Consistency of flow quantifications in tridirectional phase-contrast MRI

R. Unterhinninghofen; S. Ley; R. Dillmann

doi:10.1117/12.812271

27 March 2009 Consistency of flow quantifications in tridirectional phase-contrast MRI

R. Unterhinninghofen, S. Ley, R. Dillmann

Proceedings Volume 7259, Medical Imaging 2009: Image Processing; 72592C (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.812271
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2009, Lake Buena Vista (Orlando Area), Florida, United States

Abstract

Tridirectionally encoded phase-contrast MRI is a technique to non-invasively acquire time-resolved velocity vector fields of blood flow. These may not only be used to analyze pathological flow patterns, but also to quantify flow at arbitrary positions within the acquired volume. In this paper we examine the validity of this approach by analyzing the consistency of related quantifications instead of comparing it with an external reference measurement. Datasets of the thoracic aorta were acquired from 6 pigs, 1 healthy volunteer and 3 patients with artificial aortic valves. Using in-house software an elliptical flow quantification plane was placed manually at 6 positions along the descending aorta where it was rotated to 5 different angles. For each configuration flow was computed based on the original data and data that had been corrected for phase offsets. Results reveal that quantifications are more dependent on changes in position than on changes in angle. Phase offset correction considerably reduces this dependency. Overall consistency is good with a maximum variation coefficient of 9.9% and a mean variation coefficient of 7.2%.

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R. Unterhinninghofen, S. Ley, and R. Dillmann "Consistency of flow quantifications in tridirectional phase-contrast MRI", Proc. SPIE 7259, Medical Imaging 2009: Image Processing, 72592C (27 March 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.812271

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