Assessment of bolus injection protocol with appropriate concentration for quantitative assessment of pulmonary perfusion by dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the appropriate concentration for quantitative assessment of dynamic contrast-enhanced pulmonary MR imaging.


METHODS
A total of 40 consecutive patients with small bronchioalveolar carcinoma underwent perfusion single-photon emission tomography (SPECT) and three-dimensional (3D) dynamic MR imaging with a 3D radiofrequency spoiled gradient-echo sequence. In each patient, 5 mL of contrast media with 0.1, 0.3, and 0.5 mmol/mL were administered at a rate of 5 mL/second. All patients were divided into two groups (<70 kg and > or =70 kg) for assessment of appropriate concentration to quantitatively assess regional perfusion parameter in routine clinical practice. Pulmonary blood flow (PBF) in each protocol was calculated from a signal intensity (SI)-time course curve. Differences and limits of agreement of PBF between dynamic MR imaging (PBF(MR)) using three different concentrations and perfusion SPECT (PBF(SPECT)) were statistically compared in both patient groups.


RESULTS
PBF(MR) using 0.3 mmol/mL in the <70-kg group and 0.5 mmol/mL in the > or =70-kg group showed no significant difference compared with PBF(SPECT) (P > 0.05). Limits of agreements in 0.3 mmol/mL in the <70-kg group and 0.5 mmol/mL in the > or =70-kg group were smaller than those of the other concentrations and small enough for clinical purposes.


CONCLUSIONS
Appropriate concentrations provide accurate and reproducible assessments of regional pulmonary perfusion parameters on 3D dynamic MR perfusion imaging. We suggest using 5 mL of contrast media with 0.3 mmol/mL for patients weighing less than 70 kg and 0.5 mmol/mL for patients weighing 70 kg or more.
Ohno
Yoshiharu
Y
Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan. yosirad@kobe-u.ac.jp
Murase
Kenya
K
Higashino
Takanori
T
Nogami
Munenobu
M
Koyama
Hisanobu
H
Takenaka
Daisuke
D
Kawamitu
Hideaki
H
Matsumoto
Sumiaki
S
Hatabu
Hiroto
H
Sugimura
Kazuro
K
D000368:Aged; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
D003287:Contrast Media; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin