The QUASAR reproducibility study, Part II: Results from a multi-center Arterial Spin Labeling test-retest study.

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serval:BIB_D69D9AE75BE4
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
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Title
The QUASAR reproducibility study, Part II: Results from a multi-center Arterial Spin Labeling test-retest study.
Journal
Neuroimage
Author(s)
Petersen E.T., Mouridsen K., Golay X.
Working group(s)
all named co-authors of the QUASAR test-retest study
Contributor(s)
Alfke K., Asllani I., Bloch KM., Borogovac A., Browaeys P., Butman JA., van Cauteren M., Chai JM., Dimitrov I., Donahue MJ., Gai ND., Gatenby JC., Goode S., Hansen AE., Helle M., Higano S., Hirai T., Hoogduin H., Hoogenraad FG., Ivancevic MK., Jackson A., Jahng GH., Kampaengtip A., Kim E., Kim JH., Kim ST., Kitajima M., Knutsson L., Lackey J., Lai S., Laothamatas J., Larkman DJ., Larsson HB., Lee JH., Lee SK., Lu H., MacKay AL., Meuli RA., Moffat K., Moore EA., Morgan PS., Murata T., Mädler B., Noguchi T., Peeters R., Rollins NK., Shnier R., Sunaert S., Sundgren PC., Welch EB., Yang DM., Toshiura T., van Zijl PC. , Zimine I.
ISSN
1095-9572 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1053-8119
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2010
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
49
Number
1
Pages
104-113
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Multicenter Study ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL) is a method to measure perfusion using magnetically labeled blood water as an endogenous tracer. Being fully non-invasive, this technique is attractive for longitudinal studies of cerebral blood flow in healthy and diseased individuals, or as a surrogate marker of metabolism. So far, ASL has been restricted mostly to specialist centers due to a generally low SNR of the method and potential issues with user-dependent analysis needed to obtain quantitative measurement of cerebral blood flow (CBF). Here, we evaluated a particular implementation of ASL (called Quantitative STAR labeling of Arterial Regions or QUASAR), a method providing user independent quantification of CBF in a large test-retest study across sites from around the world, dubbed "The QUASAR reproducibility study". Altogether, 28 sites located in Asia, Europe and North America participated and a total of 284 healthy volunteers were scanned. Minimal operator dependence was assured by using an automatic planning tool and its accuracy and potential usefulness in multi-center trials was evaluated as well. Accurate repositioning between sessions was achieved with the automatic planning tool showing mean displacements of 1.87+/-0.95 mm and rotations of 1.56+/-0.66 degrees . Mean gray matter CBF was 47.4+/-7.5 [ml/100 g/min] with a between-subject standard variation SD(b)=5.5 [ml/100 g/min] and a within-subject standard deviation SD(w)=4.7 [ml/100 g/min]. The corresponding repeatability was 13.0 [ml/100 g/min] and was found to be within the range of previous studies.
Keywords
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Blood Volume/physiology, Brain Mapping, Cerebral Arteries/anatomy & histology, Cerebrovascular Circulation/physiology, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Reproducibility of Results, Software, Spin Labels, Young Adult
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Web of science
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