The effects of labeling gap and susceptibility artifacts in pCASL perfusion MRI

• Published in: Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology Vol. 9; no. 4; pp. 213 - 217
• Main Author: Kim, Seong-Hu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 한국방사선학회 30.06.2015
• Subjects: 원자력공학
• ISSN: 1976-0620; 2384-0633
• DOI: 10.7742/jksr.2015.9.4.213

To report problems found in a patient who has implemented stent implantation and then conducted a perfusion MRI using ASL(Arterial Spin Labeling), in order to suggest a solution to them. The perfusion MRI was conducted, using pCASL among ASL methods. Data from pCASL(Pseudo Continuous Arterial Spin Labeling) was acquired together with the structural image simply by changing position(labeling gap 15 mm, 170 mm) of the labeling pulse to avoid stent. Data was processed through the ASLtbx. When perfusion MRI was acquired using pCASL, it showed that the position of the conventional labeling pulse (labeling gap 24 mm) was overlapped with that of stent, which made signal intensity in right brain tissue appear as if it were void. When the labeling pulse was positioned (labeling gap 15 mm) to avoid stent, high signal intensity images were acquired. In labeling pulse (labeling gap 170 mm), the signal intensity was more reduced due to relaxation before labeled blood arrived at the imaging slice. pCASL can be stably repeated measurements because it does not use a contrast agent. And it should be selected with the appropriate image acquisition parameters for the high quality image. KCI Citation Count: 0