Journal
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE
Volume 71, Issue 4, Pages 1575-1580Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24799
Keywords
relaxation; temperature dependency; magnetic resonance imaging; brain; postmortem; thermometry
Funding
- Oesterreichische National Bank
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [F 3209] Funding Source: researchfish
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PurposeMagnetic resonance relaxation times of most tissues are expected to depend on temperature, which can impact findings in postmortem magnetic resonance imaging or when using magnetic resonance imaging for relaxation-based thermometry. The purpose of this study was to investigate the exact temperature dependency of the relaxation times T-1, T-2, T-2*, and the magnetization transfer ratio in different structures of the human brain. MethodsTo prevent fixation and autolysis effects, this study was performed with fresh postmortem brain tissues. Following autopsy, coronal brain slices from five deceased subjects were subjected to relaxometry at 3T in a temperature range between 4 degrees C and 37 degrees C. Heating of the tissue was achieved by flushing the vacuum packed brain slices with water at a predefined temperature. ResultsT(1) showed a linear dependency on temperature with the highest temperature coefficient in the cortex (17.4 ms/degrees C) and the lowest in the white matter (3.4 ms/degrees C). T-2 did not depend on temperature. T-2* and magnetization transfer ratio scaled with temperature only in deep gray matter. ConclusionThe temperature coefficient for T-1 is higher than expected from previous reports and varies across brain structures. The coefficients obtained in this study can serve as reference for thermometry or for correcting quantitative postmortem magnetic resonance imaging. Magn Reson Med 71:1575-1580, 2014. (c) 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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