期刊
NEUROIMAGE
卷 204, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116228
关键词
Intravoxel incoherent motion; Brain; Mean diffusivity; Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging
资金
- National Institutes of Health [R01-NS088040, T32GM007308]
- Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research, a NIH NIBIB Biomedical Technology Resource Center [P41EB017183]
At very low diffusion weighting the diffusion MRI signal is affected by intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) caused by dephasing of magnetization due to incoherent blood flow in capillaries or other sources of microcirculation. While IVIM measurements at low diffusion weightings have been frequently used to investigate perfusion in the body as well as in malignant tissue, the effect and origin of IVIM in normal brain tissue is not completely established. We investigated the IVIM effect on the brain diffusion MRI signal in a cohort of 137 radiologically-normal patients (62 male; mean age = 50.2 + 17.8, range = 18 to 94). We compared the diffusion tensor parameters estimated from a mono-exponential fit at b = 0 and 1000 s/mm(2) versus at b = 250 and 1000 s/ mm(2). The asymptotic fitting method allowed for quantitative assessment of the IVIM signal fraction f* in specific brain tissue and regions. Our results show a mean (median) percent difference in the mean diffusivity of about 4.5 (4.9)% in white matter (WM), about 7.8 (8.7)% in cortical gray matter (GM), and 4.3 (4.2)% in thalamus. Corresponding perfusion fraction f* was estimated to be 0.033 (0.032) in WM, 0.066 (0.065) in cortical GM, and 0.033 (0.030) in the thalamus. The effect of f* with respect to age was found to be significant in cortical GM (Pearson correlation rho = 0.35, p = 3*10(-5)) and the thalamus (Pearson correlation p = 0.20, p = 0.022) with an average increase in f* of 5.17*10(-4)/year and 3.61*10(-4)/year, respectively. Significant correlations between f* and age were not observed for WM, and corollary analysis revealed no effect of gender on f*. Possible origins of the IVIM effect in normal brain tissue are discussed.
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