Journal
JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
Volume 24, Issue 3, Pages 646-656Publisher
JOHN WILEY & SONS INC
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20676
Keywords
DCE-MRI; tumor vascular permeability; input function; TrueFISP; quantification
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Purpose: To characterize tumor vascularization by dynamic-contrast enhanced (DCE) MRI using low and medium molecular weight paramagnetic contrast agents (CA) and inversion recovery (IR) true fast imaging with steady state precession (TrueFISP) in tumor-bearing rats and mice. Materials and Methods: T-1 mapping was performed IR True FISP in phantoms and in vivo at 4.7 T and validated with a segmented IR gradient-echo (IR GE) method. concentration in DCE-MRI studies in vivo was calculated from time-series T-1 maps using the CAs GdDOTA and P792 (low and, medium molecular weight, respectively). vascular input functions (VIFs) were measured in the jugular veins and were used for modeling of the CA kinetics with a two-compartment model. In rat breast tumors, vascular permeability (transfer constant K-trans), fractional plasma volume v(p), and fractional leakage space v. were quantified and parametric maps were generated. Results: The IR TrueFISP T, was slightly underestimated in phantoms and overestimated in vivo (10%) with respect to IR GE. VIFs showed only small interindividual variation. Mean K-trans values were 0.062 +/- 0.017 min(-1) for and 0.015 +/- 0.005 min(-1) for P792 (N = 12). Mean v(e) and v(p) values were 0.15 +/- 0.04 (0.09 +/- 0.03) and 0.04 +/- 0.01 (0.03 +/- 0.01) for GdDOTA (P792). Conclusion: DCE-MRI with IR TrueFISP provided absolute values for K-trans, v(p), and v(e). Direct comparison between GdDOTA and P792 revealed significant differences in the VIF, model-fit-quality, permeability, leakage space, and plasma volume. The larger molecular weight CA P792 appears to be better for measuring tumour vascular parameters.
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