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Grist JT, Bøgh N, Hansen ES, Schneider AM, Healicon R, Ball V, Miller JJJJ, Smart S, Couch Y, Buchan AM, Tyler DJ, Laustsen C. Developing a metabolic clearance rate framework as a translational analysis approach for hyperpolarized 13C magnetic resonance imaging. Sci Rep 2023; 13:1613. [PMID: 36709217 PMCID: PMC9884306 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-28643-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Hyperpolarized carbon-13 magnetic resonance imaging is a promising technique for in vivo metabolic interrogation of alterations between health and disease. This study introduces a formalism for quantifying the metabolic information in hyperpolarized imaging. This study investigated a novel perfusion formalism and metabolic clearance rate (MCR) model in pre-clinical stroke and in the healthy human brain. Simulations showed that the proposed model was robust to perturbations in T1, transmit B1, and kPL. A significant difference in ipsilateral vs contralateral pyruvate derived cerebral blood flow (CBF) was detected in rats (140 ± 2 vs 89 ± 6 mL/100 g/min, p < 0.01, respectively) and pigs (139 ± 12 vs 95 ± 5 mL/100 g/min, p = 0.04, respectively), along with an increase in fractional metabolism (26 ± 5 vs 4 ± 2%, p < 0.01, respectively) in the rodent brain. In addition, a significant increase in ipsilateral vs contralateral MCR (0.034 ± 0.007 vs 0.017 ± 0.02/s, p = 0.03, respectively) and a decrease in mean transit time (31 ± 8 vs 60 ± 2 s, p = 0.04, respectively) was observed in the porcine brain. In conclusion, MCR mapping is a simple and robust approach to the post-processing of hyperpolarized magnetic resonance imaging.
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- James T Grist
- Department of Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research, Oxford, UK
- Department of Radiology, Oxford University Hospitals Trust, Oxford, UK
- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, MR Research Centre, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, MR Research Centre, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research, Oxford, UK
- Department of Clinical Medicine, MR Research Centre, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, MR Research Centre, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
- Aarhus University Hospital, MR Center, Palle Juul Jensens Boulevard 99, 8200, Aarhus N, Denmark.
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Bilreiro C, Fernandes FF, Andrade L, Chavarrías C, Simões RV, Matos C, Shemesh N. Effective bowel motion reduction in mouse abdominal MRI using hyoscine butylbromide. Magn Reson Med 2021; 86:2146-2155. [PMID: 33977522 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.28824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2021] [Revised: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 04/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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PURPOSE Bowel motion is a significant source of artifacts in mouse abdominal MRI. Fasting and administration of hyoscine butylbromide (BUSC) have been proposed for bowel motion reduction but with inconsistent results and limited efficacy assessments. Here, we evaluate these regimes for mouse abdominal MRI at high field. METHODS Thirty-two adult C57BL/6J mice were imaged on a 9.4T scanner with a FLASH sequence, acquired over 90 min with ~19 s temporal resolution. During MRI acquisition, 8 mice were injected with a low-dose and 8 mice with a high-dose bolus of BUSC (0.5 and 5 mg/kg, respectively). Eight mice were food deprived for 4.5-6.5 hours before MRI and another group of eight mice was injected with saline during MRI acquisition. Two expert readers reviewed the images and classified bowel motion, and quantitative voxel-wise analyses were performed for identification of moving regions. After defining the most effective protocol, high-resolution T2 -weighted and diffusion-weighted images were acquired from 4 mice. RESULTS High-dose BUSC was the most effective protocol for bowel motion reduction, for up to 45 min. Fasting and saline protocols were not effective in suppressing bowel motion. High-resolution abdominal MRI clearly demonstrated improved image quality and ADC quantification with the high-dose BUSC protocol. CONCLUSION Our data show that BUSC administration is advantageous for abdominal MRI in the mouse. Specifically, it endows significant bowel motion reduction, with relatively short onset timings after injection (~8.5 min) and relatively long duration of the effect (~45 min). These features improve the quality of high-resolution images of the mouse abdomen.
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- Carlos Bilreiro
- Champalimaud Research, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal.,Radiology Department, Champalimaud Clinical Centre, Lisbon, Portugal.,Nova Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Radiology Department, Champalimaud Clinical Centre, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Champalimaud Research, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Champalimaud Research, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Champalimaud Research, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal.,Radiology Department, Champalimaud Clinical Centre, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Champalimaud Research, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal
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A System-Agnostic, Adaptable and Extensible Animal Support Cradle System for Cardio-Respiratory-Synchronised, and Other, Multi-Modal Imaging of Small Animals. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2021; 7:39-54. [PMID: 33681462 PMCID: PMC7934707 DOI: 10.3390/tomography7010004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 02/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Standardisation of animal handling procedures for a wide range of preclinical imaging scanners will improve imaging performance and reproducibility of scientific data. Whilst there has been significant effort in defining how well scanners should operate and how in vivo experimentation should be practised, there is little detail on how to achieve optimal scanner performance with best practices in animal welfare. Here, we describe a system-agnostic, adaptable and extensible animal support cradle system for cardio-respiratory-synchronised, and other, multi-modal imaging of small animals. The animal support cradle can be adapted on a per application basis and features integrated tubing for anaesthetic and tracer delivery, an electrically driven rectal temperature maintenance system and respiratory and cardiac monitoring. Through a combination of careful material and device selection, we have described an approach that allows animals to be transferred whilst under general anaesthesia between any of the tomographic scanners we currently or have previously operated. The set-up is minimally invasive, cheap and easy to implement and for multi-modal, multi-vendor imaging of small animals.
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