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ArticleNMR in biomedicine2021

Double delay alternating with nutation for tailored excitation facilitates banding-free isotropic high-resolution intracranial vessel wall imaging.

Bram F Coolen, Jasper Schoormans, Guillaume Gilbert, Ernst S Kooreman, Naomi de Winter, Olivia Viessmann, Jaco J M Zwanenburg, Charles B L M Majoie, Gustav J Strijkers, Aart J Nederveen and 1 more

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Article in NMR in biomedicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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11 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Bram F CoolenDepartment of Biomedical Engineering & Physics, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Jasper SchoormansDepartment of Biomedical Engineering & Physics, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Guillaume GilbertMR Clinical Science, Philips Canada, Markham, Ontario, Canada.
Ernst S KooremanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering & Physics, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Naomi de WinterDepartment of Biomedical Engineering & Physics, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Olivia ViessmannAthinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA.
Jaco J M ZwanenburgDepartment of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-4282-5719
Charles B L M MajoieDepartment of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Gustav J StrijkersDepartment of Biomedical Engineering & Physics, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Aart J NederveenDepartment of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Jeroen C W SieroDepartment of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-5079-2868
Amsterdam University Medical Centers · NLUtrecht University · NLHarvard University · USPhilips (Canada) · CAThe Netherlands Cancer Institute · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of a double delay alternating with nutation for tailored excitation (D-DANTE)-prepared sequence for banding-free isotropic high-resolution intracranial vessel wall imaging (IC-VWI) and to compare its performance with regular DANTE in terms of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) as well as cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and blood suppression efficiency. To this end, a D-DANTE-prepared 3D turbo spin echo sequence was implemented by interleaving two separate DANTE pulse trains with different RF phase-cycling schemes, but keeping all other DANTE parameters unchanged, including the total number of pulses and total preparation time. This achieved a reduction of the banding distance compared with regular DANTE enabling banding-free imaging up to higher resolutions. Bloch simulations assuming static vessel wall and flowing CSF spins were performed to compare DANTE and D-DANTE in terms of SNR and vessel wall/CSF contrast. Similar image quality measures were assessed from measurements on 13 healthy middle-aged volunteers. Both simulation and in vivo results showed that D-DANTE had only slightly lower vessel wall/CSF and vessel wall/blood contrast-to-noise ratio values compared with regular DANTE, which originated from a 10%-15% reduction in vessel wall SNR but not from reduced CSF or blood suppression efficiency. As anticipated, IC-VWI acquisitions showed that D-DANTE can successfully remove banding artifacts compared with regular DANTE with equal scan time or DANTE preparation length. Moreover, application was demonstrated in a patient with an intracranial aneurysm, indicating improved robustness to slow flow artifacts compared with clinically available 3D turbo spin echo scans. In conclusion, D-DANTE provides banding artifact-free IC-VWI up to higher isotropic resolutions compared with regular DANTE. This allows for a more flexible choice of DANTE preparation parameters in high-resolution IC-VWI protocols.

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AlgorithmsMagnetic Resonance ImagingBrainCerebrospinal FluidComputer SimulationFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSignal-To-Noise RatioatherosclerosisCSF suppressionDANTEintracranial vessel wall imaging

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PMID34076305
PMCPMC8459252
OpenAlexW3165083793

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