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ArticleMagnetic resonance in medicine2015

Increased SNR efficiency in velocity selective arterial spin labeling using multiple velocity selective saturation modules (mm-VSASL).

Jia Guo, Eric C Wong

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Article in Magnetic resonance in medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jia GuoDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
Eric C WongDepartment of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
La Jolla Bioengineering Institute · USUniversity of California, San Diego · US

Funding

Development of Arterial Spin Labeling for Clinical ApplicationsR01EB002096 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI WONG, ERIC C · 2003 to 2009
$2.1M
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB002096
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeVelocity-selective arterial spin labeling (VSASL) is theoretically insensitive to transit delay (TD) effects. However, it uses saturation instead of inversion, resulting in compromised signal to noise ratio (SNR). In this study we explore the use of multiple velocity-selective saturation (VSS) modules in VSASL (mm-VSASL) to improve SNR.

methodsTheoretical SNR efficiency improvement and optimized parameters were calculated from simulations for mm-VSASL. VSASL with two VSS modules (VSASL-2VSS) was implemented to measure cerebral blood flow in vivo, compared with conventional VSASL (VSASL-1VSS), pulsed ASL (PASL), and pseudo-continuous ASL (PCASL). TDs and bolus durations (BDs) were measured to validate the simulations and to examine the TD sensitivity of these preparations.

resultsCompared with VSASL-1VSS, VSASL-2VSS achieved a significant improvement of SNR (22.1 ± 1.9%, P = 1.7 × 10(-6) ) in vivo, consistent with a 22.7% improvement predicted from simulations. The SNR was comparable to or higher (in gray matter, P = 4.3 × 10(-3) ) than that using PCASL. VSASL was experimentally verified to have minimal TD effects.

conclusionUtilizing multiple VSS modules can improve the SNR efficiency of VSASL. Mm-VSASL may result in an SNR that is comparable to or even higher than that of PCASL in applications where long postlabeling delays are required.

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Signal Processing, Computer-AssistedSpin LabelsAdultBrainComputer SimulationFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance AngiographyMaleSignal-To-Noise RatioSpin Labelsarterial spin labelingperfusiontransit delayvelocity-selective ASLvelocity-selective saturation

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PMID25251933
PMCPMC4369468
OpenAlexW2108776966

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