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British Journal of Radiology (2003) 76, 39-51
© 2003 British Institute of Radiology
doi: 10.1259/bjr/31662734
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Simultaneous mapping of blood volume and endothelial permeability surface area product in gliomas using iterative analysis of first-pass dynamic contrast enhanced MRI data

K L Li, PhD1, X P Zhu, MD, PhD1, D R Checkley, MSc2, J J L Tessier, PhD1, V F Hillier, PhD2, J C Waterton, PhD, MRSC2 and A Jackson, PhD, FRCR1

1 Division of Imaging Science and Biomedical Engineering, Stopford Medical School, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT and 2 AstraZeneca, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4TG, UK

Correspondence: Professor A Jackson, Imaging Science and Biomedical Engineering, The Stopford Medical School, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK

We describe a novel method for the calculation of endothelial permeability surface area product from dynamic contrast enhanced MRI. The technique uses iterative estimation to automatically decompose tissue residue function into intravascular and extravascular components, which are subsequently used to generate tumour blood volume, which is equal to relative cerebral blood volume calculated from T1 weighted images and corrected for contamination by contrast agent leakage (), and endothelial permeability (kfp) maps. The technique was assessed in patients with cerebral glioma (n=5) by examining the reproducibility of endothelial permeability and between two separate examinations conducted with a 2-day interval. The technique produces maps of endothelial permeability that appear to be free of any contribution from intravascular contrast agent. Maps of show close correlation with maps of blood volume calculated from independently acquired dynamic susceptibility weighted MRI examinations, with no evidence of residual permeability effects. The results were highly reproducible with strong intra-class correlation between the two examinations for mean values and for 97.5 percentiles of endothelial permeability and . The excellent reproducibility of this technique and the ability to calculate endothelial permeability and values from rapidly acquired data sets offer considerable advantages over conventional approaches and support the use of this methodology for therapeutic monitoring or trials of novel therapeutic agents.






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