Phantom and in vivo study of the look–locher T1 mapping method |
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Authors: | Magnus Karlsson Bo Nordell |
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Institution: | a MR Research Center, Karolinska Institute and Department of Medical Radiation Physics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden |
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Abstract: | This paper describes and tests the LL-EPI method for obtaining quantitative T1 estimates in a few seconds thereby allowing dynamic T1 studies. It is shown that the method works even when there is an inflow into the imaged volume, e.g., in a vessel. No calibration is needed. The method has been tested in a phantom study with several different scan parameter set-ups, with and without inflow. The method shows robustness and individual scan parameters and inflow rates do not influence the ability to calculate the Gd-DTPA concentration. Linearity prevail between the measured 1/T1 and the Gd-DTPA concentration in the range 150 < T1 < 2500 ms. In a dynamic Gd-DTPA phantom study, it was shown that the dynamic LL-EPI T1 mapping technique was three times more sensitive than the signal from a T*2-weighted EPI sequence. In an in vivo study, dynamic T1 mapping of the Gd-DTPA uptake in a meningioma was performed. Inspection of the uptake curves indicates that the method is feasible in clinical perfusion studies. |
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Keywords: | Dynamic studies Gd-DTPA Relaxivity T1 mapping |
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