Three-dimensional cardiac cine imaging using the kat ARC acceleration: Initial experience in clinical adult patients at 3T
| Autor: | Atsushi Nozaki, Masahiro Jinzaki, Motoaki Sano, Keiichi Fukuda, Yoshitake Yamada, Jun Fujita, Shigeo Okuda, Akihiro Tanimoto, Sachio Kuribayashi, Peng Lai |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Image quality Biomedical Engineering Biophysics Magnetic Resonance Imaging Cine Pilot Projects Sensitivity and Specificity Breath Holding Ventricular Dysfunction Left Acceleration Imaging Three-Dimensional Image Interpretation Computer-Assisted medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Ejection fraction Adult patients medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Reproducibility of Results Magnetic resonance imaging Middle Aged Image Enhancement medicine.anatomical_structure Cine imaging Ventricle cardiovascular system Cardiac Imaging Techniques Female Radiology Artifacts Nuclear medicine business Algorithms |
| Zdroj: | Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 33:911-917 |
| ISSN: | 0730-725X |
| Popis: | Objective Three-dimensional cardiac cine imaging has demonstrated promising clinical 1.5-Tesla results; however, its application to 3 T scanners has been limited because of the higher sensitivity to off-resonance artifacts. The aim of this study was to apply 3D cardiac cine imaging during a single breath hold in clinical patients on a 3 T scanner using the kat ARC (k- and adaptive-t auto-calibrating reconstruction for Cartesian sampling) technique and to evaluate the interchangeability between 2D and 3D cine imaging for cardiac functional analysis and detection of abnormalities in regional wall motion. Methods Following institutional review board approval, we obtained 2D cine images with an acceleration factor of two during multiple breath holds and 3D cine images with a net scan acceleration factor of 7.7 during a single breath hold in 20 patients using a 3 T unit. Two readers independently evaluated the wall motion of the left ventricle (LV) using a 5-point scale, and the consistency in the detection of regional wall motion abnormality between 2D and 3D cine was analyzed by Cohen's kappa test. The LV volume was calculated at end-diastole and end-systole (LVEDV, LVESV); the ejection fraction (LVEF) and myocardial weight (LVmass) were also calculated. The relationship between functional parameters calculated for 2D and 3D cine images was analyzed using Pearson's correlation analysis. The bias and 95% limit of agreement (LA) were calculated using Bland–Altman plots. In addition, a qualitative evaluation of image quality was performed with regard to the myocardium–blood contrast, noise level and boundary definition. Results Despite slight degradation in image quality for 3D cine, excellent agreement was obtained for the detection of wall motion abnormalities between 2D and 3D cine images (κ = 0.84 and 0.94 for each reader). Excellent correlations between the two imaging methods were shown for the evaluation of functional parameters (r > 0.97). Slight differences in LVEDV, LVESV, LVEF and LVmass were observed, with average values of 1.6 ± 8.9 mL, − 0.6 ± 5.9 mL, 1.4 ± 3.6%, and 1.3 ± 8.7 g, respectively. Conclusions Images obtained using the kat ARC 3D and conventional 2D cine techniques were equivalent in the detection of regional wall motion abnormalities and the evaluation of cardiac functional parameters. |
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