With the advent of dynamic fast MRI sequences the act of deglutition can be dynamically visualized in cine-mode. Twenty-three healthy volunteers were enrolled in this study to define the morpho-functional patterns of oral and pharyngeal deglutition using new dynamic MRI techniques. All subjects were previously submitted to video endoscopic assessment, to exclude swallowing abnormalities. As contrast material a combination of yogurt mixed with gadolinium-diethylene diamine pentaacetic acid was used. The protocol was divided into three parts: (a) preliminary assessment of the oral cavity, pharynx and laryngeal structures; (b) morphologic assessment of tongue, soft palate, pharynx, epiglottis and larynx-hyoid bone; (c) dynamic assessment of swallowing without administrating any contrast media and, in subsequent phase, by injecting 5 ml of yogurt-based contrast medium in the patient's mouth. The time resolution was 3-4 images/s. The MR protocol revealed to be effective in the evaluation of normal motility patterns of the structures involved in swallowing. Moreover, the evaluation of the bolus progression, slowdown or stagnation, was possible. On the contrary problems were encountered in calculating precisely the bolus progression time, because of the insufficient temporal resolution. However, more energy should be invested to optimize the spatial and temporal resolution of turbo-FLASH sequences, to obtain a better dynamic representation of a complex function such as deglutition.

Morpho-functional patterns of physiologic oropharyngeal swallowing evaluated with dynamic fast MRI / Panebianco, Valeria; Ruoppolo, Giovanni; Pelle, G.; Schettino, Ilenia; Roma, R.; Bernardo, S.; De Vincentis, C.; Longo, Lucia; Passariello, Roberto. - In: EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY. - ISSN 0937-4477. - 267:9(2010), pp. 1461-1466. [10.1007/s00405-010-1232-0]

Morpho-functional patterns of physiologic oropharyngeal swallowing evaluated with dynamic fast MRI

PANEBIANCO, VALERIA;RUOPPOLO, Giovanni;SCHETTINO, ILENIA;S. Bernardo;LONGO, Lucia;PASSARIELLO, Roberto
2010

Abstract

With the advent of dynamic fast MRI sequences the act of deglutition can be dynamically visualized in cine-mode. Twenty-three healthy volunteers were enrolled in this study to define the morpho-functional patterns of oral and pharyngeal deglutition using new dynamic MRI techniques. All subjects were previously submitted to video endoscopic assessment, to exclude swallowing abnormalities. As contrast material a combination of yogurt mixed with gadolinium-diethylene diamine pentaacetic acid was used. The protocol was divided into three parts: (a) preliminary assessment of the oral cavity, pharynx and laryngeal structures; (b) morphologic assessment of tongue, soft palate, pharynx, epiglottis and larynx-hyoid bone; (c) dynamic assessment of swallowing without administrating any contrast media and, in subsequent phase, by injecting 5 ml of yogurt-based contrast medium in the patient's mouth. The time resolution was 3-4 images/s. The MR protocol revealed to be effective in the evaluation of normal motility patterns of the structures involved in swallowing. Moreover, the evaluation of the bolus progression, slowdown or stagnation, was possible. On the contrary problems were encountered in calculating precisely the bolus progression time, because of the insufficient temporal resolution. However, more energy should be invested to optimize the spatial and temporal resolution of turbo-FLASH sequences, to obtain a better dynamic representation of a complex function such as deglutition.
2010
deglutition disorders; dynamic mri; magnetic resonance imaging cine; swallowing physiology
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Morpho-functional patterns of physiologic oropharyngeal swallowing evaluated with dynamic fast MRI / Panebianco, Valeria; Ruoppolo, Giovanni; Pelle, G.; Schettino, Ilenia; Roma, R.; Bernardo, S.; De Vincentis, C.; Longo, Lucia; Passariello, Roberto. - In: EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY. - ISSN 0937-4477. - 267:9(2010), pp. 1461-1466. [10.1007/s00405-010-1232-0]
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