期刊
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE
卷 48, 期 3, 页码 555-558出版社
JOHN WILEY & SONS INC
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10242
关键词
brain; magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging; CSF partial volumer correction; quantitation; segmentation
资金
- NCRR NIH HHS [P41 RR15241] Funding Source: Medline
- NIA NIH HHS [R03AG17364] Funding Source: Medline
Partial volume effects with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), if uncorrected, can lead to underestimation of metabolite concentrations in quantitative proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) of the brain. A rapid method for the correction of CSF partial volume effects is described based on selective CSF imaging using long echo time (TE) fast spin echo (FSE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In order to achieve maximum suppression of signal from brain parenchyma, the FSE sequence is coupled with an inversion recovery (IR) pulse. Scan time is minimized using single shot (SS) IR-FSE. The method is validated against a current gold standard for the determination of CSF volumes, namely, segmented 3D spoiled gradient-echo (SPGR) scans. Excellent agreement in CSF percentage determined by the two methods was found (linear regression analysis: slope = 0.99 +/- 0.02, intercept = 2.08 +/- 0.45; mean +/- standard errors, R = 0.93) in pooled data from four healthy subjects. An example of the use of SS-IR-FSE for partial volume correction in a leukodystrophy patient with T-2 hyperintense lesions is demonstrated. SS-IR-IFSE is a simple and rapid method for applying partial volume corrections in quantitative proton MRSI, which may be of particular value in the clinical environment when time constraints do not allow longer, perhaps more accurate segmentation methods to be used. (C) 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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