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Blood-brain barrier permeability, vascular density, and cerebral 4D flow MRI hemodynamics in a population-based elderly cohort
Umeå universitet, Medicinska fakulteten, Institutionen för strålningsvetenskaper, Radiofysik.ORCID-id: 0000-0003-3181-785X
Umeå universitet, Medicinska fakulteten, Institutionen för strålningsvetenskaper, Radiofysik.ORCID-id: 0000-0002-0532-232X
Umeå universitet, Medicinska fakulteten, Institutionen för strålningsvetenskaper, Radiofysik.
Umeå universitet, Medicinska fakulteten, Institutionen för strålningsvetenskaper, Radiofysik. Umeå universitet, Medicinska fakulteten, Umeå centrum för funktionell hjärnavbildning (UFBI). Umeå universitet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Institutionen för psykologi. Umeå universitet, Medicinska fakulteten, Institutionen för integrativ medicinsk biologi (IMB), Fysiologi. Umeå universitet, Medicinska fakulteten, Institutionen för strålningsvetenskaper, Diagnostisk radiologi.ORCID-id: 0000-0002-3367-1746
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Magnetic resonance imaging, 4D flow MRI, DCE MRI, cerebral, hemodynamics, arterial pulsatility, blood-brain barrier permeability, vascular density, white matter lesions, hippocampus
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Radiologi och bildbehandling
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-200456OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-200456DiVA, id: diva2:1705071
Tillgänglig från: 2022-10-20 Skapad: 2022-10-20 Senast uppdaterad: 2023-09-14
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1. Cerebral arterial pulsatility imaging using 4D flow MRI: methodological development and applications in brain aging
Öppna denna publikation i ny flik eller fönster >>Cerebral arterial pulsatility imaging using 4D flow MRI: methodological development and applications in brain aging
2022 (Engelska)Doktorsavhandling, sammanläggning (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
Abstract [en]

4D flow magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is increasingly recognizedas a versatile tool to assess arterial and venous hemodynamics. Cerebral arterial pulsatility is typically assessed by analyzing flow waveforms over the cardiac cycle, where flow amplitude is a function of cardiac output, central arterial stiffness, and cerebrovascular resistance and compliance. Excessive pulsatility may propagate to the cerebral microcirculation, and constitute a harmful mechanism for the brain. Indeed, imaging studies have linked arterial pulsatility to hippocampus volume, cerebral small vessel disease (SVD), and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In animal models, elevated pulsatility leads to blood-brain barrier (BBB) leakage, capillary loss, and cognitive decline. However, associations to cerebrovascular lesions and brain function in the spectrum of normal aging are less investigated. Further, previous 4D flow studies have mainly assessed pulsatility in relatively large cerebral arteries. When exploring links to microvascular damage and brain function, more distal measurements, closer to the microcirculation, are desired. 

This thesis aimed to develop 4D flow MRI post-processing methods to obtain pulsatile waveforms in small, distal cerebral arteries with noisy velocity data and a complex vascular anatomy, and to evaluate pulsatility (primarily assessed by the pulsatility index) in relation to aging, brain function, and other imaging biomarkers of cerebrovascular damage, with particular dedication towards the hippocampus and cerebral SVD. 

To assess pulsatility in distal cerebral arteries, a post-processing method that automatically samples waveforms from numerous small arteries, to obtain a whole-brain representation of the distal arterial waveform, was developed (Paper I). We demonstrated the importance of averaging flow waveforms along multiple vessel segments to avoid overestimations in the pulsatility index, showed agreement with reference methods, and linked distal arterial pulsatility to age. 

To explore links to hippocampal function, we evaluated pulsatility in relation to cognition, hemodynamic low-frequency oscillations (LFOs), perfusion, and hippocampus volume (Paper II). We found that higher pulsatility was linked to worse hippocampus-sensitive episodic memory, weaker hippocampal LFOs, and lower whole-brain perfusion. These findings aligned with models suggesting that hippocampal microvessels could be particularly susceptible to pulsatile stress.

To inform on SVD pathophysiology, we evaluated 5-year associations among pulsatility, white matter lesions (WMLs) and perivascular space (PVS) dilation, using mixed models, factor analysis, and change score models (Paper III). Lead-lag analyses indicated that, while pulsatility at baseline could not predict WML nor PVS progression, WML and PVS volumes at baseline predicted 5-year pulsatility-increases. These findings indicate that individuals with a higher load of cerebrovascular damage are more prone to see increased pulsatility over time, and suggest that high pulsatility is a manifestation, rather a risk factor, for cerebral SVD.   

To shed light on the potential role of BBB leakage in aging and SVD, we used dynamic contrast enhanced (DCE) MRI and intravenous gadolinium injections to quantify BBB permeability (Paper IV). We found stepwise increases in permeability from healthy white matter to WMLs, supporting that BBB leakages are implicated in SVD. However, hippocampal BBB permeability was unrelated to age, indicating that this capillary property is maintained in aging. Finally, arterial pulsatility was unrelated to BBB permeability in WMLs and in the hippocampus, providing no evidence of excessive pulsatility as a trigger of BBB leakage. 

In conclusion, distal arterial pulsatility measurements are reliable when averaging 4D flow waveforms over a large number of vessels. Pulsatility increases with age, and individuals with more cerebrovascular lesions are prone to see larger increases over time. Pulsatility is negatively related to perfusion and hippocampal function. However, the temporal dynamics among the SVD biomarkers, and the absence of pulsatility–permeability associations, challenge the concept of excessive pulsatility as a trigger of microvascular damage. Future studies are needed to understand whether altered cerebral hemodynamics play a causal role in cognitive decline and dementia. Meanwhile, 4D flow hemodynamic parameters could be useful as biomarkers related to vessel properties and cerebrovascular health. 

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Umeå: Umeå University, 2022. s. 78
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Umeå University medical dissertations, ISSN 0346-6612 ; 2209
Nyckelord
Magnetic resonance imaging, 4D flow MRI, medical image analysis, cerebral hemodynamics, arterial pulsatility, DCE MRI, blood-brain barrier, white matter lesions, perivascular spaces, cerebral small vessel disease, hippocampus, cognition, aging
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Neurologi Neurovetenskaper
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biomedicinsk strålningsvetenskap
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urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-200458 (URN)978-91-7855-924-4 (ISBN)978-91-7855-925-1 (ISBN)
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2022-11-18, Föreläsningssal A5, Målpunkt R04, Rum 6A5, Norrlands Universitetssjukhus, Umeå, 09:00 (Engelska)
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