title: Feasibility of synchrotron radiation computed tomography on rats bearing glioma after iodine or gadolinium injection. Jeune Equipe RSRM-UJF.
abstract: The purpose of this work was to demonstrate the feasibility of a new imaging technique called synchrotron radiation computed tomography (SRCT). This technique leads to a direct assessment of the in vivo concentration of an iodine- or gadolinium-labeled compound. Rats bearing C6 glioma were imaged by MRI prior to the SRCT experiment. The SRCT experiments were performed after a 1.3 g I/kg (n = 5) or a 0.4 g Gd/kg (n = 5) injection. Finally, brains were sampled for histology. The SRCT images exhibited contrast enhancement at the tumor location. Ten minutes after injection, iodine and gadolinium tissular concentrations were equal to 0.80 ( +/- 0.40) mg/cm3 and 0.50 ( +/- 0.10) mg/cm3, respectively in the peripheral area of the tumor (respective background value: 0.20 +/- 0.02 to 0.10 +/- 0.01). Correlation to MRI and histology revealed that the contrast uptake occurred in the most vascularized area of the tumor. The present study summarizes the feasibility of in vivo SRCT to obtain quantitative information about iodine and gadolinium-labeled compounds. Beyond brain tumor pathology, the SRCT appears as a complementary approach to MRI and CT, for studying iodine- and gadolinium-labeled compounds by the direct achievement of the tissular concentration value in the tissue.
authors.affiliation: Medical Beamline, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Le Duc
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Corde
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Elleaume
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Estève
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Charvet
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brochard
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fiedler
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Collomb
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Le Bas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003287:Contrast Media; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D005682:Gadolinium; D005910:Glioma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007485:Ioxaglic Acid; D008536:Meglumine; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017356:Synchrotrons; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D008536:Meglumine; D005682:Gadolinium; C072417:gadoterate meglumine; D007485:Ioxaglic Acid