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Abstract #1263

MULti-TImepoint VElocity-selective Reconciled with Spatially-sElective (MULTIVERSE) ASL: Pushing the Limit of Arterial Transit Time

Feng Xu1,2, Dapeng Liu1,2, Dan Zhu1,2, Anja Soldan3, Marilyn Albert3, Martin Lindquist4, Doris D. M. Lin1, and Qin Qin1,2
1The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States, 2F.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, United States, 3Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States, 4Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States

Synopsis

Keywords: Arterial Spin Labelling, Perfusion, Cerebral blood flow, arterial transit time, multi time point, arterial spin labeling

Motivation: Existing multi-timepoint arterial spin labeling (ASL) methods can only estimate cerebral blood flow (CBF) and arterial transit time (ATT) with a limited range of ATT (<2000ms).

Goal(s): Improve quantification of CBF and ATT for a wide range of ATT.

Approach: MULTIVERSE ASL applies combined fitting of multi-PLD pseudo-continuous (PC) ASL and multi-PLD velocity-selective (VS) ASL to measure CBF and ATT.

Results: With the same scan time, MULTIVERSE ASL improved the accuracy and precision and reduced uncertainty in CBF and ATT quantification across an extended range of ATT (500-4000ms).

Impact: This novel and straightforward approach improves perfusion measurement over the extended range of arterial transit time which was not possible with existing ASL methods. It highlights the clinical potential of ASL-based perfusion mapping in various altered physiological and pathological conditions.

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