Purpose: To investigate the capabilities of a modern pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling (PCASL) technique for non-invasive assessment of the temporal and spatial distribution of the liver perfusion in healthy volunteers on a clinical MR system at 3T.
Materials And Methods: A 2D-PCASL multi-slice echo planar imaging sequence was adapted to the specific conditions in liver: a) labeling by PCASL was optimized to the flow characteristics in the portal vein, b) background suppression was applied for reduction of motion related artifacts, c) post labeling delays (PLDs) were varied over a large range (0.7-3.5s) in order to get better insight in the temporal and spatial distribution of tagged blood in the liver, and d) a special timed-breathing protocol was used allowing for recording of 16 to 18 label-control image pairs and a reference M0 image for each of 4 to 6 slices within approx. 5min for one PLD.
Results: Measurements with multiple PLDs showed dominating perfusion signal in macroscopic blood vessels for PLDs up to 1.5 s, whereas pure liver parenchyma revealed maximum perfusion signal for a PLD of approx. 2 s, and detectable signal up to PLDs of 3.5 s. Data fitting to a perfusion model for liver provided a mean global perfusion of 153±15ml/100g/min and a mean transit time of 1938±332ms in liver parenchyma. Measurements with a single PLD of 2 s demonstrated that portal-venous and arterial perfusion components can be measured separately by two measurements with two different positions of the labeling plane (one for labeling of the global hepatopetal blood flow and one for selective labeling of the portal blood flow only). Relative contribution of blood from the hepatic artery to the global liver perfusion, the hepatic perfusion index (HPI), amounted to approx. 23%.
Conclusion: Modern and adapted protocols for assessment of liver perfusion by PCASL have the potential to provide perfusion and blood transit time maps in reasonable acquisition time.
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