Magnetic resonance spin-spin relaxation time estimation in a rat model of fatty liver disease.

Autor: Alghamdi S; The University of Queensland, Centre for Advanced Imaging, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.; College of Applied Medical Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia., Sinclair B; The University of Queensland, Centre for Advanced Imaging, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia., Cowin G; The University of Queensland, Centre for Advanced Imaging, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia., Brereton I; The University of Queensland, Centre for Advanced Imaging, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia., Tesiram YA; The University of Queensland, Centre for Advanced Imaging, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI [J Magn Reson Imaging] 2018 Feb; Vol. 47 (2), pp. 468-476. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Jun 22.
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.25786
Abstrakt: Purpose: To compare mono- and bi-exponential relaxation model equations to discriminate between normal and fatty liver disease.
Materials and Methods: Six rats on a choline deficient amino acid modified (CDAA) diet and six on normal chow were studied. Multiple spin echo images with increasing echo times (TEs) were collected at 9.4T. Pixel-wise T 2 maps were generated using mono-exponential decay function to calculate T 2M , and a bi-exponential to calculate, short T 2 component (T 2S ), long T 2 component (T 2L ), and fractions of these components (ρ S , ρ L ), respectively. Statistical F-tests and Akaike's information criterion (AIC) were used to assess the relative performance of the two models.
Results: F-test and AIC showed that in the CDAA group, T 2 bi-exponential model described the signal of T 2 weighted imaging of the liver better than the mono-exponential model. Controls were best described by the mono-exponential model. Mean values for T 2M , T 2L , T 2S , ρ S , ρ L were 31.2 ± 0.7 ms, 72.8 ± 3.3 ms, 8.2 ± 0.6 ms,71.2 ± 2.1%, 30.4 ± 1.3%, respectively, in CDAA rats, compared with 18.8 ± 0.5 ms, 32.3 ± 0.7 ms, 9.2 ± 1.8 ms, 79 ± 2%, 21.0 ± 1.1% in controls.
Conclusion: In the fatty liver of CDAA rats we have shown that T 2 weighted images fit the bi-exponential model better than mono-exponential decays thus providing a better description of the data.
Level of Evidence: 1 Technical Efficacy: Stage 2 J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2018;47:468-476.
(© 2017 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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