Abstract #0271

Dynamic Deuterium MRS Imaging of Brain Tumor with Enhanced Sensitivity and Spatiotemporal Resolution

Xiao-Hong Zhu¹, Tao Wang¹, Yibo Zhao^2,3, Yudu Li^2,3, Rong Guo^2,3, Yi Zhang¹, Walter Low⁴, Zhi-Pei Liang^2,3, and Wei Chen¹

¹CMRR, Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States, ²Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States, ³Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States, ⁴Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Noninvasive MR-based metabolic imaging of brain tumor may offer new tools for clinic diagnosis and monitoring of tumor growth or assessment of treatment efficacy. One potential candidate is the dynamic deuterium MRS (DMRS) imaging technique recently developed. To reach its full potential, we integrated advanced data processing with D-MRSI to enhance its sensitivity or spatiotemporal resolution. We demonstrated in this pilot study that quantitative “Warburg Effect” map and kinetic time courses of deuterated metabolites can be achieved with good spatiotemporal scales in rat brain tumor using Deep-SPICE based deuterium MRSI, which could potentially be applied to brain tumor patients.

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