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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2014.15.8.5124

Evaluation of the signal intensity of magnetic resonance angiography in accordance with the dilution rate of the contrast agent  

Choi, Kwan-Woo (Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center)
Seo, Sung-Mi (Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center)
Son, Soon-Yong (Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.15, no.8, 2014 , pp. 5124-5130 More about this Journal
Abstract
Dilution of the contrast agent by analyzing the change in the signal intensity during MR angiography in accordance with the viscosity and osmotic pressure minimizes the side effects, and improves the image quality. The contrast agent molarity changes by the dilution of the contrast agent in the blood, as it is injected, which leads to a change in signal intensity. Based on this principle, a phantom was prepared and experiments were performed. After the phantom experiment, a clinical experiment was conducted using the results of the phantom experiment. From November 2013 to January 2014, a group of patients were classified into diluted contrast agent (30 persons) and undiluted (30 persons), and the signal intensity of the cerebral vessels was compared. The signal intensity of the phantom according to the molarity of the contrast agent increased sharply from 0.0125 mmol, reached a peak at 20 mmol, and achieved equilibrium from 200 mmol. Based on the study results, the signal intensity of the blood vessels in the brain through were compared in a clinical experiment. All the brain vessels in the imaging range with diluting a high content of the gadolinium contrast agent showed high signal intensity. This result supports the phantom experiment and means that using the 500mmol diluted contrast agent is better than using 1000mmol undiluted contrast agent because it is easier to approach the 20mmol level needed to achieve the highest signal intensity. This study has significance in that it can minimize the high viscosity and osmotic pressure, which can cause side effects and improve the image quality using the method of the dilution rate.
Keywords
CE MRA; Contrast agent dilution method; Contrast agent mol phantom; 1mol MR contrast agents; Osmolarity; Viscosity;
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