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  • Title: 3D R2* mapping of the placenta during early gestation using free-breathing multiecho stack-of-radial MRI at 3T.
    Author: Armstrong T, Liu D, Martin T, Masamed R, Janzen C, Wong C, Chanlaw T, Devaskar SU, Sung K, Wu HH.
    Journal: J Magn Reson Imaging; 2019 Jan; 49(1):291-303. PubMed ID: 30142239.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Multiecho gradient-echo Cartesian MRI characterizes placental oxygenation by quantifying R2* . Previous research was performed at 1.5T using breath-held 2D imaging during later gestational age (GA). PURPOSE: To evaluate the accuracy and repeatability of a free-breathing (FB) 3D multiecho gradient-echo stack-of-radial technique (radial) for placental R2* mapping at 3T and report placental R2* during early GA. STUDY TYPE: Prospective. POPULATION: Thirty subjects with normal pregnancies and three subjects with ischemic placental disease (IPD) were scanned twice: between 14-18 and 19-23 weeks GA. FIELD STRENGTH: 3T. SEQUENCE: FB radial. ASSESSMENT: Linear correlation (concordance coefficient, ρc ) and Bland-Altman analyses (mean difference, MD) were performed to evaluate radial R2* mapping accuracy compared to Cartesian in a phantom. Radial R2* mapping repeatability was characterized using the coefficient of repeatability (CR) between back-to-back scans. The mean and spatial coefficient of variation (CV) of R2* was determined for all subjects, and separately for anterior and posterior placentas, at each GA range. STATISTICAL TESTS: ρc was tested for significance. Differences in mean R2* and CV were tested using Wilcoxon Signed-Rank and Rank-Sum tests. P < 0.05 was considered significant. Z-scores for the IPD subjects were determined. RESULTS: FB radial demonstrated accurate (ρc ≥0.996; P < 0.001; |MD|<0.2s-1 ) and repeatable (CR<4s-1 ) R2* mapping in a phantom, and repeatable (CR≤4.6s-1 ) R2* mapping in normal subjects. At 3T, placental R2* mean ± standard deviation was 12.9s-1  ± 2.7s-1 for 14-18 and 13.2s-1  ± 1.9s-1 for 19-23 weeks GA. The CV was significantly greater (P = 0.043) at 14-18 (0.63 ± 0.12) than 19-23 (0.58 ± 0.13) weeks GA. At 19-23 weeks, the CV was significantly lower (P < 0.001) for anterior (0.49 ± 0.08) than posterior (0.67 ± 0.11) placentas. One IPD subject had a lower mean R2* than normal subjects at both GA ranges (Z<-2). DATA CONCLUSION: FB radial provides accurate and repeatable 3D R2* mapping for the entire placenta at 3T during early GA. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 2 Technical Efficacy: Stage 1 J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2019;49:291-303.
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