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ArticleJournal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI2008

Transit delay and flow quantification in muscle with continuous arterial spin labeling perfusion-MRI.

Wen-Chau Wu, Jiongjiong Wang, John A Detre, Sarah J Ratcliffe, Thomas F Floyd

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Article in Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Combined measurement of perfusion, venous oxygen saturation, and skeletal muscle T2* during reactive hyperemia in the leg.Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance · 2013
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  2. Perfusion Signal Analysis Using Multi-pulsed Arterial Spin Labeling (mPASL) with Multiple Post-labeling Delays: Phantom Validation and Application to the Human Foot.Magnetic resonance in medical sciences : MRMS : an official journal of Japan Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wen-Chau WuDepartment of Radiology, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jiongjiong Wang
John A Detre
Sarah J Ratcliffe
Thomas F Floyd
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

WIDE BAND RECORDING OF BRAIN FUNCTIONAL ACTIVATION IN HUMANSP41RR002305 · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · 1985 to 2005
$6.4M
MRI Correlates of Limb Ischemia in PVDR01HL075649 · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · 2003 to 2005
$1.2M
NCRR NIH HHS NIH-RR002305NCRR NIH HHS P41 RR002305NHLBI NIH HHS NIH-R01HL075649-01NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL075649
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo test the hypothesis that flow measurements using continuous arterial spin labeling (CASL) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in muscle depend upon transit delay, and examine the repeatability of CASL measurements. MATERIALS AND

methodsA total of 23 healthy subjects underwent CASL imaging of the calf, foot, and forearm with varying postlabeling delay (PLD = 1000, 1500, and 1900 msec). Experiments were conducted on a 3.0T system. An orthopedic tourniquet system was employed to create a five-minute period of ischemia followed by a transient hyperemic flow. Imaging commenced two minutes prior to cuff inflation and ended three minutes after cuff release.

resultsCASL was found able to well resolve the time course of the hyperemic flow pattern with an effective TR of 16 seconds, although we were unable to establish that a plateau had been reached in the flow measurements even at a PLD as long as 1900 msec. Peak hyperemic flow measurements compared favorably with those obtained with contrast-enhanced (CE) MRI following a similar period of ischemia. Region-of-interest (ROI)-based repeated measurements varied by approximately 20% over a period of one hour.

conclusionIn all anatomic regions studied, flow measurements were found to increase with PLD, suggesting the prolonged transit delay in muscle.

Indexed as

AdultAnalysis of VarianceBlood Flow VelocityComputer SimulationFemaleForearmHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedLegMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMuscle, SkeletalRegional Blood FlowReproducibility of ResultsSpin LabelsSpin Labels

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PMID18666182
PMCPMC3019535
OpenAlexW2070399572

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