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Abstract #0375

Velocity-selective arterial spin labelling bolus duration measurements: Implications for consensus recommendations

Ian D Driver1, Hannah L Chandler1, Eleonora Patitucci2, Richard G Wise1,3,4, and Michael Germuska2
1Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, 2Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, 3Department of Neurosciences, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, ‘G. d’Annunzio University’ of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy, 4Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technologies (ITAB), ‘G. d’Annunzio University’ of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

Synopsis

Keywords: Arterial spin labelling, Brain, cerebrovascular reactivity

Velocity-selective ASL (VSASL) measurement of CBF is relatively insensitive to arterial arrival times, unlike other ASL techniques, making it suitable for measuring CBF in patient groups with long arrival times. However, VSASL can underestimate CBF when the trailing edge of the labelled bolus arrives before imaging. Our study finds substantial spatial heterogeneity in bolus duration in Fourier Transform velocity-selective inversion (FT-VSI), with short bolus durations in anterior regions and longer bolus durations in posterior regions. These results build on a recent VSASL consensus paper contributing to recommendations for cerebrovascular reactivity mapping experiments.

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