## Abstract In a series of three papers, we demonstrate and validate an approach for concurrent absolute quantification __in situ__ of blood flow and energy metabolism with a modification of the NMR methodfor absolute concentration determination put forth by Thulborn and Ackerman [__J. Magn. Reson.
Concurrent quantification of tissue metabolism and blood flow via 2h/31P NMR in Vivo. 11. validation of the deuterium nmr washout method for measuring organ perfusion
✍ Scribed by Jeffrey J. Neil; Sheng-kwei Song; Joseph J. H. Ackerman
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 710 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0740-3194
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
The deuterium washout technique of measuring tissue blood flow is based upon NMR detection of HOD (administered as D~2~O saline, but typically detected as HOD because of rapid proton‐deuteron exchange) as a freely diffusible tracer. Though this method is coming into more general use, it has not yet been rigorously validated in vivo against an accepted, independent measure of tissue blood flow. To this end, simultaneous radiolabeled micro‐sphere and HOD washout blood flow measurements were made in rat gastrocnemius muscle. D~2~O saline was administered either intramuscularly or intraarferially (near the aortic bifurcation), and the sciatic nerve was electrically stimulated to increase the muscle blood flow rate. Over a range of flows of 2 to 80 ml/(100 g. min), comparison of micro‐sphere and HOD washout measurements showed good agreement, with r = 0.92 (n = 16) for intramuscular administration and r = 0.91 (n = 12) for intraarterial administration. These data strongly suggest thatthe HOD washout technique provides accurate blood flow measurements in skeletal muscle.
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