Key result
SWIFT cuts blooming artifacts and improves cardiac cell tracking compared to gradient echo imaging.
Why the study?
Detection of SPIO-labeled stem cells in the myocardium is limited by artifacts and ambiguity in conventional imaging methods.
Does SWIFT imaging improve the detection of SPIO-labeled stem cells in the myocardium compared to gradient echo imaging in rat models?
Does SWIFT imaging improve the detection of SPIO-labeled stem cells in the myocardium compared to gradient echo imaging in rat models?
SWIFT imaging provides superior detection of SPIO-labeled stem cells in the myocardium compared to standard gradient echo imaging by reducing blooming artifacts and retaining signal intensity.
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SWIFT may improve SPIO-labeled stem cell detection in preclinical cardiac imaging; leaves open clinical translation pending human validation.
We report initial results from studies using sweep imaging with Fourier transformation (SWIFT) to detect superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) particle-labeled stem cells in the rat heart. In experiments performed on phantoms containing titanium balls or SPIO-labeled cells, frequency-shifted signals surrounding the paramagnetic objects produced a pileup artifact visualized by SWIFT. Total signal intensity was retained to a much greater extent by SWIFT as compared to gradient echo imaging. SWIFT imaging of excised and in vivo hearts showed (a) reduced blooming artifact as compared with gradient echo imaging, which helped reduce ambiguity in the detection of SPIO-labeled cells; (b) enhancement of off-resonance signals relative to the background in the imaginary component of images; and (c) detailed myocardial anatomy in magnitude images, which provided anatomic reference. These features suggest SWIFT can facilitate the detection of SPIO-laden cells in the cardiovascular system.
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Zhou et al. (2010) studied SPIO-labeled stem cells in the rat heart. Sweep imaging with Fourier transformation (SWIFT) vs. Gradient echo imaging was evaluated on Detection of SPIO-labeled stem cells and imaging artifacts. Sweep imaging with Fourier transformation (SWIFT) reduced blooming artifacts and retained total signal intensity better than gradient echo imaging for detecting SPIO-labeled cells in rat hearts.
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