Cerebrovascular Reactivity Assessment during Carbon Dioxide Inhalation Using SPECT
- Authors
- Lee, Yeong-Bae; Kang, Chang-Ki
- Issue Date
- Feb-2021
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Keywords
- Carbon dioxide; Cerebrovascular reactivity; CO2; Single-photon-emission computed tomography; SPECT
- Citation
- APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL, v.11, no.3
- Journal Title
- APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
- Volume
- 11
- Number
- 3
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/80085
- DOI
- 10.3390/app11031161
- ISSN
- 2076-3417
- Abstract
- Background: Perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) using an acetazolamide is an important clinical tool used to assess cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR) in patients, but its use has been limited to clinical diagnostics. This study aimed to preliminarily evaluate the feasibility of perfusion SPECT using carbon dioxide (CO2 ). Methods: Ten healthy subjects participated in two consecutive SPECT scans using CO2 inhalation. To evaluate brain perfusion after preprocessing, the voxel-by-voxel CVR values were averaged in 13 subgroup regions of interest (ROIs) based on a template. Subsequently, averaged CVR values of each ROI were analyzed based on both cerebellar hemispheres. Results: CVR values in the eight subgroup ROIs, which included vermis, both insula/cingulate, and frontal cortices, showed significant changes (p < 0.05). CVR values were higher in vermis and right insula/cingulate by 3.34% and 3.15%, respectively. Conclusions: This study showed that quantitative SPECT with CO2 inhalation could be used to evaluate the voxel-based CVR in healthy subjects, which could be beneficial for elucidating induced hypercapnic states and for longitudinally investigating the healthy aging in brain vessels. Furthermore, the cerebrovascular hemodynamic parameters induced by CO2 could play an important role as a biomarker to evaluate treatment progress in patients with cerebrovascular disease. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
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