Korean Journal of Radiology

The Korean Society of Radiology (대한영상의학회)
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In-vivo Visualization of Iron Oxide Enhancement in Focal Pulmonary Inflammatory Lesions Using a Three-Dimensional Radial Gradient-Echo-Based Ultrashort Echo Time Sequence: A Preliminary Study

  • Yoon, Soon Ho (Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Chanhee (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Center for Neuroscience Imaging Research, Sungkyunkwan University) ;
  • Park, Jinil (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Center for Neuroscience Imaging Research, Sungkyunkwan University) ;
  • Goo, Jin Mo (Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Park, Jang-Yeon (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Center for Neuroscience Imaging Research, Sungkyunkwan University)
  • Received : 2017.04.19
  • Accepted : 2017.07.02
  • Published : 2018.02.01
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Abstract

Objective: To preliminarily evaluate technical feasibility of a dual-echo ultrashort echo time (UTE) subtraction MR imaging by using concurrent dephasing and excitation (CODE) sequence for visualization of iron-oxide enhancement in focal inflammatory pulmonary lesions. Materials and Methods: A UTE pulmonary MR imaging before and after the injection of clinically usable superparamagnetic iron-oxide nanoparticles, ferumoxytol, was conducted using CODE sequence with dual echo times of 0.14 ms for the first echo and 4.15 ms for the second echo on 3T scanner in two rabbits concurrently having granulomatous lung disease and lung cancer in separate lobes. A mean ratio of standardized signal intensity (SI) was calculated for comparison of granulomatous lesion and cancer at first echo, second echo, and subtracted images. Lesions were pathologically evaluated with Prussian blue and immunohistochemistry staining. Results: Post-contrast subtracted CODE images visualized exclusive enhancement of iron oxide in granulomatous disease, but not in the cancer (mean ratio of SI, $2.15{\pm}0.68$ for granulomatous lesion versus $1.00{\pm}0.07$ for cancer; p value = 0.002). Prussian blue and corresponding anti-rabbit macrophage IgG-staining suggested an intracellular uptake of iron-oxide nanoparticles in macrophages of granulomatous lesions. Conclusion: Dual-echo UTE subtraction MR imaging using CODE sequence depicts an exclusive positive enhancement of iron-oxide nanoparticle in rabbits in focal granulomatous inflammatory lesions.

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Supported by : National Research Foundation of Korea

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