Optimized Combination of b-values for IVIM Perfusion Imaging in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients. Clinical neuroradiology Zhu, G., Heit, J. J., Martin, B. W., Marcellus, D. G., Federau, C., Wintermark, M. 2019

Abstract

PURPOSE: To determine the optimal combination of low b-values to generate perfusion information from intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) considering the time constraints for these patients.METHODS: A retrospective cohort study of AIS patients with IVIM MRI was performed. A two-step voxel-by-voxel postprocessing was used to derive IVIM perfusion fraction maps with different combinations of bvalues. Signal values within regions of ischemic core, non-infarcted ischemic hemisphere, and contralateral hemisphere were measured on IVIM (f, D*, fD*, D) parameter maps. Bland-Altman analysis and the Dice similarity coefficient were used to determine quantitative and spatial agreements between the reference standard IVIM (IVIM with 6 bvalues of 0, 50, 100, 150, 200, 1000?s/mm2) and other combinations of bvalues. Significance level was set at p?<0.05.RESULTS: There were 58 patients (36males, 61.3%; mean age 70.2?±13.4 years) included. Considering all IVIM parameters, the combination of bvalues of 0, 50, 200, 1000 was the most consistent with our reference standard on Bland-Altman analysis. The best voxel-based overlaps of ischemic regions were on IVIMD, while there were good voxel-based overlaps on IVIMf.CONCLUSION: The IVIM with these four bvalues collects diffusion and perfusion information from asingle short MRI sequence, which may have important implications for the imaging of AIS patients.

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