实时的NMR光束定向速度映射. 在V模式的NMR中
J D Pearlman1, J R Moore, M J Lizak
1Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
Circulation
|November 1, 1992
概括
V模式核磁共振 (NMR) 允许在任何角度实时测量血液流速,克服当前技术的局限性. 这种新的MRI方法为心脏和血管研究提供了临床相关的数据.
科学领域:
- 医疗成像医学成像
- 心血管生理学心血管生理学
- 生物医学工程 生物医学工程
背景情况:
- 目前的非侵入性血液流速测量在视图方向 (多普勒超声波) 或时间分辨率 (MRI) 上有局限性.
- 需要先进的技术来捕获实时的血液动力学数据.
- V模式核磁共振 (NMR) 提供了一个潜在的解决方案.
研究的目的:
- 引入和评估V模式NMR,用于实时测量血液流速.
- 评估技术在任意方向上的性能.
- 为了证明其临床适用性.
主要方法:
- 在标准的1.5T临床NMR成像仪上实施V模式NMR.
- 在幽灵和人类志愿者身上测试该技术.
- 获取高达60赫兹的流速数据.
主要成果:
- 幽灵的测量速度与实际速度之间存在很高的相关性 (r > 0.99).
- 成功测量了人类下降大动脉的血液流动.
- 在有大动脉衰竭的受试者中检测明显的逆流.
结论:
- V模式NMR可以实时获取临床相关的血液流量信息.
- 该技术允许从任何想要的视角进行测量.
- 它不受骨或空气-组织接口的衰减的影响,因此具有广泛的适用性.
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