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Dynamic Oxygen-17 MRI with Model-Based Approach for Mapping Cerebral Metabolic Rate of Oxygen in Mouse Brain at 9.4 T
Yuning Gu1, Huiyun Gao2, Kihwan Kim1, Yunmei Wang2, and Xin Yu1,3
1Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States, 2Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States, 3Radiology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
We developed a model-based approach for CMRO2 mapping in the post-stroke mouse brain with 1.6-mm nominal resolution at 9.4 T.  The method showed ~50% reduced CMRO2 in the infarct core.
Figure 3. In vivo results. A. TTC staining of the post-stroke mouse brain. B. CMRO2 maps overlayed on T2-weighted image. C. Histogram of CMRO2 values in the ipsilateral and contralateral hemisphere.
Figure 1. Intermediate results in the simulation study at high SNR. A. The entire cost function (blue line) and the error from data consistency term (red line) in each iteration. B. Intermediate CMRO2 mapping results in each iteration.