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Kocaoglu M, Pednekar A, Tkach JA, Taylor MD. Quantitative assessment of velocity and flow using compressed SENSE in children and young adults with adequate acquired temporal resolution. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 2021; 23:113. [PMID: 34663351 PMCID: PMC8522244 DOI: 10.1186/s12968-021-00811-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 09/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Phase contrast (PC) cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging with parallel imaging acceleration is established and validated for measuring velocity and flow. However, additional acceleration to further shorten acquisition times would be beneficial in patients with complex vasculature who need multiple PC-CMR measurements, especially pediatric patients with higher heart rates. METHODS PC-CMR images acquired with compressed sensitivity encoding (C-SENSE) factors of 3 to 6 and standard of care PC-CMR with sensitivity encoding (SENSE) factor of 2 (S2) acquired as part of clinical CMR examinations performed between November 2020 and January 2021 were analyzed retrospectively. The velocity and flow through the ascending aorta (AAo), descending aorta (DAo), and superior vena cava (SVC) in a transverse plane at the level of pulmonary artery bifurcation were compared. Additionally, frequency power distribution and dynamic time warp distance were calculated for these acquisitions. To further validate the adequate temporal resolution requirement, patients with S2 PC-CMR in the same acquisition plane were added in frequency power distribution analysis. RESULTS Twenty-eight patients (25 males; 15.9 ± 1.9 years; body surface area (BSA) 1.7 ± 0.2 m2; heart rate 81 ± 16 bpm) underwent all five PC-CMR acquisitions during the study period. An additional 22 patients (16 males; 17.5 ± 7.7 years; BSA 1.6 ± 0.5 m2; heart rate 91 ± 16 bpm) were included for frequency power spectrum analysis. As expected, scan time decreased with increasing C-SENSE acceleration factor = 3 (37.5 ± 6.5 s, 26.4 ± 7.6%), 4 (28.1 ± 4.9 s, 44.7 ± 5.6%), 5 (21.6 ± 3.6 s, 57.6 ± 4.4%), and 6 (19.1 ± 3.2 s, 62.3 ± 4.2%) relative to SENSE = 2 (51.3 ± 10.1 s) PC-CMR acquisition. Mean peak velocity, net flow, and cardiac output were comparable (p > 0.87) between the five PC-CMR acquisitions with mean differences less than < 4%, < 2%, and < 3% respectively. All individual blood vessels showed a non-significant dependence of difference in fmax99 (< 4 Hz, p > 0.2), and dynamic time warp distance (p > 0.3) on the C-SENSE acceleration factor used. There was a strongly correlated (r = 0.74) increase in fmax99 (10.5 ± 2.2, range: 7.1-16.4 Hz) with increasing heart rate. The computed minimum required cardiac phase number was 15 ± 2.0 (range: 11-20) over the heart rate of 86 ± 15 bpm (range: 58-113 bpm). CONCLUSIONS Stroke volume, cardiac output, and mean peak velocity measurements using PC-CMR with C-SENSE of up to 6 agree with measurements by standard of care PC-CMR with SENSE = 2 and resulted in up to a 65% reduction in acquisition time. Adequate temporal sampling can be ensured by acquiring 20 cardiac phases throughout the entire cardiac cycle over a wide range of pediatric and young adult heart rates.
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- Murat Kocaoglu
- Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, S1.533, 3333 Burnet Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45229 USA
- Department of Radiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH USA
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- Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, S1.533, 3333 Burnet Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45229 USA
- Department of Radiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH USA
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- Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, S1.533, 3333 Burnet Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45229 USA
- Department of Radiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH USA
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- The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH USA
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Santini F, Pansini M, Hrabak-Paar M, Yates D, Langenickel TH, Bremerich J, Bieri O, Schubert T. On the optimal temporal resolution for phase contrast cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging: establishment of baseline values. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 2020; 22:72. [PMID: 33012283 PMCID: PMC7534161 DOI: 10.1186/s12968-020-00669-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2019] [Accepted: 09/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The aim of this study is to quantify the frequency content of the blood velocity waveform in different body regions by means of phase contrast (PC) cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) and Doppler ultrasound. The highest frequency component of the spectrum is inversely proportional to the ideal temporal resolution to be used for the acquisition of flow-sensitive imaging (Shannon-Nyquist theorem). METHODS Ten healthy subjects (median age 33y, range 24-40) were scanned with a high-temporal-resolution PC-CMR and with Doppler ultrasound on three body regions (carotid arteries, aorta and femoral arteries). Furthermore, 111 patients (median age 61y) with mild to moderate arterial hypertension and 58 patients with aortic aregurgitation, atrial septal defect, or repaired tetralogy of Fallot underwent aortic CMR scanning. The frequency power distribution was calculated for each location and the maximum frequency component, fmax, was extracted and expected limits for the general population were inferred. RESULTS In the healthy subject cohort, significantly different fmax values were found across the different body locations, but they were nonsignificant across modalities. No significant correlation was found with heart rate. The measured fmax ranged from 7.7 ± 1.1 Hz in the ascending aorta, up to 12.3 ± 5.1 Hz in the femoral artery (considering PC-CMR data). The calculated upper boundary for the general population ranged from 11.0 Hz to 27.5 Hz, corresponding to optimal temporal resolutions of 45 ms and 18 ms, respectively. The patient cohort exhibited similar values for the frequencies in the aorta, with no correlation between blood pressure and frequency content. CONCLUSIONS The temporal resolution of PC-CMR acquisitions can be adapted based on the scanned body region and in the adult population, should approach approximately 20 ms in the peripheral arteries and 40 ms in the aorta. TRIAL REGISTRATION This study presents results from a restrospective analysis of the clinical study NCT01870739 (ClinicalTrials.gov).
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- Francesco Santini
- Department of Radiology, Division of Radiological Physics, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031, Basel, Switzerland.
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Allschwil, Switzerland.
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- University Hospital Center Zagreb, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Novartis Institutes of Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Translational Medicine, Basel, Switzerland
- Ethris GmbH, Planegg, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiology, Division of Radiological Physics, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031, Basel, Switzerland
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Allschwil, Switzerland
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Zurich University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
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MacDonald ME, Frayne R. Cerebrovascular MRI: a review of state-of-the-art approaches, methods and techniques. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2015; 28:767-791. [PMID: 26010775 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2014] [Revised: 04/08/2015] [Accepted: 04/09/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Cerebrovascular imaging is of great interest in the understanding of neurological disease. MRI is a non-invasive technology that can visualize and provide information on: (i) the structure of major blood vessels; (ii) the blood flow velocity in these vessels; and (iii) the microcirculation, including the assessment of brain perfusion. Although other medical imaging modalities can also interrogate the cerebrovascular system, MR provides a comprehensive assessment, as it can acquire many different structural and functional image contrasts whilst maintaining a high level of patient comfort and acceptance. The extent of examination is limited only by the practicalities of patient tolerance or clinical scheduling limitations. Currently, MRI methods can provide a range of metrics related to the cerebral vasculature, including: (i) major vessel anatomy via time-of-flight and contrast-enhanced imaging; (ii) blood flow velocity via phase contrast imaging; (iii) major vessel anatomy and tissue perfusion via arterial spin labeling and dynamic bolus passage approaches; and (iv) venography via susceptibility-based imaging. When designing an MRI protocol for patients with suspected cerebral vascular abnormalities, it is appropriate to have a complete understanding of when to use each of the available techniques in the 'MR angiography toolkit'. In this review article, we: (i) overview the relevant anatomy, common pathologies and alternative imaging modalities; (ii) describe the physical principles and implementations of the above listed methods; (iii) provide guidance on the selection of acquisition parameters; and (iv) describe the existing and potential applications of MRI to the cerebral vasculature and diseases. The focus of this review is on obtaining an understanding through the application of advanced MRI methodology of both normal and abnormal blood flow in the cerebrovascular arteries, capillaries and veins.
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- Matthew Ethan MacDonald
- Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, and Clinical Neuroscience, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, and Clinical Neuroscience, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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Valverde I, Parish V, Tzifa A, Head C, Sarikouch S, Greil G, Schaeffter T, Razavi R, Beerbaum P. Cardiovascular MR dobutamine stress in adult tetralogy of fallot: Disparity between CMR volumetry and flow for cardiovascular function. J Magn Reson Imaging 2011; 33:1341-50. [DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Hoi Y, Wasserman BA, Xie YJ, Najjar SS, Ferruci L, Lakatta EG, Gerstenblith G, Steinman DA. Characterization of volumetric flow rate waveforms at the carotid bifurcations of older adults. Physiol Meas 2010; 31:291-302. [PMID: 20086276 DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/31/3/002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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While it is widely appreciated that volumetric blood flow rate (VFR) dynamics change with age, there has been no detailed characterization of the typical shape of carotid bifurcation VFR waveforms of older adults. Toward this end, retrospectively gated phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging was used to measure time-resolved VFR waveforms proximal and distal to the carotid bifurcations of 94 older adults (age 68 +/- 8 years) with little or no carotid artery disease, recruited from the BLSA cohort of the VALIDATE study of factors in vascular aging. Timings and amplitudes of well-defined feature points from these waveforms were extracted automatically and averaged to produce representative common, internal and external carotid artery (CCA, ICA and ECA) waveform shapes. Relative to young adults, waveforms from older adults were found to exhibit a significantly augmented secondary peak during late systole, resulting in significantly higher resistance index (RI) and flow augmentation index (FAI). Cycle-averaged VFR at the CCA, ICA and ECA were 389 +/- 74, 245 +/- 61 and 125 +/- 49 mL min(-1), respectively, reflecting a significant cycle-averaged outflow deficit of 5%, which peaked at around 10% during systole. A small but significant mean delay of 13 ms between arrivals of ICA versus CCA/ECA peak VFR suggested differential compliance of these vessels. Sex and age differences in waveform shape were also noted. The characteristic waveforms presented here may serve as a convenient baseline for studies of VFR waveform dynamics or as suitable boundary conditions for models of blood flow in the carotid arteries of older adults.
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- Yiemeng Hoi
- Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Biomedical Simulation Laboratory, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Hollnagel DI, Summers PE, Poulikakos D, Kollias SS. Comparative velocity investigations in cerebral arteries and aneurysms: 3D phase-contrast MR angiography, laser Doppler velocimetry and computational fluid dynamics. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2009; 22:795-808. [PMID: 19412933 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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In western populations, cerebral aneurysms develop in approximately 4% of humans and they involve the risk of rupture. Blood flow patterns are of interest for understanding the pathogenesis of the lesions and may eventually contribute to deciding on the most efficient treatment procedure for a specific patient. Velocity mapping with phase-contrast magnetic resonance angiography (PC-MRA) is a non-invasive method for performing in vivo measurements on blood velocity. Several hemodynamic properties can either be derived directly from these measurements or a flow field with all its parameters can be simulated on the basis of the measurements. For both approaches, the accuracy of the PC-MRA data and subsequent modeling must be validated. Therefore, a realistic transient flow field in a well-defined patient-specific silicone phantom was investigated. Velocity investigations with PC-MRA in a 3 Tesla MR scanner, laser Doppler velocimetry (LDV) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) were performed in the same model under equal flow conditions and compared to each other. The results showed that PC-MRA was qualitatively similar to LDV and CFD, but showed notable quantitative differences, while LDV and CFD agreed well. The accuracy of velocity quantification by PC-MRA was best in straight artery regions with the measurement plane being perpendicular to the primary flow direction. The accuracy decreased in regions with disturbed flow and in cases where the measurement plane was not perpendicular to the primary flow. Due to these findings, it is appropriate to use PC-MRA as the inlet and outlet conditions for numerical simulations to calculate velocities and shear stresses in disturbed regions like aneurysms, rather than derive these values directly from the full PC-MRA measured velocity field.
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Flórez YN, Moratal D, Forner J, Martí-Bonmatí L, Arana E, Guajardo-Hernández U, Millet-Roig J. Semiautomatic Analysis of Phase Contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow through the Aqueduct of Sylvius. MAGNETIC RESONANCE MATERIALS IN PHYSICS BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2006; 19:78-87. [PMID: 16779563 DOI: 10.1007/s10334-006-0030-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2005] [Accepted: 03/27/2006] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Quantification of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow through the aqueduct of Sylvius by means of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is subject to interobserver variability due to the region of interest (ROI) selection. Our objective is to develop a semiautomatic measurement method to achieve reproducible quantitative analysis of CSF flow rate and stroke volume. MATERIAL AND METHODS MR examinations were performed using a 1.5 T scanner with a phase contrast sequence (velocity encoding [V(enc)] of 20 cm/s, FOV = 160, 3 mm slice thickness, image matrix size = 256x256, TR = 53 ms, TE = 11 ms, NSA = 2, flip angle = 15 degrees and 23 frames per cardiac cycle with peripheral retrospective pulse gating). Our method was developed using MATLAB R7. Errors introduced by background offset and possible aliased pixels were automatically detected and corrected if necessary in order to calculate the flow parameters that characterize CSF dynamics. The semiautomatic seed method reproducibility was evaluated and compared with the radius method by two observers analysing 21 healthy subjects. RESULTS The measurements using the semiautomatic seed method reduced the interobservers variability (intra-class correlation [ICC] = 1.0 for stroke volume and for volumetric flow rate) versus the radius method (ICC = 0.46 for stroke volume and 0.65 for flow rate). Normal stroke volume (39.19 +/- 20.13 microl/cycle), flow rate (3.81 +/- 2.81 ml/min), maximal mean systolic velocity (5.27 +/- 1.3 cm/s) and maximal mean diastolic velocity (4.20 +/- 1.4 cm/s) were calculated with the half moon and aliasing corrected seed method. CONCLUSIONS Semiautomatic measurements (seed method with half moon background and aliasing correction) allow a generalization of the calculus of flow parameters with great consistency and independency of the operator.
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- Yudy Natalia Flórez
- Grupo BET (Bioingeniería, Electrónica y Telemedicina), Universitat Politècnica de València, València, Spain
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Matsunaga S, Miyati T, Mase M, Kasai H, Nakajima H, Mori K, Kawamura F, Sugiyama M, Hara M, Shibamoto Y, Suzuki M. [MRI-intracranial compliance analysis in patients with NPH]. Nihon Hoshasen Gijutsu Gakkai Zasshi 2006; 62:63-9. [PMID: 16456506 DOI: 10.6009/jjrt.62.63] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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We devised a method for non-invasively assessing intracranial compliance with retrospective ECG-triggered phase contrast cine MRI. This method was examined in patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) group and those with asymptomatic ventricular dilation or brain atrophy (VD group), and in healthy volunteers (control group). Intracranial volume change (DeltaV(max)) was calculated from arterial inflow, venous outflow, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow, and spinal cord motion at the C2 level during a cardiac cycle. Next, craniospinal CSF pressure gradient change (DeltaPG(max)) was calculated from measured CSF flow velocity using a simplified Navier-Stokes equation. Finally, Ci was obtained by dividing Delta V(max) into DeltaPG(max). Ci in the NPH group was significantly smaller and could be differentiated from other groups. This method makes it possible to non-invasively obtain a more detailed determination of the intracranial state and dynamics in NPH and to assist in its diagnosis.
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- Sayoko Matsunaga
- Division of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University
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Ford MD, Alperin N, Lee SH, Holdsworth DW, Steinman DA. Characterization of volumetric flow rate waveforms in the normal internal carotid and vertebral arteries. Physiol Meas 2005; 26:477-88. [PMID: 15886442 DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/26/4/013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 232] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Knowledge of normal cerebrovascular volumetric flow rate (VFR) dynamics is of interest for establishing baselines, and for providing input data to cerebrovascular model studies. Retrospectively gated phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging was used to measure time-resolved VFR waveforms from the two internal carotid arteries (ICA) and two vertebral arteries (VA) of 17 young, normal volunteers (16M:1F) at rest in a supine posture. After normalizing each waveform to its respective cycle-averaged VFR, the timing and amplitude of feature points from the individual waveforms were averaged together to produce archetypal ICA and VA waveform shapes. Despite significant inter-individual differences in cycle-averaged VFR within the ICA compared to VA (275+/-52 versus 91+/-18 mL min-1), the respective waveform shapes were qualitatively similar overall. The VA waveform shape did, however, exhibit significantly higher amplitudes (e.g., peak:average VFR of 1.78+/-0.30 versus 1.66+/-0.16; p<0.05) and significantly higher variability both between and within subjects. A significant correlation was observed between peak and cycle-averaged VFR, suggesting that the representative waveform shapes presented here-when scaled by an individual's cycle-averaged VFR-may be used to characterize normal ICA and VA flow rate dynamics. This capability may be of particular utility for studies where cerebrovascular flow dynamics are required, but only average flow rates are available.
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- Matthew D Ford
- Imaging Research Labs, Robarts Research Institute and Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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Bogren HG, Buonocore MH, Valente RJ. Four-dimensional magnetic resonance velocity mapping of blood flow patterns in the aorta in patients with atherosclerotic coronary artery disease compared to age-matched normal subjects. J Magn Reson Imaging 2004; 19:417-27. [PMID: 15065165 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To test the hypothesis that age and atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (CAD) may influence aortic blood flow patterns. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 21 patients with CAD, 37-86 years old, were studied, together with 20 age-matched normal subjects. Time-resolved, three-direction velocity data over an entire volume were obtained with sequential single-slice two-dimensional cardiac-gated magnetic resonance (MR) velocity-encoded phase-contrast sequences. RESULTS In both normal subjects and CAD patients, the time it took for particles to travel from aortic valve to descending aorta was significantly longer in the elderly age group than in the younger (37-46 years old). This time was significantly longer in patients than in normal subjects. Systolic velocities were significantly higher in young normal subjects than in elderly normal subjects, and significantly lower in CAD patients than in age-matched normal subjects. Retrograde velocity was higher in CAD patients than in normal subjects, and higher in elderly CAD patients than in young. CONCLUSION CAD patients have abnormal blood flow patterns in the aorta compared with age-matched normal subjects, especially young patients ages 37-46. The aging process has a similar effect on blood flow patterns as atherosclerosis. Ascending aorta flow is chaotic in some very elderly normal subjects and in CAD patients of all ages. Chaotic aortic flow may result in reduced blood flow into the coronary arteries.
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- Hugo G Bogren
- Department of Radiology, University of California-Davis, Sacramento, California, USA.
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Körperich H, Gieseke J, Barth P, Hoogeveen R, Esdorn H, Peterschröder A, Meyer H, Beerbaum P. Flow Volume and Shunt Quantification in Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease by Real-Time Magnetic Resonance Velocity Mapping. Circulation 2004; 109:1987-93. [PMID: 15066942 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000126494.66859.a2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background—
Flow quantification in real time by phase-contrast MRI (PC-MRI) may provide unique hemodynamic information in congenital heart disease, but available techniques have important limitations. We sought to validate a novel real-time magnetic resonance flow sequence in children.
Methods and Results—
In 14 pediatric patients (mean age 5.2±2.0 years) with cardiac left-to-right shunt, pulmonary (Q
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). Over a 9.5-second period that included 2 to 5 respiratory cycles, 16.6±2.6 subsequent stroke volumes (range 13 to 22) were acquired in each vessel. Results were compared with conventional retrospectively ECG-gated PC-MRI. Mean Q
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by conventional PC-MRI was 1.91±0.64, and it was 1.94±0.68 (mean±SD) by real-time PC-MRI. For blood flow rate through pulmonary artery and aorta, we found differences of 2% to 3% (Bland-Altman analysis), with lower limits of agreement of −11% to −13% (mean−2 SD) and upper limits of 18% to 19% (mean+2 SD), which demonstrated good agreement between both methods. Mean difference for Q
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Beat-to-beat quantification of pulmonary and aortic flows and hence left-to-right shunt within a few seconds is reliable by nontriggered real-time PC-MRI with echo-planar imaging and sensitivity encoding. Good spatial/temporal resolution and a large field of view may render the sequence valuable for multiple applications in congenital heart disease.
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- Hermann Körperich
- Clinic for Congenital Heart Disease and Institute for Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Heart- and Diabetescenter Northrhine-Westfalia, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany
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Beerbaum P, Körperich H, Gieseke J, Barth P, Peuster M, Meyer H. Rapid left-to-right shunt quantification in children by phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging combined with sensitivity encoding (SENSE). Circulation 2003; 108:1355-61. [PMID: 12939211 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000087603.97036.c2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Parallel imaging by sensitivity encoding (SENSE) may considerably reduce scan time in MRI. For rapid flow quantification in children with congenital heart disease, we evaluated phase-contrast MRI (PC-MRI) techniques combined with SENSE. METHODS AND RESULTS In 22 pediatric patients (mean age, 7.2+/-6.2 years) with cardiac left-to-right shunt, blood flow rate in the pulmonary artery (Qp) and ascending aorta (Qs) and flow ratio Qp/Qs were determined by PC-MRI with SENSE reduction-factor 2 and 3 (SF-2 and SF-3). Additionally, we used PC-MRI with higher spatial in-plane resolution (1.6x2.1 versus 2.3x3.1 mm) with and without SF-3. Results were compared with a recently validated standard PC-MRI protocol and tested in vitro using a pulsatile flow phantom. Reduction of signal averages from 2 to 1 and application of SENSE accelerated flow measurements by a factor of 3.5 (5.2) using PC-MRI with SF-2 (SF-3) compared with standard PC-MRI. For blood flow rate through the pulmonary artery and aorta, as well as for the Qp/Qs ratio we found negligible differences of +/-3%, lower limits of agreement (mean+/-2 SD) of -7% to -18%, and upper limits of agreement (mean+/-2 SD) of +3 to +24%, demonstrating good agreement with standard PC-MRI. Mean Qp/Qs ratio by standard PC-MRI was 1.69+/-0.45 (range, 1.27 to 2.79). Interobserver variability was low, and high accuracy was confirmed in vitro for all protocols. CONCLUSIONS PC-MRI for flow quantitation may be combined with SENSE to achieve a substantive reduction of scanning time. In children with left-to-right shunt, Qp/Qs quantification is possible by PC-MRI+SF-3 in <60 seconds. Use of higher in-plane resolution did not improve measurement results.
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- Philipp Beerbaum
- Klinik für Angeborene Herzfehler, Herz- und Diabeteszentrum, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany.
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Wood JC. Characterization of interpolation effects in cine anatomic and phase-velocity images. J Magn Reson Imaging 2003; 18:266-71. [PMID: 12884341 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To compare actual and predicted frequency response of reconstruction algorithms applied to anatomic and phase-contrast velocity cine images. MATERIALS AND METHODS Anatomic and phase-contrast velocity segmented cine gradient echo images were collected from a stationary, doped-agarose phantom, using non-phase-contrast cine and phase-contrast cine with one to three directional encodings, one to 16 views per segment, and nearest-neighbor or linear interpolation. Temporal power spectra from object pixels were fit to linear transfer function models; nearest-neighbor interpolation by a sinc function and linear interpolation by a sinc(2) function. RESULTS Simple linear transfer function models predicted >98% of the observed power spectral variation. Finite word effects produced small systematic differences at high temporal frequency. CONCLUSION Temporal power spectra of cine images collected from stationary objects completely characterizes low pass filtration effects of interpolation.
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- John C Wood
- Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90027-0034, USA.
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Shibuya R, Yonenobu K, Koizumi T, Kato Y, Mitta M, Yoshikawa H. Pulsatile cerebrospinal fluid flow measurement using phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging in patients with cervical myelopathy. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2002; 27:1087-93. [PMID: 12004177 DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200205150-00015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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STUDY DESIGN A technical report is presented. OBJECTIVE To investigate the relation between the severity of myelopathy and the degree of cerebrospinal fluid flow disturbance by using magnetic resonance imaging to measure the velocity of the cerebrospinal fluid flow in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Analyses of pulsatile cerebrospinal fluid flow measured by phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging in healthy subjects and patients with Arnold-Chiari syndrome have been reported. Few studies have evaluated the change of pulsatile cerebrospinal fluid flow velocity and the waveform of the plotted velocity in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy. METHODS Study 1: Pulsatile cerebrospinal fluid flow was measured at C7, positioned with cervical spine flexion and extension, to investigate the influence of cervical alignment on the pulsatile cerebrospinal fluid flow in five patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Study 2: In 31 patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy, pulsatile cerebrospinal fluid flow was measured at C3 and C7, with the neck set centrally. The relevance of cerebrospinal fluid flow disturbance and the severity of myelopathy evaluated by the Japanese Orthopedic Association scoring system also were studied. RESULTS Study 1: The waveform of plotted pulsatile cerebrospinal fluid flow velocity showed no change resulting from the position of the cervical spine. Study 2: A high correlation between the Japanese Orthopedic Association score and the cerebrospinal fluid pulsatile flow amplitude at C7 was demonstrated (r = 0.75; P < 0.0001). The average Japanese Orthopedic Association score of 14 patients whose cerebrospinal fluid flow velocity waveforms were absent was significantly lower (P < 0.0001) than that of 17 patients whose waveforms were present. CONCLUSIONS The disturbance of pulsatile cerebrospinal fluid flow demonstrated high correlation with the severity of myelopathy. Measurement of cerebrospinal fluid flow disturbance can quantify the degree of dural sac and spinal cord compression.
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- Ryoichi Shibuya
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Toyonaka Municipal Hospital, Toyonaka, Japan.
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Greil G, Geva T, Maier SE, Powell AJ. Effect of acquisition parameters on the accuracy of velocity encoded cine magnetic resonance imaging blood flow measurements. J Magn Reson Imaging 2002; 15:47-54. [PMID: 11793456 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To investigate the effect of acquisition parameters on the accuracy of 2D velocity encoded cine magnetic resonance imaging (VEC MRI) flow measurements. MATERIALS AND METHODS Using a pulsatile flow phantom, through-plane flow measurements were performed on a flexible vessel made of polyvinyl alcohol cryogel (PVA), a material that mimics the MR signal and biomechanical properties of aortic tissue. RESULTS Repeated VEC MRI flow measurements (N = 20) under baseline conditions yielded an error of 0.8 +/- 1.5%. Slice thickness, angle between flow and velocity encoding directions, spatial resolution, velocity encoding range, and radio frequency (RF) flip angles were varied over a clinically relevant range. Spatial resolution had the greatest impact on accuracy, with a 9% overestimation of flow at 16 pixels per vessel cross-section. CONCLUSION VEC MRI proved to be an accurate and reproducible technique for pulsatile flow measurements over the range of acquisition parameters examined as long as sufficient spatial resolution was prescribed.
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- Gerald Greil
- Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Papaharilaou Y, Doorly DJ, Sherwin SJ. Assessing the accuracy of two-dimensional phase-contrast MRI measurements of complex unsteady flows. J Magn Reson Imaging 2001; 14:714-23. [PMID: 11747028 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Two-dimensional phase-contrast MRI measurements of complex unsteady flows have been assessed for accuracy, together with procedures used to improve the precision of the measurements. Velocity measurements of single harmonic sinusoidal flow in a rigid bypass graft model with a fully three-dimensional geometry were compared to an accurate numerical solution of the Navier-Stokes equations for the same flow. Axial velocity profiles from the MRI were compared with the computational data, and instantaneous root mean square (rms) differences were calculated. Despite the complexity of the flow, with the aid of phase angle dynamic range extension, a spatially and temporally averaged rms error of between 7.8% and 11.5%, with respect to the spatially and temporally averaged velocity, was achieved. Spin saturation primarily and phase dispersion secondarily in complex transient recirculation zones were found to be significant contributors to overall error. Cross flow effects were also investigated but were of lesser significance. The result confirms the suitability of the technique for measuring complex unsteady flows.
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- Y Papaharilaou
- Biomedical Flow Group, Aeronautics Department, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK
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Robertson MB, Köhler U, Hoskins PR, Marshall I. Quantitative analysis of PC MRI velocity maps: pulsatile flow in cylindrical vessels. Magn Reson Imaging 2001; 19:685-95. [PMID: 11672627 DOI: 10.1016/s0730-725x(01)00376-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The accuracy of MR phase contrast (PC) velocity mapping, and the subsequent derivation of wall shear stress (WSS) values, has been quantitatively assessed. Using a retrospectively gated PC gradient-echo technique, the temporal-spatial velocity fields were measured for pulsatile flow in a rigid cylindrical vessel. The experimental data were compared with values derived from the Womersley solution of the Navier-Stokes equations. For a sinusoidal waveform, the overall root-mean-square (rms) difference between the measured and analytical velocities corresponded to 13% of the peak fluid velocity. The WSS derived from the data displayed a 14% rms difference with the analytical model. As an example of a more complicated flow, a triangular saw-tooth waveform was deconstructed into its Fourier components. Velocity maps and the WSS were calculated by the superposition of the individual solutions, weighted by the Fourier series coefficient, for each harmonic. The velocity and experimentally derived WSS agreed with the analytical results (4% and 12% rms difference, respectively). Evaluation of the analytical models allowed an estimate of the inherent accuracy in the measurement of velocity maps and WSS values.
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- M B Robertson
- Department of Medical Physics and Medical Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, EH4 2XU, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
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A new method is presented for tracking the motion of blood and determining its velocity spectrum from magnetic resonance data collected within a single heartbeat. The method begins by tagging a column of blood in a vessel by combining a 1D SPAMM excitation with a 2D cylindrical excitation. A series of 1D projections of the tagging pattern is acquired from a train of gradient echoes. The influence of specific excitation profiles and velocity profiles on the motion of the tags is explored for steady flow. It is shown mathematically, and confirmed with phantom experiments, that the velocity of a tag equals the mean velocity of the excited fluid when the velocity spectrum is symmetric about its mean velocity. The velocity spectrum is derived by analyzing the interference between tags moving at different velocities. This appears to be the first use of magnitude tagging to obtain velocity spectra. Representative measurements in a human aorta are presented to assess feasibility in vivo. Magn Reson Med 45:461-469, 2001.
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- C K Macgowan
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto and Sunnybrook & Women's Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada.
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Alperin NJ, Lee SH, Loth F, Raksin PB, Lichtor T. MR-Intracranial pressure (ICP): a method to measure intracranial elastance and pressure noninvasively by means of MR imaging: baboon and human study. Radiology 2000; 217:877-85. [PMID: 11110957 DOI: 10.1148/radiology.217.3.r00dc42877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 212] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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PURPOSE To develop a noninvasive method for intracranial elastance and intracranial pressure (ICP) measurement. MATERIALS AND METHODS Intracranial volume and pressure changes were calculated from magnetic resonance (MR) imaging measurements of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and blood flow. The volume change was calculated from the net transcranial CSF and blood volumetric flow rates. The change in pressure was derived from the change in the CSF pressure gradient calculated from CSF velocity. An elastance index was derived from the ratio of pressure to volume change. The reproducibility of the elastance index measurement was established from four to five measurements in five healthy volunteers. The elastance index was measured and compared with invasive ICP measurements in five patients with an intraventricular catheter at MR imaging. False-positive and false-negative rates were established by using 25 measurements in eight healthy volunteers and six in four patients with chronically elevated ICP. RESULTS The mean of the fractional SD of the elastance index in humans was 19.6%. The elastance index in the five patients with intraventricular catheters correlated well with the invasively measured ICP (R:(2) = 0.965; P: <.005). MR imaging-derived ICPs in the eight healthy volunteers were 4.2-12.4 mm Hg, all within normal range. Measurements in three of the four patients with chronically elevated ICP were 20.5-34.0 mm Hg, substantially higher than the normal limit. CONCLUSION MR imaging-derived elastance index correlates with ICP over a wide range of ICP values. The sensitivity of the technique allows differentiation between normal and elevated ICP.
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- N J Alperin
- Departments of Radiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1740 W Taylor, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
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Robertson MB, Köhler U, Marshall I. Reduction of electromagnetic interference from a commercially available MR-compatible flow simulator. J Med Eng Technol 2000; 24:28-31. [PMID: 10849885 DOI: 10.1080/030919000294012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Electromagnetic interference (EMI) associated with the electronics of a commercially available computer controlled flow simulator substantially decreases the quality of the MR image. The effect of a custom-built radiofrequency shield on its spectral emission, and the corresponding signal-to-noise ratio measured for the image of a standard phantom, were determined. The results demonstrate the elimination of EMI and a significant improvement in image quality.
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- M B Robertson
- Department of Medical Physics and Medical Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, UK.
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Mintorovitch J, Duerinckx AJ, Goldman MD, Meissner HH. Breathhold cine MRI of left ventricular function in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: work-in-progress. Magn Reson Imaging 2000; 18:81-7. [PMID: 10642105 DOI: 10.1016/s0730-725x(99)00111-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a sleep-related breathing disorder that can cause left ventricular (LV) dysfunction. In patients with OSA, the LV dysfunction is usually evaluated by echocardiography. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the use of breathhold cine MRI for the study of LV dysfunction would be feasible and well tolerated by patients with OSA. Six volunteers and five patients underwent a breathhold cine MRI study of the LV using a 1.5 Tesla MR imager. Cine MRI was performed using a breathhold k-space segmented TurboFLASH technique during end-expiration. Systolic thickening of the LV septal wall was 49% +/- 16% in normals vs. 25% +/- 10.5% in patients (p < 0.05). Systolic thickening of the LV free wall was 42% +/- 12% in normals vs. 22% +/- 9% in patients (p < 0.05). There was a significant difference in end-diastolic wall thickness between the two groups. All patients tolerated the procedure well. The total duration of each study was relatively short (less than 11 min). Breathhold MRI techniques can be used to study LV dysfunction in patients with respiratory disability such as OSA.
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- J Mintorovitch
- Radiology Service, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare Center, CA 90095, USA
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A novel method is presented for measuring motion using individual magnetic resonance (MR) signals. This method uses a volume-localized excitation with reduced spatial encoding to measure displacement with a temporal resolution of several milliseconds. The trajectory of the excited volume is derived from the time-dependent frequency of the MR signal, which changes as the volume moves through a magnetic-field gradient. Phantom and in vivo experiments confirm that this method can monitor the trajectory of plug-like structures accurately, with T2* decay limiting the measurement period. The displacement of flowing blood in a human aorta has been measured for 65 msec from one MR signal, with a theoretical accuracy of 0.25 mm and an effective time resolution of 2 msec. The high temporal resolution of this method is useful for capturing rapid motions. An interesting property of this method is that it measures motion from the reference frame of the moving anatomy.
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- C K Macgowan
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto/Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Science Centre, Ontario, Canada.
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Milner JS, Moore JA, Rutt BK, Steinman DA. Hemodynamics of human carotid artery bifurcations: computational studies with models reconstructed from magnetic resonance imaging of normal subjects. J Vasc Surg 1998; 28:143-56. [PMID: 9685141 DOI: 10.1016/s0741-5214(98)70210-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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PURPOSE The precise role played by hemodynamics, particularly wall shear stress, in the development and progression of vascular disease remains unclear, in large part because of a lack of in vivo studies with humans. Although technical challenges remain for noninvasively imaging wall shear stresses in humans, vascular anatomy can be imaged with sufficiently high resolution to allow reconstruction of three-dimensional models for computational hemodynamic studies. In this paper we present an entirely noninvasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) protocol that provides carotid bifurcation geometry and flow rates from which the in vivo hemodynamics can be computed. Maps of average, oscillatory, and gradients of wall shear stress are presented for two normal human subjects, and their data are compared with those computed for an idealized carotid bifurcation model. METHODS An MRI protocol was developed to acquire all necessary image data in scan times suitable for patient studies. Three-dimensional models of the carotid bifurcation lumen were reconstructed from serial black blood MR images of two normal volunteers. Common and internal carotid artery flow rate waveforms were determined from MRI phase-contrast velocity imaging in the same subjects and were used to impose fully developed velocity boundary conditions for the computational model. Subject-specific time-resolved velocities and wall shear stresses were then computed with a finite element-based Navier-Stokes equation solver. RESULTS Models reconstructed from in vivo MRI of two subjects showed obvious differences in branch angle, bulb size and extent, and three-dimensional curvature. Maps of a variety of wall shear stress indices showed obvious qualitative differences in patterns between the in vivo models and between the in vivo models and the idealized model. Secondary, helical flow patterns, induced primarily by the asymmetric and curved in vivo geometries, were found to play a key role in determining the resulting wall shear stress patterns. The use of in vivo flow rate waveforms was found to play a minor but noticeable role in some of the wall shear stress behavior observed. CONCLUSIONS Conventional "averaged" carotid bifurcation models mask interesting hemodynamic features observed in realistic models derived from noninvasive imaging of normal human subjects. Observation of intersubject variations in the in vivo wall shear stress patterns supports the notion that more conclusive evidence regarding the role of hemodynamics in vascular disease may be derived from such individual studies. The techniques presented here, when combined with subject-specific MRI measurements of carotid artery plaque thickness and composition, provide the tools necessary for entirely noninvasive, prospective, in vivo human studies of hemodynamics and the relationship of hemodynamics to vascular disease.
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- J S Milner
- Imaging Research Laboratories, John P. Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada
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A conventional 3D phase contrast acquisition generates images with good spatial resolution, but often gives rise to artifacts due to pulsatile flow. 2D cine phase contrast, on the other hand, can register dynamic flow, but has a poor spatial resolution perpendicular to the imaging plane. A combination of both high spatial and temporal resolution may be advantageous in some cases, both in quantitative flow measurements and in MR angiography. The described 3D cine phase contrast pulse sequence creates a temporally resolved series of 3D data sets with velocity encoded data.
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- L Wigström
- Department of Clinical Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden
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Reimold SC, Maier SE, Aggarwal K, Fleischmann KE, Piwnica-Worms D, Kikinis R, Lee RT. Aortic flow velocity patterns in chronic aortic regurgitation: implications for Doppler echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 1996; 9:675-83. [PMID: 8887871 DOI: 10.1016/s0894-7317(96)90064-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Aortic regurgitation is associated with retrograde diastolic flow in the aorta. Echocardiographic quantitative analysis of the magnitude of the flow reversal is believed to provide an estimate of severity of regurgitant disease despite variations in flow profiles. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the uniformity of flow patterns in the aorta of patients with aortic regurgitation and to investigate the relationship between these profiles and the echocardiographic estimates of flow reversal. Seventeen patients with chronic aortic regurgitation underwent cine-phase magnetic resonance imaging in an axial section through the ascending and descending aorta. The regurgitant fraction in the ascending aorta 4 cm above the aortic valve and the descending aorta were calculated from the velocity maps. These results were compared with data from nine individual sample volumes in the ascending and descending aorta. The magnetic resonance ascending aortic regurgitant fraction was compared with Doppler echocardiographic descending aortic flow velocity patterns. The descending aortic regurgitant fraction correlated only weakly with the ascending aortic regurgitant fraction (descending aortic regurgitant fraction = 0.62% ascending aortic regurgitant fraction + 0.04%; r = 0.75; p < 0.001). Regurgitant proportions in all sample volumes in the descending aorta, but not in the ascending aorta, were significantly related to the ascending aortic regurgitant fraction. The best descending aortic Doppler echocardiographic parameter for predicting ascending aortic regurgitant fraction was the end-diastolic velocity (end-diastolic velocity = 32.2 cm/sec. ascending aortic regurgitant fraction + 1.4 cm/sec; r = 0.94; p < 0.001). Pulsedwave Doppler sampling of descending aortic flow reflects severity of aortic regurgitant disease, in part the result of more uniform blood-velocity profiles in the descending aorta compared with the ascending aorta. The Doppler end-diastolic velocity in the descending aorta is a useful parameter of severity of aortic regurgitation.
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- S C Reimold
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Alperin N, Vikingstad EM, Gomez-Anson B, Levin DN. Hemodynamically independent analysis of cerebrospinal fluid and brain motion observed with dynamic phase contrast MRI. Magn Reson Med 1996; 35:741-54. [PMID: 8722826 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910350516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Brain and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) movements are influenced by the anatomy and mechanical properties of intracranial tissues, as well as by the waveforms of driving vascular pulsations. The authors analyze these movements so that the purely hemodynamic factors are removed and the underlying mechanical couplings between brain, CSF, and the vasculature are characterized in global fashion. These measurements were used to calculate a set of impulse response functions or modulation transfer functions, characterizing global aspects of the vasculature's mechanical coupling to the intracranial tissues, the cervical CSF, and the cervical spinal cord. These functions showed that a sudden influx of blood into the head was rapidly accommodated by some type of intracranial reserve or capacity. After this initial response, an equal volume of CSF was driven through the foramen magnum over the next 200-300 ms as the intracranial reserve relaxed to its base-line state.
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- N Alperin
- Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Polzin JA, Frayne R, Grist TM, Mistretta CA. Frequency response of multi-phase segmented k-space phase-contrast. Magn Reson Med 1996; 35:755-62. [PMID: 8722827 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910350517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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A theoretical analysis of the temporal frequency response of multi-phase segmented k-space phase-contrast was developed. This includes the effects of both segment duration and the number of cardiac phases that are reconstructed. An increase in the number of views per segment and the corresponding increase in segment duration results in an increased smoothing or low-pass filtering of the time-resolved flow waveform. Reconstruction of all intermediate cardiac phases makes the Nyquist sampling frequency independent of the number of views per segment. This analysis was verified experimentally using a multi-phase phase-contrast segmented k-space MR pulse sequence. This sequence reconstructs all intermediate cardiac phases and uses fractional segments at the end of the cardiac cycle if an entire segment does not fit. The use of fractional segments increases the portion of the cardiac cycle over which data are acquired.
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- J A Polzin
- Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
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A closed-form integration method is derived and analyzed for computing motion trajectories from velocity field data, particularly as measured by phase contrast (PC) cine MR imaging. By modeling periodic motion as composed of Fourier harmonics and integrating the material velocity of the tracked point in the frequency domain, this method gives an unbiased trajectory estimate in the presence of white measurement noise and eddy current effects. When applied to cine PC data, the method can incorporate compensation for the frequency response of the cine interpolation, offering a further improvement on the tracking accuracy. In simulation and phantom studies, the estimated trajectories were in excellent agreement with the true trajectories. Encouraging results have also been obtained on data from volunteers.
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- Y Zhu
- Department of Radiology, Stanford University, California, USA
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Ekelund L, Sjöqvist L, Thuomas KA, Asberg B. MR angiography of abdominal and peripheral arteries. Techniques and clinical applications. Acta Radiol 1996; 37:3-13. [PMID: 8611320 DOI: 10.1177/02841851960371p103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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This review article deals with MR angiography (MRA) of abdominal and peripheral arteries. Pulsatile flow, respiratory motion and peristalsis impose difficulties in imaging the vascular structures in the abdomen and the lower extremities. Development of new techniques, such as segmentation of the data acquisition, using specific acquisition windows in relation to a cardiac trigger, magnetization preparation of the tissue and phase-encoding re-ordering or sorting, have reduced the artifacts associated with abdominal and peripheral MRA. Clinical MR investigations of the arteries branching from the abdominal aorta such as the renal and mesenteric arteries and arteries in the lower extremities have revealed that severe stenoses or occlusions can be diagnosed accurately while the grading of less severe stenosis is more difficult. The phase-contrast method has been used to quantify blood flow and study the hemodynamics in abdominal and peripheral vessels. Quantitative flow information can be used to diagnose vascular disease and provides important physiological information. More prospective clinical studies, in which recently developed MRA techniques are compared with conventional angiography, are necessary before conclusive decisions can be made as to whether MRA may replace these methods.
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- L Ekelund
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden
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McCauley TR, Peña CS, Holland CK, Price TB, Gore JC. Validation of volume flow measurements with cine phase-contrast MR imaging for peripheral arterial waveforms. J Magn Reson Imaging 1995; 5:663-8. [PMID: 8748483 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880050608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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A flow phantom was used to study MR volume flow measurements for monophasic and triphasic waveforms over the flow range expected in peripheral arteries at rest and with exercise (2-24 mL/sec, n = 50). The improvement in accuracy with phase-correction image processing to eliminate errors caused by eddy currents was measured. Volume flow estimates with Doppler sonography were also measured. MR volume flow measurements correlated with volume collection with r = .996 and mean error = 4.6%. Phase-correction processing decreased mean error from 12.6% to 4.6% (P < .001, paired t-test). Doppler sonography had a higher mean error of 10.3% (P < .001, unpaired t-test). Cine phase-contrast MR imaging provides accurate estimates of volume blood flow for waveforms and flow ranges expected in peripheral arteries.
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- T R McCauley
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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Frayne R, Steinman DA, Ethier CR, Rutt BK. Accuracy of MR phase contrast velocity measurements for unsteady flow. J Magn Reson Imaging 1995; 5:428-31. [PMID: 7549205 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880050410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The accuracy of MR phase contrast (PC) velocity measurements for unsteady flow has been quantitatively assessed. Spatially resolved velocity fields were measured in a long straight tube using a gated PC technique, and the resulting MR PC velocity data were compared with velocities derived from the analytic Womersley solution to the Navier-Stokes equations governing fluid flow. The overall root-mean-square (rms) difference between the measured and analytic velocities was 1.6 cm s-1 for nominally sinusoidal flow waveforms with peak velocities ranging from 51.6 cm s-1 to 59.8 cm s-1. This rms difference corresponded to 7.5% of the mean fluid velocity, which is similar to the cited accuracy of approximately 5% for MR PC velocimetry for steady flows. Linear regression between the PC velocity measurements and the velocities obtained using the analytic expression was highly significant (r2 = 0.997) and yielded a slope of 0.998, close to the expected value of 1. We conclude that the gated MR PC velocity measurements in unsteady flow are accurate.
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- R Frayne
- Department of Radiology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
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Frayne R, Rutt BK. Understanding acceleration-induced displacement artifacts in phase-contrast MR velocity measurements. J Magn Reson Imaging 1995; 5:207-15. [PMID: 7766984 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880050217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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A theoretical framework for understanding acceleration-induced errors in phase-contrast magnetic resonance velocity measurements has been developed. An important result of this framework is the interpretation of acceleration-induced velocity errors as displacement artifacts due to the delay between velocity and spatial encoding. A rotating-disk phantom was used to confirm the theoretically predicted displacement times (the difference between theory and experiment was 8.2%). Errors were also observed in velocity profiles measured in regions of fluid acceleration downstream from a step stenosis. The magnitude of these errors could be predicted and corrected by using the analytic framework.
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- R Frayne
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
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Peeters F, Luypaert R, Eisendrath H, Osteaux M. Time resolved flow quantification with MRI using phase methods: a linear systems approach. Magn Reson Med 1995; 33:337-54. [PMID: 7760702 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910330308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Phase-related unsteady (pulsatile) flow effects in MRI have been studied by means of linear response theory. These flow effects can be described in the frequency domain: the influence of the gradients on the phase shift is described by a transfer function, the spectrum of the gradient being the determining factor. An analysis of this transfer function is shown to provide information about the process of flow encoding: instant of encoding, induced distortions and how they are related to the gradient waveform. The connection with the traditional description in terms of the gradient moment expansion has also been investigated and clarified. This approach was applied to study the response of two time-resolved flow quantification techniques (Fourier flow method and phase mapping) by analyzing their amplitude and phase transfer functions. By simulation it is shown that a better interpretation of the measured velocity waveform is obtained and that Fourier analysis in combination with a correction by the inverse transfer function results in an accurate reconstruction of the velocity waveform studied.
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- F Peeters
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
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Frayne R, Rutt BK. Frequency response of prospectively gated phase-contrast MR velocity measurements. J Magn Reson Imaging 1995; 5:65-73. [PMID: 7696811 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880050114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The authors developed and experimentally verified expressions that describe the frequency response of prospectively gated phase-contrast magnetic resonance velocity measurements. Both interleaved and noninterleaved phase-contrast techniques were evaluated. The primary determinants of the frequency response were (a) the number of interleaved acquisitions (N), (b) the time between acquisitions (delta T), and (c) the degree of balance between the first moments of the velocity-encoding gradients. To quantify the last factor, an imbalance parameter (U) was defined. Depending on the chosen implementation and U, deviations from the ideal frequency responses were predicted and observed. The expressions also revealed an advantage of interleaved acquisitions that use a one-sided gradient configuration: no changes in the frequency response. The effects of concurrently encoding orthogonal velocity components with a Hadamard four-point scheme were examined.
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- R Frayne
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University Hospital, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
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Lauzon ML, Holdsworth DW, Frayne R, Rutt BK. Effects of physiologic waveform variability in triggered MR imaging: theoretical analysis. J Magn Reson Imaging 1994; 4:853-67. [PMID: 7865947 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880040618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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One of the assumptions inherent in most forms of triggered magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is that the pulsatile waveform (be it cardiac, respiratory, or some other) is purely periodic. In reality, the periodicity condition is rarely met. Physiologic waveform variability may lead to image artifacts and errors in velocity or volume flow rate estimates. The authors analyze the effects of physiologic waveform variability in triggered MR imaging. They propose that this variability be treated as a modulation of the underlying motion waveform. This report concentrates on amplitude modulation of the velocity waveform, which results in amplitude and phase modulation of the transverse magnetization. Established Fourier and modulation theory and the recently described principles of (k,t)-space were used to derive the appearance of physiologic waveform variability artifacts in triggered MR images and to predict errors in time-averaged and instantaneous velocity estimates that may result from such motion effects, including effects such as ghost overlap. Simulations and experimental results are provided to confirm the theory.
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- M L Lauzon
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Western Ontario, Canada
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Frayne R, Holdsworth DW, Smith RF, Kasrai R, Larsen JP, Rutt BK. Turbine flow sensor for volume-flow rate verification in MR. Magn Reson Med 1994; 32:410-7. [PMID: 7984075 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910320318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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A turbine flow sensor for MR flow experiments has been evaluated using reference volume-flow rate measurements obtained using an electromagnetic (EM) flow meter measurements and simultaneous phase contrast (PC) MR acquisitions. After calibration, the device was found to have accuracy (compared with the EM flow meter), linearity, and precision of better than +/- 1%, +/- 3.5%, 3.5%, respectively, in constant flow mode (0 to 30 ml s-1). The frequency response of the flow sensor was flat (within +/- 10%) up to 13.9 Hz. Volume-flow rate measurements on constant and simulated physiologic flow waveforms were in close agreement with both the electromagnetic (EM) flow meter and the gated MR PC estimates.
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- R Frayne
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
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