Optimization of brain T2 mapping using standard CPMG sequence in a clinical scanner

Measurement Science Review

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 117-125

  Hnilicova P ^a   Bittsansky M ^a   Dobrota, D ^a  

^a University Teaching Hospital in Martin   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Brain; Magnetic resonance imaging; Phantom; Relaxation time; T2 mapping

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAPPING; PHANTOMS; RELAXATION TIME; SCANNING;

BRAIN PATHOLOGIES; CLINICAL SCANNERS; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; IMAGING SEQUENCE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; QUANTITATIVE TOOL; SEQUENCE PARAMETERS; TRANSVERSE RELAXATION TIME;

BRAIN MAPPING;

EID: 84925397541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13358871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/msr-2014-0016     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Parlato, M.B., Dzyubak, B., Helfenberger, J. Balge, N. (2009). MRI phantom for fat quantification. http://ebookbrowse.com/mri-phantom-for-fatquantification-final-report-pdf-d96791611.
2. Barker, P.B., Bizzi, A., De Stefano, N., Gullapalli, R., Lin, D.D.M. (2010). Clinical MR Spectroscopy: Techniques and Applications (1st ed.). Cambridge University Press.
3. Georgiades, Ch.S., Itoh, R., Golay, X., van Zijl, P.C.M., Melhem, E.R. (2001). MR imaging of the human brain at 1.5 T: Regional variations in transverse relaxation rates in the cerebral cortex. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 22 (9), 1732-1737.
4. Fanea, L., Sfrangeu, S.A. (2011). Relaxation times mapping using magnetic resonance imaging. Romanian Reports in Physics, 63 (2), 456-464.
5. Kumar, R., Delshad, S., Woo, M.A., Macey, P.M., Harper, R.M. (2012). Age-related regional brain T2-relaxation changes in healthy adults. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 35 (2), 300-308.
6. Deoni, S.C.L., Peters, T.M., Rutt, B.K. (2005). Highresolution T1 and T2 mapping of the brain in a clinically acceptable time with DESPOT1 and DESPOT2. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 53 (1), 237-241.
7. Deoni, S.C.L., Josseau, M.J., Rutt, B.K., Peters, T.M. (2005). Visualization of thalamic nuclei on high resolution, multi-averaged T1 and T2 maps acquired at 1.5T. Human Brain Mapping, 25 (3), 353-359.
8. McRobbie, D.W., Moore, E.A., Graves, M.J., Prince, M.R. (2007). MRI from Picture to Proton (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press.
9. Bartzokis, G., Sultzer, D., Cummings, J. et al. (2000). In vivo evaluation of brain iron in Alzheimer disease using magnetic resonance imaging. Archives of General Psychiatry, 57 (1), 47-53.
10. Pell, G.S., Briellmann, R.S., Waites, A.B., Abbott, D.F., Lewis, D.P., Jackson, G.D. (2006). Optimized clinical T2 relaxometry with a standard CPMG sequence. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 23 (2), 248-252.
11. McKenzie, C.A., Chen, Z., Drost, D.J., Prato, F.S. (1999). Fast acquisition of quantitative T2 maps. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 41 (1), 208-212.
12. Hendry, J., DeVito, T., Gelman, N. et al. (2006). White matter abnormalities in autism detected through transverse relaxation time imaging. NeuroImage, 29 (4), 1049-1057.
13. Supprian, T., Hofmann, E., Warmuth-Metz, M., Franzek, E., Becker, T. (1997). MRI T2 relaxation times of brain regions in schizophrenic patients and control subjects. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 75 (3), 173-182.
14. Ongur, D., Prescot, A.P., Jensen, J.E. et al. (2010). T2 relaxation time abnormalities in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 63 (1), 1-8.
15. Woermann, F., Barker, G., Birnie, K., Meencke, H., Duncan, J. (1998). Regional changes in hippocampal T2 relaxation and volume: A quantitative magnetic resonance imaging study of hippocampal sclerosis. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 65 (5), 656-664.
16. Vymazal, J., Righini, A., Brooks, R.A. et al. (1999). T1 and T2 in the brain of healthy subjects, patients with Parkinson disease, and patients with multiple system atrophy: Relation to iron content. Radiology, 211 (2), 489-495.
17. Taylor, I., Butzkueven, H., Litewka, L. et al. (2004). Serial MRI in multiple sclerosis: A prospective pilot study of lesion load, whole brain volume and thalamic atrophy. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 11 (2), 153-158.
18. Stevenson, V.L., Parker, G.J., Barker, G.J. et al. (2000). Variations in T1 and T2 relaxation times of normal appearing white mater and lesions in multiple sclerosis. Journal of the Neurological Science, 178 (2), 81-87.
19. Oh, J., Cha, S., Aiken, A.H. et al. (2005). Quantitative apparent diffusion coefficients and T2 relaxation times in characterizing contrast enhancing brain tumors and regions of peritumoral edema. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 21 (6), 701-708.
20. Yamada, S., Kubota, R., Yamada, K., Ono, S., Hishinuma, T., Matsuzawa, T., Fujiwara, S. (1990). T1 and T2 relaxation times on gadolinium-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid enhanced magnetic resonance images of brain tumors. Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine, 160 (2), 145-148.
21. Radiology. (2012). Book Reviews: Quantitative MRI in Cancer. Radiology, 264 (1), 38-39.
22. Vymazal, J., Babis, M., Brooks, R.A., Filip, K., Dezortova, M., Hrncarkova, H., Hajek, M. (1996). T1 and T2 alterations in the brains of patients with hepatic cirrhosis. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 17 (2), 333-336.
23. Chang, K.J., Jara, H. (2004). Applications of quantitative T1, T2, and proton density to diagnosis. Applied Radiology, 34 (1), 34-42.
24. Whittall, K.P., MacKay A.L., Graeb, D.A., Nugent, R.A., Li, D.K.B., Paty, D.W. (1997). In vivo measurement of T2 distributions and water contents in normal human brain. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 37 (1), 34-43.
25. Zhou, J., Golay, X., van Zilj, P.C. et al. (2001). Inverse T2 contrast at 1.5 Tesla between gray matter and white matter in the occipital lobe of normal adult human brain. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 46 (2), 401-406.
26. Deoni, S.C., Rutt, B.K., Peters, T.M. (2003). Rapid combined T1 and T2 mapping using gradient recalled acquisition in the steady state. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 49 (3), 515-526.
27. Herynek, V., Wagnerova, D., Hejlova, I., Dezortova, M., Hajek, M. (2012). Changes in the brain during long-term follow-up after liver transplantation. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 35 (6), 1332-1337.
28. Whitaker, Ch.D.S. (2004). Evaluation of Hahn, CPMG, and combined spin echo analysis at 8 Tesla MRI. Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University.
29. Deoni, S.C., Rutt, B.K., Arun, T., Pierpaoli, C., Jones, D.K. (2008). Gleaning multicomponent T1 and T2 information from steady-state imaging data. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 60 (6), 1372-1387.
30. Madler, B., MacKay, A.L. (2006). In vivo 3D multicomponent T2 relaxation measurements for quantitative myelin imaging at 3T. In Proceedings of the 14th Annual Meeting of ISMRM. Seattle, WA, USA.
31. Stefanovic, B., Sled, J.G., Pike, G.B. (2003). Quantitative T2 in the occipital lobe: The role of the CPMG refocusing rate. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 18 (3), 302-309.
32. Petrov, O.V., Balcom, B.J. (2011). Two-dimensional T2 distribution mapping in porous solids with phase encode MRI. Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 212 (1), 102-108.
33. Yoshimura, K., Kato, H., Kuroda, M. et al. (2003). Development of a tissue-equivalent MRI phantom using carrageenan gel. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 50 (5), 1011-1017.
34. Hungr, N., Long, J.A., Beix, V., Torccaz, J. (2012). Supplemental material 2-Phantom storage properties. Medical Physics, 39 (4), 2031-2041.
35. Price, R.R., Axel, R. Morgan, T. et al. (1990). Quality assurance methods and phantoms for magnetic resonance imaging. Medical Physics, 17 (2), 287-295.
36. Bushong, S.C. (2003). Magnetic Resonance Imaging (3rd ed.). Mosby Publisher.
37. Runge, V.M., Nitz, W,R., Schmeets, S.H., Schoenberg, S.O. (2011). Clinical 3T Magnetic Resonance. Thieme Medical Publisher.
38. Graessner, J. (2013). Bandwidth in MRI? MAGNETOM Flash, 2, 3-8.
39. Hashemi, R.H., Bradley, W.G. Jr., Lisanti, Ch.J. (2010). MRI: The Basics (3rd ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia.
40. De Graaf, R.A. (2007). In vivo NMR Spectroscopy: Principles and Techniques (2nd ed.). Wiley.
41. Kumar, R., Delshad, S., Macey, P.M., Woo, M.A., Harper, R.M. (2011). Development of T2-relaxation values in regional brain sites during adolescence. Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 29 (2), 185-193.
42. Jokivarsi, K.T., Hiltunen, Y., Grohn, H. et al. (2010). Estimation of the onset time of cerebral ischemia using T1 and T2 MRI in rats. Stroke, 41 (10), 2335-2340.