MR measurement of time-dependent blood pressure variations |
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Authors: | SN Urchuk DB Plewes |
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Affiliation: | Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
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Abstract: | An MR imaging method for measuring intravascular pressure variations is introduced. The technique is based on estimates of vascular compliance and vessel distension, which are obtained from a correlation of spatial and temporal velocity derivatives and measurements of the velocity gradient in the direction of flow, respectively. The accuracy of the technique was determined in vitro through a comparison of MR and transducer pressure measurements obtained in distensible vessel phantoms undergoing pulsatile flow. Results indicated that a root-mean-square error of 4-12% can be expected in phantoms covering a physiological range of compliance. In vivo feasibility was demonstrated by thoracic aorta pressure measurements, which produced pressure waveforms with an expected shape and magnitude. |
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