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- Title
Fast measurement of intracardiac pressure differences with 2D breath-hold phase-contrast MRI (This article is a US Government work and, as such, is in the public domain in the United States of America.).
- Authors
Richard B. Thompson; Elliot R. McVeigh
- Abstract
Intracardiovascular blood pressure differences can be derived from velocity images acquired with phase-contrast (PC) MRI by evaluating the Navier-Stokes equations. Pressure differences within a slice of interest can be calculated using only the in-plane velocity components from that slice. This rapid exam is proposed as an alternative to the lengthy 3D velocity imaging exams. Despite their good spatial coverage, the 3D exams are prone to artifacts and errors from respiratory motion and insufficient temporal resolution, and are unattractive in the clinical setting due to their excessive scan times (>10 min of free breathing). The proposed single-slice approach requires only one or two breath-holds of acquisition time, and the velocity data can be processed for the calculation of pressure differences online with immediate feedback. The impact of reducing the pressure difference calculation to two dimensions is quantified by comparison with 3D data sets for the case of blood flow within the cardiac chambers. The calculated pressure differences are validated using high-fidelity pressure transducers both in a pulsatile flow phantom and in vivo in a dog model. There was excellent agreement between the transducer and PC-MRI results in all of the studies. Magn Reson Med 49:10561066, 2003. Published 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
- Subjects
BLOOD pressure measurement; CARDIOVASCULAR system; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; NAVIER-Stokes equations; THREE-dimensional imaging; BLOOD flow
- Publication
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2003, Vol 49, Issue 6, p1056
- ISSN
0740-3194
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/mrm.10486