Echo Time‐Dependence of Observed Lung T1 in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis and Correlation With Clinical Metrics

Background Noninvasive monitoring of early abnormalities and therapeutic intervention in cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease using MRI is important. Lung T1 mapping has shown potential for local functional imaging without contrast material. Recently, it was discovered that observed lung T1 depends on...

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Published in:Journal of magnetic resonance imaging 2020-12, Vol.52 (6), p.1645-1654
Main Authors: Triphan, Simon M.F., Stahl, Mirjam, Jobst, Bertram J., Sommerburg, Olaf, Kauczor, Hans‐Ulrich, Schenk, Jens‐Peter, Alrajab, Abdulsattar, Eichinger, Monika, Mall, Marcus A., Wielpütz, Mark O.
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Language:English
Subjects:
Abnormalities
Coefficient of variation
Correlation analysis
Correlation coefficient
Correlation coefficients
Cystic fibrosis
Field strength
functional lung imaging
Lung diseases
lung T1
Magnetic resonance imaging
Mapping
Mathematical analysis
Medical imaging
Patients
Perfusion
Population studies
Statistical analysis
Statistical tests
Structure-function relationships
T1 mapping
Time dependence
Time measurement
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Summary:Background Noninvasive monitoring of early abnormalities and therapeutic intervention in cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease using MRI is important. Lung T1 mapping has shown potential for local functional imaging without contrast material. Recently, it was discovered that observed lung T1 depends on the measurement echo time (TE). Purpose To examine TE‐dependence of observed T1 in patients with CF and its correlation with clinical metrics. Study Type Prospective. Population In all, 75 pediatric patients with CF (8.6 ± 6.1 years, range 0.1–23 years), with 32 reexamined after 1 year. Field Strength/Sequence Patients were examined at 1.5T using an established MRI protocol and a multiecho inversion recovery 2D ultrashort echo time (UTE) sequence for T1(TE) mapping at five TEs including TE1 = 70 μs. Assessment Morphological and perfusion MRI were assessed by a radiologist (M.W.) with 11 years of experience using an established CF‐MRI scoring system. T1(TE) was quantified automatically. Clinical data including spirometry (FEV1pred%) and lung clearance index (LCI) were collected. Statistical Tests T1(TE) was correlated with the CF‐MRI score, clinical data, and LCI. Results T1(TE) showed a different curvature in CF than in healthy adults: T1 at TE1 was shorter in CF (1157 ms ± 73 ms vs. 1047 ms ± 70 ms, P 
ISSN:1053-1807
1522-2586
DOI:10.1002/jmri.27271