Usefulness of pulsed arterial spin labeling MR imaging in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

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作者
Lim, Young-Min [1 ]
Cho, Yong-Won [1 ]
Shamim, Sadat [1 ]
Solomon, Jeffrey [2 ]
Birn, Rasmus [3 ]
Luh, Wen Ming [4 ]
Gaillard, William D. [1 ]
Ritzl, Eva K. [1 ]
Theodore, William H. [1 ]
机构
[1] NINDS, Clin Epidemiol Sect, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
[2] NIH, Dept Diagnost Radiol, Ctr Clin, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
[3] NIMH, Lab Brain & Cognit, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
[4] NIMH, OFC DIR, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
关键词
Arterial spin labeling; Magnetic resonance imaging; Cerebral blood flow; Temporal lobe epilepsy; H-2; O-15; PET;
D O I
10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2008.08.001
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
学科分类号
摘要
Purpose: Arterial spin labeling (ASL) is a developing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method for noninvasive measurement of cerebral blood flow (CBF). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of ASL for detecting interictal temporal hypoperfusion in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). ASL-derived CBF measurements were compared with those derived from H-2 O-15 positron emission tomography (PET). Methods: 11 normal controls and 10 patients with medically intractable TLE were studied. Pulsed ASIL (PASL) with quantitative imaging of perfusion using a single subtraction, second version (QUIPSS II) was performed in all subjects and H-2 O-15 PET was performed in patients. Regional CBF values in the mesial and lateral temporal lobes were measured utilizing quantitative analysis of perfusion images. A perfusion asymmetry index (AI) was calculated for each region. Results: In patients, mean CBF in the mesial temporal lobe was not significantly different between PASL and H-2 O-15 PET, and ipsilateral mesial temporal CBF was tower than contralateral. CBF with both techniques. PASL detected significant mesial temporal perfusion asymmetry agreeing with EEG laterality in four patients. H-2 O-15 PET found ipsitateral interictal hypoperfusion in three. Both scans found unilateral hypoperfusion in one patient with bilateral EEG discharges. Conclusions: Pulsed ASIL may be a promising approach to detecting interictal hypoperfusion in TLE. This method has potential as a clinical alternative to H-2 O-15 PET due to noninvasiveness and easy accessibility. (C) 2008 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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