Four-phase single-capillary stepwise model for kinetics in arterial spin labeling MRI.
An extended model for extracting measures of brain perfusion from pulsed arterial spin labeling (ASL) data while considering transit effects and restricted permeability of capillaries to blood water is proposed. We divided the time course of the signal difference between control and labeled images into four phases with respect to the arrival time of labeled blood water at the voxel of interest (t(A)), transit time through the arteries in the voxel (t(ex)), and duration of the bolus of labeled spins (tau). Dividing the labeled slab of blood water into many discrete segments, and adapting numerical integration methods allowed us to conveniently model restricted capillary-tissue exchange based on a modified distributed parameter model. We compared this four-phase single-capillary stepwise (FPSCS) model with models that treat water as a freely diffusible tracer, using both simulations and experimental ASL brain imaging data at 1.5T from eight healthy subjects (24-80 years old). The FPSCS model yielded less errors in the least-squares sense in fitting brain ASL data in comparison with freely diffusible tracer models of water (P = 0.055). These results imply that restricted permeability of capillaries to water should be considered when brain ASL data are analyzed.
Li
Ka-loh
KL
Department of Radiology, University of California-San Francisco, and VA Medical Center 114M, 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA.
Zhu
Xiaoping
X
Hylton
Nola
N
Jahng
Geon-Ho
GH
Weiner
Michael W
MW
Schuff
Norbert
N
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000465:Algorithms; D002199:Capillary Permeability / Q000502:physiology*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D016018:Least-Squares Analysis; D016014:Linear Models; D008875:Middle Aged; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric
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