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Noble JJ, Keevil SF, Totman J, Charles-Edwards GD. In vitro and in vivo comparison of two-, three- and four-point Dixon techniques for clinical intramuscular fat quantification at 3 T. Br J Radiol 2014; 87:20130761. [PMID: 24641314 PMCID: PMC4067022 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20130761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2013] [Revised: 02/11/2014] [Accepted: 02/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To compare Dixon-based MRI techniques for intramuscular fat quantification at 3 T with MR spectroscopy (MRS) in vitro and in vivo. METHODS In vitro, two- three- and four-point mDixon (Philips Medical Systems, Best, Netherlands) sequences with 10°, 20° and 30° flip angles were acquired from seven test phantoms with sunflower oil-water percentages of 0-60% sunflower oil and calculated fat-water ratios compared with MRS. In vivo, two- three- and four-point mDixon sequences with 10° flip angle were acquired and compared with MRS in the vastus medialis of nine healthy volunteers (aged 30.6 ± 5.3 years; body mass index 22.2 ± 2.6). RESULTS In vitro, all mDixon sequences correlated significantly with MRS (r > 0.97, p < 0.002). The measured phantom percentage fat depended significantly on the flip angle (p ≤ 0.001) and mDixon sequence (p = 0.005). Flip angle was the dominant factor influencing agreement with MRS. Increasing the flip angle significantly increased the overestimation of the mDixon sequences compared with MRS. In vivo, a significant difference was observed between sequences (p < 0.001), with all mDixon sequences overestimating the intramuscular fat content of the vastus medialis muscle compared with MRS. Two-point mDixon agreed best with MRS and had comparable variability with the other mDixon sequences. CONCLUSION This study demonstrates that mDixon techniques have good linearity and low variability for use in intramuscular fat quantification. To avoid significant fat overestimation with short repetition time, a low flip angle should be used to reduce T1 effects. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE This is the first study investigating the optimal mDixon parameters for intramuscular fat quantification compared with MRS in vivo and in vitro.
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- J J Noble
- Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, The Rayne Institute, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK
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- S F Keevil
- Department of Medical Physics, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK
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MacDougall ND, Miquel ME, Keevil SF. Effects of phantom volume and shape on the accuracy of MRI BANG gel dosimetry using BANG3TM. Br J Radiol 2008; 81:46-50. [DOI: 10.1259/bjr/71353258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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MacDougall ND, Miquel ME, Keevil SF, Pitchford WG, Smith MA. Comment on: "Basic investigations on the performance of a normoxic polymer gel with tetrakis-hydroxy-methyl-phosphonium chloride as an oxygen scavenger: reproducibility, accuracy, stability, and dose rate dependence" [Med. Phys. 33, 2506-2518 (2006)]. Med Phys 2007; 34:366. [PMID: 17278522 DOI: 10.1118/1.2402344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Miquel ME, Rhode KS, Acher PL, Macdougall ND, Blackall J, Gaston RP, Hegde S, Morris SL, Beaney R, Deehan C, Popert R, Keevil SF. Using combined x-ray and MR imaging for prostate I-125 post-implant dosimetry: phantom validation and preliminary patient work. Phys Med Biol 2006; 51:1129-37. [PMID: 16481682 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/5/005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Post-implantation dosimetry is an important element of permanent prostate brachytherapy. This process relies on accurate localization of implanted seeds relative to the surrounding organs. Localization is commonly achieved using CT images, which provide suboptimal prostate delineation. On MR images, conversely, prostate visualization is excellent but seed localization is imprecise due to distortion and susceptibility artefacts. This paper presents a method based on fused MR and x-ray images acquired consecutively in a combined x-ray and MRI interventional suite. The method does not rely on any explicit registration step but on a combination of system calibration and tracking. A purpose-built phantom was imaged using MRI and x-rays, and the images were successfully registered. The same protocol was applied to three patients where combining soft tissue information from MRI with stereoscopic seed identification from x-ray imaging facilitated post-implant dosimetry. This technique has the potential to improve on dosimetry using either CT or MR alone.
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- M E Miquel
- Division of Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, SE1 9RT, UK
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Keevil SF, Gedroyc W, Gowland P, Hill DLG, Leach MO, Ludman CN, McLeish K, McRobbie DW, Razavi RS, Young IR. Electromagnetic field exposure limitation and the future of MRI. Br J Radiol 2005; 78:973. [PMID: 16249596 DOI: 10.1259/bjr/21943393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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- S F Keevil
- Division of Imaging Sciences, King's College London, Guy's Campus, London, UK
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New radiotherapy techniques call for three-dimensional dosimetric methods with high spatial resolution. Radiation sensitive gels read out using MRI T(2) mapping provide an extremely promising option, and commercially available BANG polymer gels provide a convenient route into gel dosimetry. Gel dosimetry is dependent on the ability to calibrate gel response against radiation dose. This in turn is dependent on the reproducibility of response both between gels irradiated to the same dose and for a single gel sample over time. This study aims to evaluate the performance of a commercially available BANG gel. Our experimental arrangement gave excellent precision of radiation delivery (<0.2%) and reproducibility of T(2) measurement (<0.5%). Seven groups of 10 test tubes containing BANG3 gel were irradiated in 0.5 Gy steps between 0 and 3 Gy. A further four groups of four samples were irradiated in 2 Gy steps between 4 and 10 Gy. The gel samples were identical and derived from the same manufacturing batch. MR imaging was carried out four days after irradiation and then at weekly intervals for four weeks. Short-term variation in gel response can readily be corrected using reference samples. Longer term systematic drift of the gel calibration curve was observed relative to reference samples prepared in-house for quality assurance purposes. This implies that read-out of the calibration gels and dosimetry phantom must be performed at the same time after irradiation, or errors of up to 25% may be incurred. Precision of gel response did not change significantly over time. The observation of significantly different T(2) values both prior to irradiation and following irradiation to the same dose (variation up to 15%) illustrates the current difficulties associated with BANG3 gel calibration and constrains the practical utility of these commercially available gels for clinical radiation dosimetry.
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- N D MacDougall
- Department of Medical Physics, St Thomas' Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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Miquel ME, Hill DLG, Baker EJ, Qureshi SA, Simon RDB, Keevil SF, Razavi RS. Three- and four-dimensional reconstruction of intra-cardiac anatomy from two-dimensional magnetic resonance images. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2003; 19:239-54; discussion 255-6. [PMID: 12834161 DOI: 10.1023/a:1023671031207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The present study was designed to evaluate the feasibility and clinical usefulness of three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of intra-cardiac anatomy from a series of two-dimensional (2D) MR images using commercially available software. Sixteen patients (eight with structurally normal hearts but due to have catheter radio-frequency ablation of atrial tachyarrhythmias and eight with atrial septal defects (ASD) due for trans-catheter closure) and two volunteers were imaged at 1T. For each patient, a series of ECG-triggered images (5 mm thick slices, 2-3 mm apart) were acquired during breath holding. Depending on image quality, T1- or T2-weighted spin-echo images or gradient-echo cine images were used. The 3D reconstruction was performed off-line: the blood pools within cardiac chambers and great vessels were semi-automatically segmented, their outer surface was extracted using a marching cube algorithm and rendered. Intra- and inter-observer variability, effect of breath-hold position and differences between pulse sequences were assessed by imaging a volunteer. The 3D reconstructions were assessed by three cardiologists and compared with the 2D MR images and with 2D and 3D trans-esophagal and intra-cardiac echocardiography obtained during interventions. In every case, an anatomically detailed 3D volume was obtained. In the two patients where a 3 mm interval between slices was used, the resolution was not as good but it was still possible to visualize all the major anatomical structures. Spin-echo images lead to reconstructions more detailed than those obtained from gradient-echo images. However, gradient-echo images are easier to segment due to their greater contrast. Furthermore, because images were acquired at least at ten points in the cardiac cycles for every slice it was possible to reconstruct a cine loop and, for example, to visualize the evolution of the size and margins of the ASD during the cardiac cycle. 3D reconstruction proved to be an effective way to assess the relationship between the different parts of the cardiac anatomy. The technique was useful in planning interventions in these patients.
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- M E Miquel
- Cardiac MR Research Group, King's College London 5th Floor, Thomas Guy's House, Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK
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Previous work has demonstrated that deficiencies in volume selection sequences used in magnetic resonance spectroscopy may compromise the quality of the spectra obtained. In this paper, further studies on the ISIS and PRESS sequences are presented. Under conditions of partial saturation, ISIS can exhibit serious contamination with extraneous signal, particularly when a small volume of interest (VOI) is selected. ISIS protocols should therefore use VOIs that are large relative to the target volume, and repetition times that are as long as practicable. In PRESS, contamination is found to be minimised by using a VOI that is small relative to the target volume, and to be independent of repetition time. PRESS performance is also independent of echo time, except when very short echo times are used. These results are consistent with previously published work on ISIS and PRESS, and it is now possible to establish generic features of these sequences and to understand the implications for quantitative spectroscopy. T(1)-weighting of contamination in ISIS can compromise both relative and absolute quantification techniques in several respects. Contamination in PRESS is largely independent of relaxation times and would be easier to model and correct for in the context of quantitative spectroscopy.
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- S F Keevil
- Department of Radiological Sciences, Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine, King's College London, Guy's Campus, London, SE1 9RT, UK.
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Keevil SF, Porter DA, Smith MA. A method for characterising localisation techniques in volume selected nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Phys Med Biol 2000. [DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/35/7/002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Brown J, Buckley D, Coulthard A, Dixon AK, Dixon JM, Easton DF, Eeles RA, Evans DG, Gilbert FG, Graves M, Hayes C, Jenkins JP, Jones AP, Keevil SF, Leach MO, Liney GP, Moss SM, Padhani AR, Parker GJ, Pointon LJ, Ponder BA, Redpath TW, Sloane JP, Turnbull LW, Walker LG, Warren RM. Magnetic resonance imaging screening in women at genetic risk of breast cancer: imaging and analysis protocol for the UK multicentre study. UK MRI Breast Screening Study Advisory Group. Magn Reson Imaging 2000; 18:765-76. [PMID: 11027869 DOI: 10.1016/s0730-725x(00)00167-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The imaging and analysis protocol of the UK multicentre study of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a method of screening for breast cancer in women at genetic risk is described. The study will compare the sensitivity and specificity of contrast-enhanced MRI with two-view x-ray mammography. Approximately 500 women below the age of 50 at high genetic risk of breast cancer will be recruited per year for three years, with annual MRI and x-ray mammography continuing for up to 5 years. A symptomatic cohort will be measured in the first year to ensure consistent reporting between centres. The MRI examination comprises a high-sensitivity three-dimensional contrast-enhanced assessment, followed by a high-specificity contrast-enhanced study in equivocal cases. Multiparametric analysis will encompass morphological assessment, the kinetics of contrast agent uptake and determination of quantitative pharmacokinetic parameters. Retrospective analysis will identify the most specific indicators of malignancy. Sensitivity and specificity, together with diagnostic performance, diagnostic impact and therapeutic impact will be assessed with reference to pathology, follow-up and changes in diagnostic certainty and therapeutic decisions. Mammography, lesion localisation, pathology and cytology will be performed in accordance with the UK NHS Breast Screening Programme quality assurance standards. Similar standards of quality assurance will be applied for MR measurements and evaluation.
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- J Brown
- Health Economics Research Group, Brunel University, Middlesex, UK
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Hill DL, Langsaeter LA, Poynter-Smith PN, Emery CL, Summers PE, Keevil SF, Pracy JP, Walsh R, Hawkes DJ, Gleeson MJ. Feasibility study of magnetic resonance imaging-guided intranasal flexible microendoscopy. Comput Aided Surg 2000; 2:264-75. [PMID: 9484587 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0150(1997)2:5<264::aid-igs2>3.0.co;2-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Interventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) offers potential advantages over conventional interventional modalities such as X-ray fluoroscopy, ultrasonography, and computed tomography (CT). In particular, it does not use ionizing radiation, can provide high-quality images, and allows acquisition of oblique sections. We have carried out a feasibility study on the use of interventional MRI to track a flexible microendoscope in the paranasal sinuses. In this cadaver study, high-speed MRI was used to track a passive marker attached to the end of the endoscope. Automatic image registration algorithms were used to transfer the coordinates of the endoscope tip into the preoperative MRI and CT images, enabling us to display the position of the endoscope in reformatted orthogonal views or in a rendered view of the preoperative images. The endoscope video images were digitized and could be displayed alongside an approximately aligned, rendered preoperative image. Intraoperative display was provided in the scanner room by means of an liquid crystal display (LCD) projector. We estimate the accuracy of the endoscope tracking to be approximately 2 mm.
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- D L Hill
- Division of Radiological Sciences, UMDS, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
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Patient motion during the acquisition of a magnetic resonance image can cause blurring and ghosting artifacts in the image. This paper presents a new post-processing strategy that can reduce artifacts due to in-plane, rigid-body motion in times comparable to that required to re-scan a patient. The algorithm iteratively determines unknown patient motion such that corrections for this motion provide the best image quality, as measured by an entropy-related focus criterion. The new optimization strategy features a multi-resolution approach in the phase-encode direction, separate successive one-dimensional searches for rotations and translations, and a novel method requiring only one re-gridding calculation for each rotation angle considered. Applicability to general rigid-body in-plane rotational and translational motion and to a range of differently weighted images and k-space trajectories is demonstrated. Motion artifact reduction is observed for data from a phantom, volunteers, and patients.
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- D Atkinson
- Division of Radiological Sciences and Medical Engineering, The Guy's, King's and St. Thomas' School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Polyacrylamide gels (PAGs) are used for magnetic resonance imaging radiation dosimetry. Fourier transform (FT) Raman spectroscopy studies were undertaken to investigate cross-linking changes during the copolymerization of polyacrylamide gels in the spectral range of 200-3500 cm(-1). Vibrational bands of 1285 cm(-1) and 1256 cm(-1) were assigned to acrylamide and bis-acrylamide single CH2 deltaCH2 binding modes. Bands were found to decrease in amplitude with increasing absorbed radiation dose as a result of copolymerization. Principal component regression was performed on FT-Raman spectra of PAG samples irradiated to 50 Gy. Two components were found to be sufficient to account for 98.7% of the variance in the data. Cross validation was used to establish the absorbed radiation dose of an unknown PAG sample from the FT-Raman spectra. The calculated correlation coefficient between measured and predictive samples was 0.997 with a standard error of estimate of 0.976 and a standard error of prediction of 1.140. Results demonstrate the potential of FT-Raman spectroscopy for ionizing radiation dosimetry using polyacrylamide gels.
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- C Baldock
- Centre for Medical and Health Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
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Keevil SF, Barbiroli B, Brooks JC, Cady EB, Canese R, Carlier P, Collins DJ, Gilligan P, Gobbi G, Hennig J, Kügel H, Leach MO, Metzler D, Mlynárik V, Moser E, Newbold MC, Payne GS, Ring P, Roberts JN, Rowland IJ, Thiel T, Tkác I, Topp S, Wittsack HJ, Podo F. Absolute metabolite quantification by in vivo NMR spectroscopy: II. A multicentre trial of protocols for in vivo localised proton studies of human brain. Magn Reson Imaging 1998; 16:1093-106. [PMID: 9839993 DOI: 10.1016/s0730-725x(98)00118-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We have performed a multicentre trial to assess the performance of three techniques for absolute quantification of cerebral metabolites using in vivo proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). The techniques included were 1) an internal water standard method, 2) an external standard method based on phantom replacement, and 3) a more sophisticated method incorporating elements of both the internal and external standard approaches, together with compartmental analysis of brain water. Only the internal water standard technique could be readily implemented at all participating sites and gave acceptable precision and interlaboratory reproducibility. This method was insensitive to many of the experimental factors affecting the performance of the alternative techniques, including effects related to loading, standing waves and B1 inhomogeneities; and practical issues of phantom positioning, user expertise and examination duration. However, the internal water standard method assumes a value for the concentration of NMR-visible water within the spectroscopic volume of interest. In general, it is necessary to modify this assumed concentration on the basis of the grey matter, white matter and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) content of the volume, and the NMR-visible water content of the grey and white matter fractions. Combining data from 11 sites, the concentrations of the principal NMR-visible metabolites in the brains of healthy subjects (age range 20-35 years) determined using the internal water standard method were (mean+/-SD): [NAA]=10.0+/-3.4 mM (n=53), [tCho]=1.9+/-1.0 mM (n=51), [Cr + PCr]=6.5+/-3.7 mM (n=51). Evidence of system instability and other sources of error at some participating sites reinforces the need for rigorous quality assurance in quantitative spectroscopy.
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- S F Keevil
- United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
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Baldock C, Burford RP, Billingham N, Wagner GS, Patval S, Badawi RD, Keevil SF. Experimental procedure for the manufacture and calibration of polyacrylamide gel (PAG) for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) radiation dosimetry. Phys Med Biol 1998; 43:695-702. [PMID: 9533146 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/3/019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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A simple methodology for the manufacture and calibration of polyacrylamide gel (PAG) for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) radiation dosimetry is presented to enable individuals to undertake such work in a routine clinical environment. Samples of PAG were irradiated using a linear accelerator and imaged using a 0.5 T (22 MHz) Philips Gyroscan MRI scanner. The mean spin-lattice relaxation rate was measured using a 'turbo-mixed' sequence, consisting of a series of 90 degrees pulses, each followed by acquisition of a train of spin echoes. The mean sensitivity for five different batches of PAG in the range up to 10 Gy was calculated to be 0.0285 s-1 Gy-1 for the mean spin-lattice relaxation rate with a percentage standard deviation of 1.25%. The overall reproducibility between batches was calculated to be 2.69%. This methodology, which introduces the novel use of pre-filled nitrogen vials for calibration, has been used to develop techniques for filling anatomically shaped anthropomorphic phantoms.
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- C Baldock
- Centre for Medical and Health Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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Atkinson D, Hill DL, Stoyle PN, Summers PE, Keevil SF. Automatic correction of motion artifacts in magnetic resonance images using an entropy focus criterion. IEEE Trans Med Imaging 1997; 16:903-910. [PMID: 9533590 DOI: 10.1109/42.650886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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We present the use of an entropy focus criterion to enable automatic focusing of motion corrupted magnetic resonance images. We demonstrate the principle using illustrative examples from cooperative volunteers. Our technique can determine unknown patient motion or use knowledge of motion from other measures as a starting estimate. The motion estimate is used to compensate the acquired data and is iteratively refined using the image entropy. Entropy focuses the whole image principally by favoring the removal of motion induced ghosts and blurring from otherwise dark regions of the image. Using only the image data, and no special hardware or pulse sequences, we demonstrate correction for arbitrary rigid-body translational motion in the imaging plane and for a single rotation. Extension to three-dimensional (3-D) and more general motion should be possible. The algorithm is able to determine volunteer motion well. The mean absolute deviation between algorithm and navigator-echo-determined motion is comparable to the displacement step size used in the algorithm. Local deviations from the recorded motion or navigator-determined motion are explained and we indicate how enhanced focus criteria may be derived. In all cases we were able to compensate images for patient motion, reducing blurring and ghosting.
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- D Atkinson
- Image Processing Group, Radiological Sciences, UMDS, Guy's Hospital, London, UK
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Taylor J, Summers PE, Keevil SF, Saks AM, Diskin J, Hilton PJ, Ayers AB. Magnetic resonance renography: optimisation of pulse sequence parameters and Gd-DTPA dose, and comparison with radionuclide renography. Magn Reson Imaging 1997; 15:637-49. [PMID: 9285803 DOI: 10.1016/s0730-725x(97)00034-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of magnetic resonance renography (MRR) using gadolinium diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (Gd-DTPA) in comparison with conventional radionuclide renography (RR) using technetium-99m-DTPA (99mTc-DTPA). MRR has many advantages over RR, including lack of ionising radiation, increased spatial resolution, and visible background anatomy. By optimising the pulse sequence, we developed an MRR protocol in which signal intensity is linear with Gd-DTPA concentration over a clinically relevant range. Twenty-nine patients and a volunteer were studied using this protocol. Magnetic resonance renography was performed using three different doses of Gd-DTPA: 0.1 mmol kg-1 (n = 13), 0.05 mmol kg-1 (n = 7), and 0.025 mmol kg-1 (n = 9). Each patient was also assessed using radionuclide renography. The resulting renograms were assessed in terms of time to peak signal intensity, signal decrease after peak, and kidney function ratios calculated from both the areas underneath and the slopes of the uptake curves. We have shown that the MR renograms obtained using low dose Gd-DTPA correlate best with the radionuclide renograms. Remaining discrepancies may be explained by variations in the injection procedures (hence in arterial input functions) and the limited coverage of the three MRR slices compared to the whole body projection of RR. Furthermore, at high local concentrations, signal becomes independent of T1 and is dominated by T2.
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- J Taylor
- Guy's and St. Thomas' Magnetic Resonance Centre, London, UK
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Keevil SF, Barbiroli B, Collins DJ, Danielsen ER, Hennig J, Henriksen O, Leach MO, Longo R, Lowry M, Moore C. Quality assessment in in vivo NMR spectroscopy: IV. A multicentre trial of test objects and protocols for performance assessment in clinical NMR spectroscopy. Magn Reson Imaging 1995; 13:139-57. [PMID: 7898274 DOI: 10.1016/0730-725x(94)00090-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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A multicentre trial of test objects and protocols for performance assessment in single volume and slice selective magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) was conducted by the European Community Concerted Action on MRI and MRS. The trial assessed phosphorus and proton localisation techniques implemented on commercially available MR systems at ten sites in Europe. At each site, a number of parameters devised by the Concerted Action were measured using prototype test objects. Some of these parameters related to the quality of localisation and others to the overall performance of the spectrometer. Results were obtained for the ISIS, DRESS, STEAM, and PRESS sequences with a range of acquisition parameters, allowing evaluation of the assessment methodology and comparison of the efficacy of various implementations of these localisation techniques. The results of this trial have been important in the development of the Concerted Action's final recommendations for MRS performance assessment, and demonstrate that such assessment provides valuable information in the comparison of spectroscopy data from different sites and in the development of new localisation sequences, and provides a means of quality assurance in MRS.
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- S F Keevil
- Division of Radiological Sciences, United Medical School, University of London, UK
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Bovée WM, Keevil SF, Leach MO, Podo F. Quality assessment in in vivo NMR spectroscopy: II. A protocol for quality assessment. EEC Concerted Research Project. Magn Reson Imaging 1995; 13:123-9. [PMID: 7898272 DOI: 10.1016/0730-725x(94)00088-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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A protocol has been developed for quality assessment in in vivo NMR spectroscopy (MRS) on whole body and animal systems. The protocol, which has been evaluated in a series of international trials, defines procedures, objects and substances to evaluate the localisation of common slice and volume selection sequences, and to assess other relevant aspects of system performance, including: signal-to-noise; signal loss; relation between signal strength, concentration and volume; selective suppression of spectral lines; spectrometer stability.
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- W M Bovée
- Delft University of Technology, Physics Department, The Netherlands
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Keevil SF, Alstead EM, Dolke G, Brooks AP, Armstrong P, Farthing MJ. Non-invasive assessment of diffuse liver disease by in vivo measurement of proton nuclear magnetic resonance relaxation times at 0.08 T. Br J Radiol 1994; 67:1083-7. [PMID: 7820400 DOI: 10.1259/0007-1285-67-803-1083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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44 patients with a range of parenchymal liver diseases diagnosed by biopsy or laboratory investigations underwent proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) relaxometry of the liver at 0.08 T. T1 maps were produced using an interleaved saturation recovery and inversion recovery sequence and T2 maps using a four echo Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill sequence. Significantly raised relaxation times compared with a previously studied group of 42 normal volunteers were found in groups of patients with alcoholic cirrhosis (p < 0.001 for T1 and T2), chronic active hepatitis (CAH) (p < 0.01 for T1 and T2) and minor liver abnormalities (p < 0.01, T2 only). T1 was significantly higher in cirrhotics than in patients with CAH (p < 0.002) and minor abnormalities (p < 0.001). This suggests a role for relaxometry in the confirmation of the presence of cirrhosis (sensitivity = 75%, specificity approximately 97%, taking T1 > 266 ms as a positivity criterion). Reduced T2 values were found in patients with liver iron overload prior to venesection (p < 0.001 versus normals, p < 0.02 versus venesected patients). Although this latter test has relatively low sensitivity and specificity, it may have a role in the monitoring of treatment for iron overload.
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- S F Keevil
- Academic Department of Radiology, St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, West Smithfield, London, UK
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The spin-lattice (T1) and spin-spin (T2) relaxation times of liver in 42 normal volunteers (21 male and 21 female) were measured using a calibrated 0.08 T resistive imager capable of accurate and reproducible relaxometry. T1 was determined using an interleaved gradient echo saturation recovery and inversion recovery technique and T2 using a four-echo Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill sequence. The ranges obtained were T1 = 213 +/- 14 ms and T2 = 66 +/- 5 ms. More specific ranges were obtained for each sex and for younger and older subjects. A small variation in T1 was found between older (greater than 40 years) and younger (less than 40 years) subjects, but no such effect was observed in the case of T2. No significant variations were found when female volunteers were imaged at weekly intervals through the menstrual cycle, when a male volunteer was imaged repeatedly over the course of several months or when male volunteers consumed small quantities of alcohol.
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- S F Keevil
- Academic Department of Radiology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London
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- S F Keevil
- Academic Department of Radiology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London, UK
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Six affected members of two families with familial periodic cerebellar ataxia were relieved of their symptoms with oral acetazolamide. Phosphorus 31 (31P) nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy showed abnormal intracellular pH levels in the cerebellum of all subjects when they were not treated. These levels returned to normal with treatment. Cerebral pH values were also measured in one family and were normal before and after treatment. An additional 3 patients with similar attacks, but without a family history, had normal untreated pH values in the cerebellum and cerebrum.
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- P G Bain
- Department of Neurology, UMDS, Guy's Hospital, London, UK
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- P Armstrong
- Academic Department of Radiology, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London
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- P Armstrong
- Academic Department of Radiology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London
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