Proton NMR imaging in experimental ischemic infarction

Journal Article · · Stroke; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0730-725X(84)90144-9· OSTI ID:5854623

Buonanno, F S; Pykett, I L; Brady, T J; Vielma, J; Burt, C T; Goldman, M R; Hinshaw, W S; Pohost, G M; Kistler, J P

Proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) images depict the distribution and concentration of mobile protons modified by the relaxation times T1 and T2. Using the steady-state-free-precession (SSFP) technique, serial coronal images were obtained sequentially over time in laboratory animals with experimental ischemic infarction. Image changes were evident as early as 2 hours after carotid artery ligation, and corresponded to areas of ischemic infarction noted pathologically. Resulting SSFP images in experimental stroke are contrasted to inversion-recovery NMR images in an illustrative patient with established cerebral infarction. Bulk T1 and T2 measurements were made in vitro in three groups of gerbils: normal, those with clinical evidence of infarction, and those clinically normal after carotid ligature. Infarcted hemispheres had significantly prolonged T1 and T2 (1.47 +/- .12 sec, 76.0 +/- 9.0 msec, respectively) when compared to the contralateral hemisphere (T1 . 1.28 +/- .05 sec, T2 . 58.7 +/- 3.9 msec) or to the other two groups. These data suggest that changes in NMR parameters occur and can be detected by NMR imaging as early as two hours after carotid artery ligation.

• Research Organization: Department of Neurology, Radiology, Surgery and Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
• OSTI ID: 5854623
• Journal Information: Stroke; (United States), Journal Name: Stroke; (United States) Vol. 14:2; ISSN SJCCA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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