Physiol Meas. 2009 Oct;30(10):L9-L11; author reply L13-L14. doi: 10.1088/0967-3334/30/10/L01. Epub 2009 Sep 18.
The relationship between cerebral blood volume (CBV) and blood flow (CBF) has gained widespread interest because of its utility in using functional magnetic resonance imaging and optical imaging methods to estimate the cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen (CMRO(2)). A recent paper by Leung et al (2009 Physiol. Meas. 30 1-12) nicely presents measurements relating CBV to cerebral blood flow velocity (CBFV) as measured by near infrared spectroscopy and transcranial Doppler, respectively. They suggest that this relationship cannot be inverted to estimate CBF (or CBFV) from CBV, and that doing so to estimate CMRO(2) is inappropriate. We argue that these data, and other related published data, do permit the estimation of CBF from CBV and thus enable CMRO(2) to be estimated when only measures of CBV and deoxygenated hemoglobin are available.
脑血容量 (CBV) 和血流 (CBF) 之间的关系引起了广泛的关注,因为它可以利用功能磁共振成像和光学成像方法来估计脑氧代谢率 (CMRO(2))。最近,Leung 等人(2009 年《生理学测量》第 30 卷 1-12 页)发表的一篇论文很好地介绍了通过近红外光谱和经颅多普勒分别测量 CBV 与脑血流速度 (CBFV) 之间的关系。他们认为,不能通过这种关系从 CBV 反推来估计 CBF(或 CBFV),而且从 CBV 来估计 CMRO(2)是不合适的。我们认为,这些数据以及其他相关的已发表数据确实允许从 CBV 估计 CBF,从而在仅测量 CBV 和去氧血红蛋白的情况下能够估计 CMRO(2)。