Cardiac- versus diaphragm-based respiratory navigation for proton spectroscopy of the heart
Abstract
Objectives
To study inter-individual differences of the relation between diaphragm and heart motion, the objective of the present study was to implement respiratory navigation on the heart and compare it against the established method of navigator gating on the diaphragm for single-voxel cardiac 1H-MRS.
Materials and methods
1H-MRS was performed on a 1.5T system in 19 healthy volunteers of mixed age (range 24–75 years). Spectra were recorded in a 6–8 ml voxel in the ventricular septum using a PRESS (point-resolved spectroscopy) sequence and ECG gating. Water-unsuppressed data acquired with pencil beam navigation on the heart were compared to data with navigation on the diaphragm. Water-suppressed data were obtained to assess triglyceride-to-water ratios.
Results
Water phase and amplitude fluctuations for cardiac versus diaphragm navigation did not reveal significant differences. Both navigator positions provided comparable triglyceride-to-water ratios and gating efficiencies (coefficient of variation (CoV) 7.0%). The cardiac navigator showed a good reproducibility (CoV 5.2%).
Discussion
Respiratory navigation on the heart does not convey an advantage over diaphragm-based navigator gating for cardiac 1H-MRS, but also no disadvantage. Consequently, cardiac and diaphragm respiratory navigation may be used interchangeably. Show more
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Journal / series
Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology, and MedicineVolume
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Publisher
SpringerSubject
Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myocardial lipid metabolism; Respiratory motion compensationOrganisational unit
09548 - Kozerke, Sebastian / Kozerke, Sebastian
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