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A Metabolite Specific 3D Stack-of-spirals BSSFP Sequence for Improved Bicarbonate Imaging in Hyperpolarized [1-C]Pyruvate MRI

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Journal J Magn Reson
Publisher Elsevier
Date 2023 Jul 4
PMID 37402333
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Abstract

C-bicarbonate is a crucial measure of pyruvate oxidation and TCA cycle flux, but is challenging to measure due to its relatively low concentration and thus will greatly benefit from improved signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). To address this, we developed and investigated the feasibility of a 3D stack-of-spirals metabolite-specific balanced steady-state free precession (MS-bSSFP) sequence for improving the SNR and spatial resolution of dynamic C-bicarbonate imaging in hyperpolarized [1-C]pyruvate studies. The bicarbonate MS-bSSFP sequence was evaluated by simulations, phantoms studies, preclinical studies on five rats, brain studies on two healthy volunteers and renal study on one renal cell carcinoma patient. The simulations and phantom results showed that the bicarbonate-specific pulse had minimal perturbation of other metabolites (<1%). In the animal studies, the MS-bSSFP sequence provided an approximately 2.6-3 × improvement in C-bicarbonate SNR compared to a metabolite-specific gradient echo (MS-GRE) sequence without altering the bicarbonate or pyruvate kinetics, and the shorter spiral readout in the MS-bSSFP approach reduced blurring. Using the SNR ratio between MS-bSSFP and MS-GRE, the T values of bicarbonate and lactate in the rat kidneys were estimated as 0.5 s and 1.1 s, respectively. The in-vivo feasibility of bicarbonate MS-bSSFP sequence was demonstrated in two human brain studies and one renal study. These studies demonstrate the potential of the sequence for in-vivo applications, laying the foundation for future studies to observe this relatively low concentration metabolite with high-quality images and improve measurements of pyruvate oxidation.

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