Correcting saturation effects of the arterial input function in dynamic susceptibility contrast-enhanced MRI: a Monte Carlo simulation
| Autor: | Jörg Schultze, Jens Steinbrink, Peter Brunecker, Christian H. Nolte, Matthias Endres, Arno Villringer, Gerhard J. Jungehulsing |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Middle Cerebral Artery Computer science Quantitative Biology::Tissues and Organs Physics::Medical Physics Monte Carlo method Biomedical Engineering Biophysics Contrast Media Perfusion scanning Noise (electronics) Rician fading Singular value decomposition Range (statistics) Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Simulation Aged Blood Volume Models Cardiovascular Brain Middle Aged Image Enhancement Magnetic Resonance Imaging Cerebral blood flow Cerebrovascular Circulation Female Saturation (chemistry) Algorithm Monte Carlo Method Algorithms |
| Zdroj: | Magnetic resonance imaging. 25(9) |
| ISSN: | 0730-725X |
| Popis: | To prevent systematic errors in quantitative brain perfusion studies using dynamic susceptibility contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DSC-MRI), a reliable determination of the arterial input function (AIF) is essential. We propose a novel algorithm for correcting distortions of the AIF caused by saturation of the peak amplitude and discuss its relevance for longitudinal studies. The algorithm is based on the assumption that the AIF can be separated into a reliable part at low contrast agent concentrations and an unreliable part at high concentrations. This unreliable part is reconstructed, applying a theoretical framework based on a transport-diffusion theory and using the bolus-shape in the tissue. A validation of the correction scheme is tested by a Monte Carlo simulation. The input of the simulation was a wide range of perfusion, and the main aim was to compare this input to the determined perfusion parameters. Another input of the simulation was an AIF template derived from in vivo measurements. The distortions of this template was modeled via a Rician distribution for image intensities. As for a real DSC-MRI experiment, the simulation returned the AIF and the tracer concentration-dependent signal in the tissue. The novel correction scheme was tested by deriving perfusion parameters from the simulated data for the corrected and the uncorrected case. For this analysis, a common truncated singular value decomposition approach was applied. We find that the saturation effect caused by Rician-distributed noise leads to an overestimation of regional cerebral blood flow and regional cerebral blood volume, as compared to the input parameter. The aberration can be amplified by a decreasing signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) or an increasing tracer concentration. We also find that the overestimation can be successfully eliminated by the proposed saturation-correction scheme. In summary, the correction scheme will allow DSC-MRI to be expanded towards higher tracer concentrations and lower SNR and will help to increase the measurement to measurement reproducibility for longitudinal studies. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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