Table 1.
Summary of MR-based Yv/CMRO2 quantification methods and their respective features.
Signal Origin | Contrast | Spatial Res. | Method | Yv Temp. Res. | Simul. CBF? |
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Extravascular | T2* | Voxel-wise | Calibrated BOLD51 | 0:03 | YES |
T2′ | Voxel-wise | qBOLD52 | 8:30 | NO | |
Intravascular | T2 | Global | TRUST53 | 0:24 | NO |
Regional | TRU-PC54 | 2:50 | NO | ||
Projection-based T255 | 0:15 | NO | |||
Voxel-wise | QUIXOTIC56 | 27:30 | NO | ||
VSEAN57 | 6:18 | NO | |||
Susceptibility | Global | OxFlow58 | 0:28 | YES | |
Regional | Quantitative Venography131 | 15:42 | NO | ||
Voxel-wise | Zhang et al.59 | 60:00 | NO |
Note: “Signal origin” is the tissue compartment in which signal used for Yv quantification is modeled. “Contrast” is the MRI contrast mechanism used in the Yv quantification model. “Spatial Res.” is the spatial resolution for Yv quantification in minutes:seconds. “Method” is the name/acronym or authors associated with the published method and the most relevant citation. “Yv Temp. Res.” is the reported approximate temporal resolution for a single Yv measurement (ignoring any requisite planning or calibration scans). “Simul. CBF?” denotes whether the method/pulse sequence measures CBF simultaneously with Yv. Of note, all of the above techniques allow quantification of absolute Yv and CMRO2, whereas calibrated BOLD techniques provide only relative changes in CMRO2 in response to a stimulus. This limitation is removed by some recent BOLD calibration techniques employing multiple gas-mixture breathing calibration,60,61 as discussed in the text.