Quantification of Myocardial Perfusion

我们已经开发并验证了一系列定量灌注方法，包括双剂量方案（Christian TF等）。放射学,2004;232(3): 677 - 84)。我们证明了临床前研究的所有结论都适用于人类（Hsu L et al.）。医学影像杂志2006；23(3): 315 - 22)。先前定量灌注分析（包括我们自己的工作）的一个常见问题是依赖于兴趣区域分析或基于部门的分析。这些类型的基于扇区的分析相当于将图像分辨率降低10-50倍，并导致心肌灌注的相当块状表示。

We have developed and validated a series of quantitative perfusion methods including a dual bolus protocol (Christian TF et al. Radiology. 2004; 232(3):677-84). We demonstrated that all of the conclusions from the pre-clinical studies were applicable and relevant in people (Hsu L et al. J Magn Reson Imaging 2006; 23(3):315-22). One problem common to prior quantitative perfusion analyses (including our own work) has been reliance on region of interest analysis or sector-based analysis. These types of sector-based analyses are equivalent to degrading the image resolution by a factor of 10-50 and result in rather blocky representations of myocardial perfusion. Since physicians generally interpret perfusion images by watching a series of images played in a digital video loop at full resolution, we hypothesized that MRI could evaluate fully quantitative myocardial blood flow (MBF) at a pixel level based on contrast-enhanced first-pass cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging in dogs and patients. We found that myocardial blood flow could be quantified at the pixel level (32 microliters of myocardium) on CMR perfusion images and results compared well with microsphere measurements (Hsu L et al. JACC CV Imaging 2012). Furthermore, high-resolution pixel-wise CMR perfusion maps could detect transmural perfusion gradients. These methods may improve the objectivity of diagnosing CAD in patients. We have studied the consequences of imperfect surface coil intensity corrections on quantification of myocardial perfusion (Miller CA et al. JCMR 2015). We have also developed substantially better proton density weighted methods to improve the accuracy with which these surface coil intensity corrections can be applied during the calibration steps necessary for perfusion quantification (Nielles-Vallespin et al. JCMR 2015). Since 2015, we validated individual components of an automatic system for quantifying myocardial perfusion. This culminated in a paper summarizing the diagnostic accuracy of fully automatic stress perfusion CMR (Hsu 2018). These methods have also provided insight that may be useful for differentiating artifacts from true perfusion defects.