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Intravoxel Incoherent Motion (IVIM) MRI offers contrast-agent-free microvascular imaging. This study correlates IVIM-MRI with optical coherence tomography (OCT) in mice, supporting IVIM

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Area of Science:

Biomedical Engineering
Medical Imaging
Oncology

Background:

Intravoxel Incoherent Motion (IVIM) MRI is a contrast-agent-free technique for microvascular imaging.
Limited spatial resolution of MRI poses challenges for accurate microvasculature quantification.
Preclinical validation is crucial for advancing IVIM-MRI in clinical applications.

Purpose of the Study:

To correlate IVIM-MRI parameters with high-resolution optical coherence tomography (OCT) measurements of microvasculature in a preclinical cancer model.
To assess the biomedical relevance of IVIM-MRI metrics by comparing them with established optical imaging techniques.
To investigate the relationship between IVIM-derived perfusion fraction (f) and OCT-measured vascular volume density (VVD).

Main Methods:

Subcutaneous implantation of human pancreatic cancer cells (BxPC-3) in NRG mice with dorsal window chambers.
Acquisition of high-resolution 3D vascular data using speckle variance OCT (VVD) and color Doppler OCT (Δϕ).
Preclinical 7T IVIM-MRI to generate maps of perfusion fraction (f), D_slow, and D_fast, followed by coregistration with OCT data.

Main Results:

A significant positive correlation was found between OCT VVD and IVIM-MRI perfusion fraction f (r = 0.34, p < 0.0001).
No significant correlation was observed between Doppler phase shift (Δϕ) and the fast diffusion coefficient (D_fast), potentially due to simulation-confirmed error in D_fast values.
Various inter- and intra-modality correlations were quantified, supporting the validity of the imaging approaches.

Conclusions:

Direct correlation of clinically relevant IVIM-MRI with preclinical OCT imaging validates IVIM-MRI's utility in assessing microvasculature.
The observed relationship between IVIM-MRI's perfusion fraction (f) and OCT's vascular volume density (VVD) supports its biomedical relevance.
Further research may refine IVIM-MRI methods to improve accuracy, particularly for parameters like D_fast.