Polymetallic macromolecules are potential contrast agents of improved efficiency.

abstract：PURPOSE:Head motion continues to be a major source of artifacts and data quality degradation in MRI. The goal of this work was to develop and demonstrate a novel technique for prospective, 6 degrees of freedom (6DOF) rigid body motion estimation and real-time motion correction using inductively coupled wireless nuclear...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Sengupta S,Tadanki S,Gore JC,Welch EB

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a method for measuring the electrocardiogram (ECG) continuously during MR examinations. In contrast to ECG acquisition by wires, our new method is to amplify and convert the ECG into an optical signal directly above the patient's heart. The optical signal is transmitted out of the magnet bore by opti...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Felblinger J,Lehmann C,Boesch C

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Keyhole acquisition techniques have been used to reduce image acquisition times primarily in contrast agent studies and via simulation in interventional MRI procedures. More recent simulations have suggested that improved definition of an interventional device [e.g., biopsy needles, radio frequency (RF) electrodes] co...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Hwang KP,Lim J,Wendt M,Merkle E,Lewin JS,Duerk JL

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is described for multislice imaging by means of rf pulses which contain a multifrequency excitation spectrum. These pulses label each slice by an individual signal phase and allow the separation of the signals from all the slices by subsequent add/subtract procedures. The image sensitivity corresponds to the ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Müller S

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a research environment, a magnetic resonance imaging system's manufacturer-supplied protection against excessive rf power deposition in the sample is often compromised. This paper presents a widely applicable scheme, based on a commonly available fuse, that simply and effectively limits the average rf power into a ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Hedges LK

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To introduce and evaluate an image registration technique for robust quantification of CEST acquisitions corrupted by motion. METHODS:The proposed iterative algorithm exploits a low-rank approximation of the z-spectrum (LRAZ), to gradually separate the contrast variation due to saturation at different off-reso...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Wech T,Köstler H

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate proton density fat fraction (PDFF) and R2* as markers of bone marrow composition and structure in inflamed bone in patients with spondyloarthritis. METHODS:Phantoms containing fat, water, and trabecular bone were constructed with proton density fat fraction (PDFF) and bone mineral density (BMD) val...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Bray TJP,Bainbridge A,Punwani S,Ioannou Y,Hall-Craggs MA

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To achieve optimal image quality and highest spatial resolution for inner ear imaging with a 3D gradient echo sequence, it is necessary to minimize susceptibility dephasing effects by using very short TE. Fractional RF pulses and echoes can yield short TE for moderate spatial resolution; however, for voxel size of les...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Ying K,Schmalbrock P,Clymer B

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional MRI (fMRI) by means of spin-echo (SE) techniques provides an interesting alternative to gradient-echo methods because the contrast is based primarily on dynamic averaging associated with the blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) effect. In this article the contributions from different brain compartments ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Jochimsen TH,Norris DG,Mildner T,Möller HE

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The feasibility of imaging musculoskeletal fibrous tissue components, such as menisci, ligaments, and tendons, with a conventional spoiled gradient echo technique is explored in vivo at 3 T and 7 T. METHODS:To this end, the echo time (TE1 ) of a conventional Fourier-encoded multicontrast three-dimensional SGPR...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Deligianni X,Bär P,Scheffler K,Trattnig S,Bieri O

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The goal of this work was to detect disease-related microstructural changes to the liver using magnetic resonance imaging. Chronic liver disease can cause microstructural changes in the liver that reduce plasma access to the perisinusoidal space--the site of exchange between the blood plasma and the hepatic par...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Beeman SC,Mandarino LJ,Georges JF,Bennett KM

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffusion-weighted MRI is a clinically useful technique, but its utility is compromised by high sensitivity to patient motion. Use of radial-scan data acquisition and projection reconstruction, rather than the conventional Fourier imaging method, can substantially reduce the sensitivity to global translational motion ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Gmitro AF,Alexander AL

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel ultra-rapid gradient echo (URGE) NMR imaging technique is introduced, which is capable of continuous high resolution 3D scanning while neither subject to fast gradient switching nor excessive RF power deposition. Sampling free induction decays instead of creating spin echoes enables maintaining a workable stea...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Heid O,Deimling M,Huk WJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the dynamic nuclear polarization process, microwave irradiation facilitates exchange of polarization from a radical's unpaired electron to nuclear spins at cryogenic temperatures, increasing polarization by >10,000. Doping samples with Gd(3+) ions further increases the achievable solid-state polarization. However, ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Gordon JW,Fain SB,Rowland IJ

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uncertainty regarding the intracellular/extracellular distribution of inorganic phosphate (P(i)) in tumors has raised concerns that pH calculated from the tumor P(i) chemical shift may not accurately represent the intracellular pH (pHin). This issue was addressed in subcutaneously transplanted murine radiation induced...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Soto GE,Zhu Z,Evelhoch JL,Ackerman JJ

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Shinnar-Le Roux (SLR) radiofrequency (RF) pulse design algorithm is widely used for designing slice-selective RF pulses due to its intuitiveness, optimality, and speed. SLR is limited, however, in that it is only capable of designing one-dimensional pulses played along constant gradients. We present a nonuniform S...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Grissom WA,McKinnon GC,Vogel MW

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To improve multichannel compressed sensing (CS) reconstruction for MR proton resonance frequency (PRF) shift thermography, with application to MRI-induced RF heating evaluation and MR guided high intensity focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) temperature monitoring. METHODS:A new compressed sensing reconstruction is pr...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Cao Z,Gore JC,Grissom WA

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors introduce several sets of time-efficient gradient waveforms for applying isotropic diffusion weighting in NMR experiments. This creates signal attenuation that depends on the trace of the diffusion tensor and is therefore rotationally invariant. Numerical methods for the calculation of such gradient sets a...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Wong EC,Cox RW,Song AW

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Choline-containing compounds (CCCs) are elevated in breast cancer, and detected in vivo by the (1)H MRS total choline (tCho) resonance (3.25 ppm) and the (31)P MRS phosphomonoester (PME) resonance (3.8 ppm). Both the tCho and PME resonances decrease early after initiation of successful therapy. The single major compon...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Morse DL,Raghunand N,Sadarangani P,Murthi S,Job C,Day S,Howison C,Gillies RJ

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Generalized MR interferography allows the measurement of parameters which affect the phase of the MR signal. Interference is generated by the simultaneous generation of two echoes in one excitation cycle. Local variations of the signal phase are transformed into displacement of the stripe pattern generated by interfer...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Hennig J

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The properties of the image noise for selective averaging of phase-encoding lines have been investigated. For a given acquisition time, selective averaging results in a signal-to-noise ratio penalty compared to averaging all lines equally. In addition, selective averaging yields a non uniform distribution of noise cha...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Mugler JP 3rd

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Coil-by-coil reconstruction methods are followed by coil combination to obtain a single image representing a spin density map. Typical coil combination methods, such as square-root sum-of-squares and adaptive coil combining, yield images that exhibit spatially varying modulation of image intensity. Existing pra...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Gol Gungor D,Potter LC

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For time-resolved background-subtracted contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography, the bright and sparse arterial signal allows unique identification of contrast bolus arrival in the arteries. This article presents an automatic filtering algorithm using such arterial characterization for selecting arterial phas...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Kim J,Prince MR,Zabih R,Bezanson J,Watts R,Erel HE,Wang Y

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemically-fixed nervous tissues are well-suited for high-resolution, time-intensive MRI acquisitions without motion artifacts, such as those required for brain atlas projects, but the aldehyde fixatives used may significantly alter tissue MRI properties. To test this hypothesis, this study characterized the impact of...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Shepherd TM,Thelwall PE,Stanisz GJ,Blackband SJ

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three-dimensional (3D) coronary imaging has the potential to overcome problems resulting from vessel tortuosity and to reduce partial volume effects. With these techniques, however, acquisition times are long and respiratory motion artifacts problematical. This work describes the development of a method that applies p...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Jhooti P,Keegan J,Gatehouse PD,Collins S,Rowe A,Taylor AM,Firmin DN

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop a three-dimensional, free-breathing, late gadolinium enhancement (3D FB-LGE) cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) technique, and to compare it with clinically used two-dimensional breath-hold LGE (2D BH-LGE). METHODS:The proposed 3D FB-LGE method consisted of inversion preparation, inversion dela...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Menon RG,Miller GW,Jeudy J,Rajagopalan S,Shin T

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MR images acquired by using an arterial spin-labeling technique showed spatial and temporal variations of perfusion in the skeletal muscle of exercising humans. Perfusion measurements made during plantar flexion exercise in normal volunteers were consistent with those obtained by traditional techniques reported in the...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Frank LR,Wong EC,Haseler LJ,Buxton RB

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The oxygen extraction fraction (OEF) is an important biomarker for tissue-viability. MRI enables noninvasive estimation of the OEF based on the blood-oxygenation-level-dependent (BOLD) effect. Quantitative OEF-mapping is commonly applied using least-squares regression (LSR) to an analytical tissue model. Howeve...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Domsch S,Mürle B,Weingärtner S,Zapp J,Wenz F,Schad LR

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinetic analysis with mathematical models has become increasingly important to quantify physiological parameters in computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI). The modified Kety/Tofts model and the graphical (Patlak) model have been widely applied to DCE-M...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Chen H,Li F,Zhao X,Yuan C,Rutt B,Kerwin WS

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to a delayed echo-formation, echo-shifted gradient echo sequences (ES-GRE) allow for an enhanced T(2)*-weighting at short repetition times. While they are in use with and without RF spoiling, analytical solutions are only known for the latter. The signal formation in the former could only be assessed in approximat...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Ganter C

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00