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Design and characterization of tissue-mimicking gel phantoms for diffusion kurtosis imaging

Portakal, ZG, Shermer, S, Jenkins, C, Spezi, Emiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1452-8813, Perrett, T, Tuncel, N and Phillips, J 2018. Design and characterization of tissue-mimicking gel phantoms for diffusion kurtosis imaging. Medical Physics 45 (6) , pp. 2476-2485. 10.1002/mp.12907

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Abstract

Purpose The aim of this work was to create tissue‐mimicking gel phantoms appropriate for diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) for quality assurance, protocol optimization, and sequence development. Methods A range of agar, agarose, and polyvinyl alcohol phantoms with concentrations ranging from 1.0% to 3.5%, 0.5% to 3.0%, and 10% to 20%, respectively, and up to 3 g of glass microspheres per 100 ml were created. Diffusion coefficients, excess kurtosis values, and relaxation rates were experimentally determined. Results The kurtosis values for the plain gels ranged from 0.05 with 95% confidence interval (CI) of (0.029,0.071) to 0.216(0.185,0.246), well below the kurtosis values reported in the literature for various tissues. The addition of glass microspheres increased the kurtosis of the gels with values up to 0.523(0.465,0.581) observed for gels with the highest concentration of microspheres. Repeat scans of some of the gels after more than 6 months of storage at room temperature indicate changes in the diffusion parameters of less than 10%. The addition of the glass microspheres reduces the apparent diffusion coefficients (ADCs) and increases the longitudinal and transverse relaxation rates, but the values remain comparable to those for plain gels and tissue, with ADCs observed ranging from 818(585,1053) × 10−6 mm2/s to 2257(2118,2296) × 10−6 mm2/s, R1 values ranging from 0.34(0.32,0.35) 1/s to 0.51(0.50,0.52) 1/s, and R2 values ranging from 9.69(9.34,10.04) 1/s to 33.07(27.10, 39.04) 1/s. Conclusions Glass microspheres can be used to effectively modify diffusion properties of gel phantoms and achieve a range of kurtosis values comparable to those reported for a variety of tissues.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Engineering
Publisher: American Association of Physicists in Medicine
ISSN: 0094-2405
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 14 March 2018
Date of Acceptance: 8 March 2018
Last Modified: 06 Nov 2023 20:27
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/109833

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