WO2002085206A1 - Procede et installation pour la production d'images en resonance magnetique - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to the technical field of magnetic resonance imaging of a body to be imaged in the general sense as a part of a human being, in particular the heart.
- the object of the invention relates, more specifically, to the technical field of magnetic resonance imaging using rare gases, called hyperpolarized gases.
- NMR nuclear magnetic resonance
- the procedure for obtaining a two-dimensional image of the body to be imaged consists in carrying out an imaging sequence during which the sequential combination of the magnetic field gradients and the radio frequency pulses is carried out.
- This imaging sequence is applied in such a way that all of the sampled values of the NMR signal fill the plane, called the Fourier plane or space of k, in the terminology of MRI.
- a Fourier transformation operation is applied to the sampled NMR signals, in order to produce an image of the distribution of the nuclear magnetizations in the body to be imaged.
- the combination used in the vast majority of cases, is Fourier imagery, with a Cartesian distribution of the points sampled sequentially along parallel lines in the Fourier plane. Each new image is formed from the complete acquisition of a new Fourier plane.
- the temporal resolution of an imaging sequence therefore corresponds to the acquisition time of the Fourier plane, that is to say to the product N.
- N is the number of lines of the Fourier space and TR the time, known as repetition, separating the acquisition of two lines.
- NMR fluoroscopy A technique, called NMR fluoroscopy, which, in theory, considerably improves the temporal resolution of the imaging sequence (RIEDERER et al., Magnetic Resonance Medicine, 8-15, 1988).
- the principle consists in reconstructing NMR images using signals belonging to different Fourier spaces. So, for example, an image can be constructed using the last N - 1 lines of a k space and the first line of the next k space. The process can be repeated by shifting the start of the space of the k used by another line, so that the last N - 2 lines of the first space of k and the first two lines of the second space of the k are retained k.
- the object of the invention relates to a method for producing magnetic resonance images of a body to be imaged, characterized in that it comprises the following steps:
- the object of the invention therefore aims to combine the use of the so-called sliding window method, in projection / reconstruction or in spiral imaging, with the use of blood tracers based on hyperpolarized rare gases.
- Another object of the invention is to provide an installation for the production of magnetic resonance images of a body to be imaged, characterized in that it comprises:
- nuclear magnetic resonance signals in the form of N acquisitions each passing through the center of the space of k and with an acquisition time N.TR for each space of k (with TR the repetition time separating two acquisitions),
- the device for producing images in magnetic resonance comprises means for varying, in a cyclic manner, the direction normal to the imaging plane in which the gradients of magnetic fields are applied making it possible to acquire the k space.
- the device for producing images in magnetic resonance comprises means for varying for each acquisition N, the direction normal to the imaging plane in which the gradients of magnetic fields are applied making it possible to acquire the space of k.
- the image production installation comprises, on the one hand, means for injecting into the circulatory system at least one body to be imaged in particular of a human being, of a blood tracer according to the invention and, on the other hand, of a device for producing images in magnetic resonance.
- the injection means are of any known type to allow the passage of the blood tracer in the circulatory system of at least the body to be imaged.
- the blood tracer contains at least one hyperpolarized rare gas, such as helium 3 or xenon 129.
- these rare gases are said to be hyperpolarized because they are previously subjected to an optical pumping technique making it possible to orient preferentially their nuclear magnetization in a given direction. Following this polarization process, these rare gases present a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) signal multiplied by several orders of magnitude.
- NMR nuclear magnetic resonance
- Such rare gases are used in an emulsion or solution or after encapsulation in microbubbles.
- the installation according to the invention also includes a device for producing images by nuclear magnetic resonance implementing the imaging technique, known under the name of sliding window in projection / reconstruction, as described in particular by the patent.
- a device for producing images by nuclear magnetic resonance implementing the imaging technique known under the name of sliding window in projection / reconstruction, as described in particular by the patent.
- US 5,502,385 or the spiral sliding window imaging technique as described in particular by US Pat. No. 5,485,086.
- Such an image production device will be described briefly in the following description because it is well known of the skilled person.
- such an image production device comprises means for producing a homogeneous stationary magnetic field, composed of coils arranged concentrically with respect to a preferred axis and arranged on a spherical surface inside which is placed the patient to be examined.
- a device also includes a system of gradient coils, for the production of magnetic fields with gradients evolving in the three directions of space.
- such a production device comprises a high frequency coil system, for the production of radio frequency pulses.
- the production device comprises control means making it possible to ensure a sequential combination of the magnetic field gradients and the radiofrequency pulses, so that all of the sampled values of the NMR signal fill the plane, known as of
- the production device also includes means for acquiring in space k the nuclear magnetic resonance signals produced by the blood tracer.
- the nuclear magnetic resonance signals are recorded in the form of N acquisitions, each passing through the center of the space of k and with an acquisition time N.TR for each space of k, with TR being the repetition time between two acquisitions.
- the nuclear magnetic resonance signals are acquired in the form of N acquisitions of lines each passing through the center of the space of k.
- the nuclear magnetic resonance signals are acquired in the form of N acquisitions of spiral curves each passing through the center of the space of k.
- the production device also includes means for reconstructing images, using nuclear magnetic resonance signals, suitable for implementing the technique, known as sliding window, the principle of reconstruction of which is to use signals belonging to to different Fourier spaces.
- this sliding window technique aims to construct the images by replacing, for each of them, at least the first acquisition of a space of k by the first acquisition of a space of k following.
- an image can be reconstructed using the last N - 1 acquisition of a space of k and the first acquisition of the space of k following. This process can be repeated by further shifting the start of an acquisition of the space of k used and thus retain the last N - 2 acquisitions of the first space of k and the first two acquisitions of the second space of k.
- the device described above makes it possible to implement a method for producing magnetic resonance images of a body to be imaged.
- the acquisition of NMR signals in projection / reconstruction or spiral is triggered before or during the passage of the blood tracer in the organ to be imaged and applied continuously throughout the duration of the passage of the blood tracer.
- the interest of a blood tracer based on hyperpolarized rare gases lies in the fact that the visualization of blood vessels is not disturbed by the presence of the proton NMR signal of the surrounding medium (tissues, blood ). Indeed, imaging of the distribution of a blood tracer, based on hyperpolarized rare gases, is based on the measurement of their own NMR signal (helium 3 or xenon 129 nuclei). The image obtained in this case is a direct measure of the intravascular distribution of rare gases.
- This method thus approaches the notion of radioactive tracer used in nuclear medicine (scintigraphy imaging, positron emission tomography, etc.) and thus opposes the operating mode of the contrast agents used hitherto in MRI and based on the measurement of their indirect effect on the NMR signal of the protons of the surrounding medium.
- the sliding window technique for imaging the coronary arteries, without synchronization of the acquisition NMR on the cardiac cycle. It is thus possible to obtain images in all planes of cut or in projection (without selection of cut) of the coronary vessels and of the micro-circulation of the myocardium. Furthermore, the use of the sliding window technique for dynamic imaging of the coronaries with rare gases is justified by the shape of the signal variations over time. In fact, during the passage of the blood tracer through the blood vessels, the variations in intensity in the image appear in the form of the progressive filling of the blood vessels by the blood tracer.
- the properties specific to the blood tracer based on hyperpolarized rare gases makes it possible to obtain, with the sliding window technique, series of images with high temporal and spatial resolution, especially for the heart, but also for other regions of the world. interest, such as lungs, brain, kidneys, etc.
- the method according to the invention aims to make it possible to obtain different cutting planes of the body to be imaged during the same injection.
- the sliding window technique is modified, in order to obtain different orientations during the same injection of the blood tracer based on rare gas.
- the image projection plane is given by the plane containing all the directions of the imaging gradients used.
- Another solution consists in varying, with each new acquisition N, the direction normal to the imaging plane in which the magnetic field gradients are applied making it possible to acquire the space of k.
- the reconstructed dynamic image series can thus progressively pass, for example, from a coronal plane to a transverse plane.
- This solution does not deteriorate the temporal resolution of the series of images but the progressive reorientation of the orientation of the projection plane is done to the detriment of the spatial resolution of the images.
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