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Abstract #0722

Simultaneous measurement of microvascular and macrovascular blood flow and oxygenation in the leg

Erin K Englund 1 , Zachary B Rodgers 2 , Michael C Langham 3 , Emile R Mohler III 4 , Thomas F Floyd 5 , and Felix W Wehrli 3

1 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 2 Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 3 Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 4 Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 5 Department of Anesthesiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States

A method to simultaneously measure perfusion, arterial velocity, venous oxygen saturation, and skeletal muscle T 2 * using an interleaved pulsed arterial spin labeling and velocity-encoded multi-echo GRE sequence is presented. The method, termed velocity-encoded Perfusion, Intravascular Venous Oxygen saturation and T 2 * (velocity-encoded PIVOT) was assessed in healthy subjects during a series of ischemia reperfusion paradigms. Results demonstrate that the method is capable of faithfully measuring all four parameters at 3-second temporal resolution. Dynamic measurement of these parameters was also completed during isometric plantar flexion contractions. Results suggest that this technique may be useful in developing biophysical models of muscle metabolism.

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