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Flood AB, Sidabras JW, Swarts SG, Buehler PW, Schreiber W, Grinberg O, Swartz HM. Benefits and challenges of in vivo EPR nail biodosimetry in a second tier of medical triage in response to a large radiation event. RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY 2023; 199:1539-1550. [PMID: 37721065 PMCID: PMC10505939 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncad022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2022] [Revised: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 09/19/2023]
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Following large-scale radiation events, an overwhelming number of people will potentially need mitigators or treatment for radiation-induced injuries. This necessitates having methods to triage people based on their dose and its likely distribution, so life-saving treatment is directed only to people who can benefit from such care. Using estimates of victims following an improvised nuclear device striking a major city, we illustrate a two-tier approach to triage. At the second tier, after first removing most who would not benefit from care, biodosimetry should provide accurate dose estimates and determine whether the dose was heterogeneous. We illustrate the value of using in vivo electron paramagnetic resonance nail biodosimetry to rapidly assess dose and determine its heterogeneity using independent measurements of nails from the hands and feet. Having previously established its feasibility, we review the benefits and challenges of potential improvements of this method that would make it particularly suitable for tier 2 triage. Improvements, guided by a user-centered approach to design and development, include expanding its capability to make simultaneous, independent measurements and improving its precision and universality.
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- Ann Barry Flood
- Radiology Department, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
- Clin-EPR, LLC, Lyme, NH, USA
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- Department of Biophysics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Radiology Department, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
- Clin-EPR, LLC, Lyme, NH, USA
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Design of standalone wireless impedance matching (SWIM) system for RF coils in MRI. Sci Rep 2022; 12:21604. [PMID: 36517622 PMCID: PMC9751108 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-26143-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 12/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The radio frequency (RF) power transfer efficiency of transmit coils and the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) at the receive signal chain are directly dependent on the impedance matching condition presented by a loaded coil, tuned to the Larmor frequency. Sub-optimal impedance condition of receive coils significantly reduces coil sensitivity and image quality. In this study we propose a Standalone Wireless Impedance Matching (SWIM) system for RF coils to automatically compensate for the impedance mismatch caused by the loading effect at the target frequency. SWIM uses a built-in RF generator to produce a calibration signal, measure reflected power as feedback for loading change, and determine an optimal impedance. The matching network consists of a capacitor array with micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) RF switches to electronically cycle through different input impedance conditions. Along with automatic calibration, SWIM can also perform software detuning of RF receive coils. An Android mobile application was developed for real-time reflected power monitoring and controlling the SWIM system via Bluetooth. The SWIM system can automatically calibrate an RF coil in 3 s and the saline sample SNR was improved by 24% when compared to a loaded coil without retuning. Four different tomatoes were imaged to validate the performance of SWIM.
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Sato-Akaba H, Emoto MC, Hirata H, Fujii HG. Design and testing of a 750MHz CW-EPR digital console for small animal imaging. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2017; 284:48-58. [PMID: 28961477 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2017.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2017] [Revised: 09/15/2017] [Accepted: 09/16/2017] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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This paper describes the development of a digital console for three-dimensional (3D) continuous wave electron paramagnetic resonance (CW-EPR) imaging of a small animal to improve the signal-to-noise ratio and lower the cost of the EPR imaging system. A RF generation board, an RF acquisition board and a digital signal processing (DSP) & control board were built for the digital EPR detection. Direct sampling of the reflected RF signal from a resonator (approximately 750MHz), which contains the EPR signal, was carried out using a band-pass subsampling method. A direct automatic control system to reduce the reflection from the resonator was proposed and implemented in the digital EPR detection scheme. All DSP tasks were carried out in field programmable gate array ICs. In vivo 3D imaging of nitroxyl radicals in a mouse's head was successfully performed.
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- Hideo Sato-Akaba
- Department of Systems Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan.
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- Center for Medical Education, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8556, Japan
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- Division of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0814, Japan
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- Center for Medical Education, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8556, Japan
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Sato-Akaba H, Fujii H, Hirata H. Improvement of temporal resolution for three-dimensional continuous-wave electron paramagnetic resonance imaging. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2008; 79:123701. [PMID: 19123563 DOI: 10.1063/1.3033161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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This paper describes improved temporal resolution for three-dimensional (3D) continuous-wave electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) imaging. To improve temporal resolution, the duration of magnetic filed scanning that is used to obtain an EPR spectrum for each projection was reduced to 40 ms. The Helmholtz coil pair for field scanning was driven by triangular waves. The uniform distribution of projections was also used to reduce the number of projections for 3D image reconstruction. The reduction reaction of 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidinooxy with ascorbic acid was visualized by improved 3D EPR imaging techniques with a temporal resolution of 5.8 s.
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- Hideo Sato-Akaba
- Division of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0814, Japan
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Shiba T, Yamato M, Kudou W, Ichikawa K, Yamada KI, Watanabe T, Utsumi H. Analysis of Nitroxyl Spin Probes in Mouse Brain by X-Band ESR with Microdialysis Technique. J Pharm Sci 2008; 97:4101-7. [DOI: 10.1002/jps.21258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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He G, Dumitrescu C, Petryakov S, Deng Y, Kesselring E, Zweier JL. Transverse oriented electric field re-entrant resonator (TERR) with automatic tuning and coupling control for EPR spectroscopy and imaging of the beating heart. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2007; 187:57-65. [PMID: 17462925 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2007.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2006] [Revised: 03/15/2007] [Accepted: 03/15/2007] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Sample motion, particularly that of a beating heart, induces baseline noise and spectral distortion on an EPR spectrum. In order to quench motional noise and restore the EPR signal amplitude and line-width, an L-band transverse oriented electric field re-entrant resonator (TERR) was designed and constructed with provisions for automatic tuning control (ATC) and automatic coupling control (ACC) suited for studies of isolated beating rat hearts. Two sets of electronic circuits providing DC biased voltage to two varactor diodes were implemented to electronically adjust coupling and tuning. The resonator has a rectangular cross-sectional sample arm of 25 mm diameter with a Q value of 1100 without sample. Once inserted with lossy aqueous samples of 0.45% NaCl, Q value drops to 400 with a volume of 0.5 ml and 150 with 5 ml. The ATC/ACC functions were tested with a moving phantom and isolated beating rat hearts with the improvement of signal to noise ratio (S/N, peak amplitude of signal over peak amplitude of baseline noise) of 6.7-, and 4 to 6-fold, respectively. With these improvements, EPR imaging could be performed on an isolated beating rat heart. Thus, this TERR resonator with ATC/ACC enables application of EPR spectroscopy and imaging for the measurement and imaging of radical metabolism, redox state, and oxygenation in the isolated beating rat heart.
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- Guanglong He
- The Center for Biomedical EPR Spectroscopy and Imaging, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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Hirata H, Itoh T, Hosokawa K, Deng Y, Susaki H. Systematic approach to cutoff frequency selection in continuous-wave electron paramagnetic resonance imaging. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2005; 175:177-84. [PMID: 15882954 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2005.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2005] [Revised: 04/06/2005] [Accepted: 04/07/2005] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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This article describes a systematic method for determining the cutoff frequency of the low-pass window function that is used for deconvolution in two-dimensional continuous-wave electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) imaging. An evaluation function for the criterion used to select the cutoff frequency is proposed, and is the product of the effective width of the point spread function for a localized point signal and the noise amplitude of a resultant EPR image. The present method was applied to EPR imaging for a phantom, and the result of cutoff frequency selection was compared with that based on a previously reported method for the same projection data set. The evaluation function has a global minimum point that gives the appropriate cutoff frequency. Images with reasonably good resolution and noise suppression can be obtained from projections with an automatically selected cutoff frequency based on the present method.
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- Hiroshi Hirata
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Yamagata University, Yonezawa, Yamagata 992-8510, Japan.
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Hirata H, Kuyama T, Ono M, Shimoyama Y. Nonequivalent spectra of unpaired electrons in field and frequency modulation. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2004; 168:252-258. [PMID: 15140435 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2004.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2003] [Revised: 03/12/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We report a difference in the spectral lineshapes of continuous-wave (CW) electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy between field and frequency modulation. This finding addresses the long-standing question of the effect of modulation in EPR absorption. We compared the first-derivative EPR spectra at 1.1 GHz for lithium phthalocyanine crystals, which have a single narrow linewidth in the EPR absorption spectrum, using field and frequency modulation. The experimental findings suggest that unpaired electrons have different behaviors under perturbation due to field and frequency modulation.
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- Hiroshi Hirata
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Yamagata University, Yonezawa, Yamagata 992-8510, Japan.
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