A theoretical interpretation of diffusion weighted and intravoxel incoherent motion imaging for cerebrospinal fluid flow

Otani, Tomohiro; Bito, Yoshitaka; Yamada, Shigeki et al.

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2025

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A theoretical interpretation of diffusion weighted and intravoxel incoherent motion imaging for cerebrospinal fluid flow
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ORCID
0000-0002-6431-2703 0000-0002-6431-2703
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著者名
Otani, Tomohiro
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1000080789595 1000080789595
著者名
Bito, Yoshitaka
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1000040422969 1000040422969
著者名
Yamada, Shigeki
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著者名
Watanabe, Yoshiyuki
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7401983636 7401983636
著者名
Wada, Shigeo
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cerebrospinal fluid
diffusion
intravoxel incoherent motion
intravoxel standard deviation
neurofluids
内容
Otani T., Bito Y., Yamada S., et al. A theoretical interpretation of diffusion weighted and intravoxel incoherent motion imaging for cerebrospinal fluid flow. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (2025); https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.70062.
抄録
Purpose: Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) imaging are well-established approaches for evaluating cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow in subarachnoid and perivascular spaces, and have recently been applied to study ventricular CSF flow. However, DWI does not directly measure flow velocity, and the physical implications of DWI measurements are unclear. This study aimed to provide a theoretical interpretation of the DWI and IVIM imaging of CSF flow velocity fields. Theory: The general semi-analytical form of the signal attenuations caused by fluid flow and the resultant apparent diffusion coefficient were derived from the Bloch–Torrey equation for arbitrary (Formula presented.) values. Methods: The fundamental properties of the signal attenuation in laminar flow velocity fields were investigated. A Monte Carlo simulation of the IVIM parameter estimation was performed based on these signal attenuations, taking background noise into consideration. Results: The developed theoretical framework indicates that signal attenuations in DWI detect intravoxel flow velocity standard deviations ranging from approximately 0.1 to 10 mm/s within the range of practical scan parameter settings. The lower bounds of the DWI flow profiles appeared where the flow effect was an order of magnitude lower than the molecular diffusion effects, even when (Formula presented.) increased. The IVIM fitting parameters reflected the flow effects of the signal attenuations despite an inconsistency with the original IVIM model assumptions. Conclusion: The physical implications of signal attenuation in DWI have been theoretically clarified. This framework provides a useful basis for understanding CSF flow dynamics and considering appropriate imaging settings.
出版者
John Wiley and Sons Inc
収録物名
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
刊行年月
2025-09-04
言語
英語
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https://hdl.handle.net/11094/102951
PISSN
07403194
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15222594
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DOI (出版社版)
https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.70062
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open access
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This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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