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Article: Balanced steady-state free precession fMRI with intravascular susceptibility contrast agent

TitleBalanced steady-state free precession fMRI with intravascular susceptibility contrast agent
Authors
KeywordsbSSFP
CBV
fMRI
Intravascular susceptibility contrast agent
MION
Rat
Issue Date2012
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/0740-3194/
Citation
Magnetic Resonance In Medicine, 2012, v. 68 n. 1, p. 65-73 How to Cite?
AbstractOne major challenge in echo planar imaging-based functional MRI (fMRI) is the susceptibility-induced image distortion. In this study, a new cerebral blood volume-weighted fMRI technique using distortion-free balanced steady-state free precession (bSSFP) sequence was proposed and its feasibility was investigated in rat brain at 7 Tesla. After administration of intravascular susceptibility contrast agent (monocrystalline iron oxide nanoparticle [MION] at 15 mg/kg), unilateral visual stimulation was presented using a block-design paradigm. With repetition time/echo time = 3.8/1.9 ms and α = 18°, bSSFP fMRI was performed and compared with the conventional cerebral blood volume-weighted fMRI using post-MION gradient echo and spin echo echo planar imaging. The results showed that post-MION bSSFP fMRI provides comparable sensitivity but with no severe image distortion and signal dropout. Robust negative responses were observed during stimulation and activation patterns were in excellent agreement with known neuroanatomy. Furthermore, the post-MION bSSFP signal was observed to decrease significantly during hypercapnia challenge, indicating its sensitivity to cerebral blood volume changes. These findings demonstrated that post-MION bSSFP fMRI is a promising alternative to conventional cerebral blood volume-weighted fMRI. This technique is particularly suited for fMRI investigation of animal models at high field. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/155771
ISSN
2023 Impact Factor: 3.0
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.343
ISI Accession Number ID
Funding AgencyGrant Number
Hong Kong Research Grant CouncilHKU7826/10M
Funding Information:

Grant sponsor: Hong Kong Research Grant Council; Grant number: HKU7826/10M.

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dc.contributor.authorZhou, IYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorCheung, MMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLau, Cen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChan, KCen_HK
dc.contributor.authorWu, EXen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-08T08:35:16Z-
dc.date.available2012-08-08T08:35:16Z-
dc.date.issued2012en_HK
dc.identifier.citationMagnetic Resonance In Medicine, 2012, v. 68 n. 1, p. 65-73en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0740-3194en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/155771-
dc.description.abstractOne major challenge in echo planar imaging-based functional MRI (fMRI) is the susceptibility-induced image distortion. In this study, a new cerebral blood volume-weighted fMRI technique using distortion-free balanced steady-state free precession (bSSFP) sequence was proposed and its feasibility was investigated in rat brain at 7 Tesla. After administration of intravascular susceptibility contrast agent (monocrystalline iron oxide nanoparticle [MION] at 15 mg/kg), unilateral visual stimulation was presented using a block-design paradigm. With repetition time/echo time = 3.8/1.9 ms and α = 18°, bSSFP fMRI was performed and compared with the conventional cerebral blood volume-weighted fMRI using post-MION gradient echo and spin echo echo planar imaging. The results showed that post-MION bSSFP fMRI provides comparable sensitivity but with no severe image distortion and signal dropout. Robust negative responses were observed during stimulation and activation patterns were in excellent agreement with known neuroanatomy. Furthermore, the post-MION bSSFP signal was observed to decrease significantly during hypercapnia challenge, indicating its sensitivity to cerebral blood volume changes. These findings demonstrated that post-MION bSSFP fMRI is a promising alternative to conventional cerebral blood volume-weighted fMRI. This technique is particularly suited for fMRI investigation of animal models at high field. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.en_HK
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/0740-3194/en_HK
dc.relation.ispartofMagnetic Resonance in Medicineen_HK
dc.subjectbSSFPen_HK
dc.subjectCBVen_HK
dc.subjectfMRIen_HK
dc.subjectIntravascular susceptibility contrast agenten_HK
dc.subjectMIONen_HK
dc.subjectRaten_HK
dc.titleBalanced steady-state free precession fMRI with intravascular susceptibility contrast agenten_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
dc.identifier.emailZhou, IY: izhou@hku.hken_HK
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