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| Year : 2016 | Volume
: 64
| Issue : 7 | Page : 32--38 |
Arterial spin labeling magnetic resonance perfusion study to evaluate the effects of age and gender on normal cerebral blood flow
Neetu Soni1, Anshul Jain1, Sunil Kumar1, Chandra M Pandey2, Ashish Awasthi2
1 Department of Radiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
2 Department of Biostatistics and Health Informatics, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Neetu Soni
Department of Radiology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, F Block, Lucknow - 226 014, Uttar Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.178037
Purpose: Arterial spin labeling (ASL) is a noninvasive magnetic resonance (MR) perfusion technique to detect changes in blood flow. This study was undertaken to obtain a reference set of normal values of cerebral blood flow (CBF) in different age groups using three-dimensional pseudocontinuous ASL (3D PCASL) technique. The existence of an age-related decline in the gray matter (GM) and white matter (WM) CBF was evaluated. The gender-related CBF was also analyzed.
Materials and Methods: One hundred and sixty normal volunteers of varying age (6-72 years), arranged in 4 age groups, underwent MR perfusion imaging using 3D PCASL technique at 3 Tesla (T). Mean CBF values in global and regional GM and WM in different age groups were extracted from the quantitative perfusion map.
Results: A significant negative correlation was observed between the age and mean GM and WM CBF values (r = −0.80, P = 0.001; r = −0.59, P = 0.001, respectively). Similar results were also observed between age and various regional mean GM and WM CBF values (P = 0.001). No significant effect of gender on the GM CBF and WM CBF was found in any age group (P > 0.05).
Conclusion: PCASL technique provides reliable quantitative parameters for the precise mapping of age-related perfusion changes occurring in the normal brain.
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