow and blood volume. Qualitative and in some instances quantitative (e.g. quantitative imaging of perfusion using a single subtraction) maps of regional organ perfusion can thus be obtained.
Echo planar and potentially echo volume techniques together with appropriate computing power offer real time images of dynamic variations in water characteristics reflecting perfusion, diffusion, oxygenation (see also Oxygen Mapping) and flow.
Another type of perfusion MR imaging allows the evaluation of myocardial ischemia during pharmacologic stress. After e.g., adenosine infusion, multiple short axis views (see cardiac axes) of the heart are obtained during the administration of gadolinium contrast. Ischemic areas show up as areas of delayed and diminished enhancement. The MRI stress perfusion has been shown to be more accurate than nuclear SPECT exams. Myocardial late enhancement and stress perfusion imaging can also be performed during the same cardiac MRI examination. |
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A bolus is a rapid infusion of high dose contrast agent. Dynamic and accumulation phase imaging can be performed after bolus injection. Since the transit time of the bolus through the tissue is only a few seconds, high temporal resolution imaging can be required to obtain sequential images during the wash in and wash out of the contrast material and, therefore, resolve the first pass of the tracer.
For the same injected dose of contrast agent the injection rate (and, consequently, the total injected volume) modifies the bolus peak profile. Increasing the injection rate produces a sharpening of the peak
(Cmax increase, Tmax decrease, peak length decrease). At a
low injection rate, the first pass presents a plateau form.
Substantial changes in the gadolinium concentrations during signal acquisition induce artifacts. Furthermore, the haemodynamic
parameters (cardiac output, blood pressure) influence
the bolus profile.
The characteristics of gadolinium agents are favorable in the early bolus
phase, whereas the advantages of large complexes (e.g. blood pool agents) and ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide (USPIO) are most evident in the distribution phase. |
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(MR mammography) Magnetic resonance imaging of the breast is particularly useful in evaluation of newly diagnosed breast cancer, in women whose breast tissue is mammographically very dense and for screening in women with a high lifetime risk of breast cancer because of their family history or genetic disposition.
Breast MRI can be performed on all standard whole body magnets at a field strength of 0.5 T - 1.5 Tesla. Powerful gradient strengths over 15 mT/m will help to improve the balance between spatial resolution, scanning speed, and volume coverage. The use of a dedicated bilateral breast coil is obligatory.
Malignant lesions release angiogenic factors that increase local vessel density and vessel permeability. Breast cancer is detectable due to the strong enhancement in dynamic breast imaging that peaks early (about 1-2 min.) after contrast medium injection. If breast cancer is suspected, a breast biopsy may be necessary to secure the diagnosis.
See also Magnetic Resonance Imaging MRI, Biopsy and MR Guided Interventions.
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Both breasts must be measured without gaps. |
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Temporal resolution should be sufficient to allow early imaging after contrast agent with dynamic imaging every 60-120 sec. |
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For the best possible detection of enhancement fat signal should be eliminated either by image subtraction or by
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Thin slices are necessary to assure absence of partial
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Imaging should be performed with a spatial
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