Abstract
Knowledge of blood 1H2O T1 is critical for perfusion-based quantification experiments such as arterial spin labeling and cerebral blood volume-weighted MRI using vascular space occupancy. The dependence of blood 1H2O T1 on hematocrit fraction (Hct) and oxygen saturation fraction (Y) was determined at 7 T using in vitro bovine blood in a circulating system under physiological conditions. Blood 1H2O R1 values for different conditions could be readily fitted using a two-compartment (erythrocyte and plasma) model, which are described by a monoexponential longitudinal relaxation rate constant dependence. It was found that T1 = 2171 ± 39 ms for Y = 1 (arterial blood) and 2010 ± 41 ms for Y = 0.6 (venous blood), for a typical Hct of 0.42. The blood 1H2O T1 values in the normal physiological range (Hct from 0.35 to 0.45, and Y from 0.6 to 1.0) were determined to range from 1900 to 2300 ms. The influence of oxygen partial pressure (pO2) and the effect of plasma osmolality for different anticoagulants were also investigated. It is discussed why blood 1H2O T1 values measured in vivo for human blood may be about 10-20% larger than found in vitro for bovine blood at the same field strength.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1153-1159 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Magnetic resonance in medicine |
Volume | 70 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2013 |
Keywords
- 7 T
- hematocrit
- in vitro blood
- longitudinal relaxation
- mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration
- oxygen partial pressure
- oxygen saturation fraction
- plasma osmolality
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging