Abstract
Purpose: We sought to investigate the potential of D-maltose, D-sorbitol, and D-mannitol as T2 exchange magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents. We also sought to compare the in vivo pharmacokinetics of D-maltose with D-glucose with dynamic contrast enhancement (DCE) MRI. Methods: T1 and T2 relaxation time constants of the saccharides were measured using eight pH values and nine concentrations. The effect of echo spacing in a multiecho acquisition sequence used for the T2 measurement was evaluated for all samples. Finally, performances of D-maltose and D-glucose during T2-weighted DCE-MRI were compared in vivo. Results: Estimated T2 relaxivities (r2) of D-glucose and D-maltose were highly and nonlinearly dependent on pH and echo spacing, reaching their maximum at pH = 7.0 (∼0.08 mM−1 s−1). The r2 values of D-sorbitol and D-mannitol were estimated to be ∼0.02 mM−1 s−1 and were invariant to pH and echo spacing for pH ≤7.0. The change in T2 in tumor and muscle tissues remained constant after administration of D-maltose, whereas the change in T2 decreased in tumor and muscle after administration of D-glucose. Therefore, D-maltose has a longer time window for T2-weighted DCE-MRI in tumors. Conclusion: We have demonstrated that D-maltose can be used as a T2 exchange MRI contrast agent. The larger, sustained T2-weighted contrast from D-maltose relative to D-glucose has practical advantages for tumor diagnoses during T2-weighted DCE-MRI. Magn Reson Med 80:1158–1164, 2018.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1158-1164 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Magnetic Resonance in Medicine |
Volume | 80 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2018 |
Keywords
- D-maltose
- DCE-MRI
- T
- tumor imaging
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging