Mottet I, Van Beers B E, Delos M, Goudemant J F, Jamart J, Demeure R, Pringot J
Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
Magn Reson Med. 1996 Jan;35(1):131-5. doi: 10.1002/mrm.1910350117.
To detect reperfused ischemia of the rat intestine, T2-weighted spin-echo images were acquired, followed by T1-weighted images before and after administration of polylysine-Gd-DTPA or Gd-DTPA. Before administration of the contrast agent, the reperfused intestine was hyperintense on T2-weighted images, and to a lesser extent on T1-weighted images. After administration of polylysine-Gd-DTPA, the reperfused intestine enhanced more than the normal one, giving a significantly better contrast-to-noise (CNR) ratio than on unenhanced images. Gd-DTPA induced the same enhancement of the reperfused and the normal intestine and the CNR was lower than on unenhanced T2-weighted images. Reperfused intestinal ischemia could thus be better detected on polylysine-Gd-DTPA-enhanced MR images than on unenhanced images or on Gd-DTPA-enhanced images.
