Counter rotating current local coils for high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging.

abstract：:A MultiEcho Segmented EPI with z-shimmed BAckground gradient Compensation (MESBAC) pulse sequence is proposed and validated for functional MRI (fMRI) study in regions suffering from severe susceptibility artifacts. This sequence provides an effective tradeoff between spatial and temporal resolution and reduces image d...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Li Z,Wu G,Zhao X,Luo F,Li SJ

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Previous work has evaluated the quality of different analytic methods for extracting relaxation times from magnitude imaging data exhibiting Rician noise. However, biexponential analysis of relaxation in tissue, including cartilage, and materials is of increasing interest. We, therefore, analyzed biexponential ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Bouhrara M,Reiter DA,Celik H,Bonny JM,Lukas V,Fishbein KW,Spencer RG

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Echo-planar imaging (EPI) is the standard technique for dynamic susceptibility-contrast (DSC) perfusion MRI. However, EPI suffers from well-known geometric distortions, which can be reduced by increasing the k-space phase velocity. Moreover, the long echo times (TEs) used in DSC lead to signal saturation of the arteri...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Newbould RD,Skare ST,Jochimsen TH,Alley MT,Moseley ME,Albers GW,Bammer R

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accelerated magnetic resonance imaging techniques reduce signal acquisition time by undersampling k-space. A fundamental problem in accelerated magnetic resonance imaging is the recovery of quality images from undersampled k-space data. Current state-of-the-art recovery algorithms exploit the spatial and temporal stru...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Asif MS,Hamilton L,Brummer M,Romberg J

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate four-dimensional flow denoising using the divergence-free wavelet (DFW) transform and compare its performance with existing techniques. THEORY AND METHODS:DFW is a vector-wavelet that provides a sparse representation of flow in a generally divergence-free field and can be used to enforce "soft" ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Ong F,Uecker M,Tariq U,Hsiao A,Alley MT,Vasanawala SS,Lustig M

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To propose an explicit Balanced steady-state free precession (bSSFP) signal model that predicts eddy current-induced steady-state disruptions and to provide a prospective, practical, and general eddy current compensation method. THEORY AND METHODS:Gradient impulse response functions (GIRF) were used to simulat...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Bruijnen T,Stemkens B,van den Berg CAT,Tijssen RHN

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate convex gradient optimization (CVX) for increased spatiotemporal resolution and improved accuracy for phase-contrast MRI (PC-MRI). METHODS:A conventional flow-compensated and flow-encoded (FCFE) PC-MRI sequence was compared with a CVX PC-MRI sequence using numerical simulations, flow phantom experim...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Middione MJ,Wu HH,Ennis DB

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is a major challenge to sodium magnetic resonance imaging. Phased array coils have been shown significantly improving SNR in proton imaging over volume coils. This study investigates SNR advantage of a 15-channel array head coil (birdcage volume coil for transmit/receive and 15-channel arra...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Qian Y,Zhao T,Wiggins GC,Wald LL,Zheng H,Weimer J,Boada FE

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical shift imaging benefits from signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and chemical shift dispersion increases at stronger main field such as 7 Tesla, but the associated shorter radiofrequency (RF) wavelengths encountered require B1+ mitigation over both the spatial field of view (FOV) and a specified spectral bandwidth. Th...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Setsompop K,Alagappan V,Gagoski BA,Potthast A,Hebrank F,Fontius U,Schmitt F,Wald LL,Adalsteinsson E

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multiple quantum filter strategy is presented for spectrally discriminating metabolites with strongly coupled spins from those whose spins are either uncoupled or weakly coupled. The strategy also includes a means for selectively suppressing the background multiplets of metabolites that also have strongly coupled sp...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Kim H,Wild JM,Allen PS

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An arterial spin labeling technique using separate RF labeling and imaging coils was used to obtain multislice perfusion images of the human brain at 3 T. Continuous RF irradiation at a peak power of 0.3 W was applied to the carotid arteries to adiabatically invert spins. Labeling was achieved without producing magnet...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Zaharchuk G,Ledden PJ,Kwong KK,Reese TG,Rosen BR,Wald LL

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four-dimensional (4D) flow imaging has been used to study flow patterns and pathophysiology, usually focused on specific thoracic vessels and cardiac chambers. Whole-heart 4D flow at high measurement accuracy covering the entire thoracic cardiovascular system would be desirable to simplify and improve hemodynamic asse...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Uribe S,Beerbaum P,Sørensen TS,Rasmusson A,Razavi R,Schaeffter T

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this project was to construct a physical brain phantom for MRI, mimicking structure and T1 relaxation properties of white matter (WM) and gray matter (GM). METHODS:The phantom design comprised 2 compartments, 1 resembling the WM and 1 resembling the GM. Their T1 relaxation times, as assessed usi...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Altermatt A,Santini F,Deligianni X,Magon S,Sprenger T,Kappos L,Cattin P,Wuerfel J,Gaetano L

更新日期：2019-02-01 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：:Fitting a model to an experimental spectrum is a difficult nonlinear estimation problem. The solution presented here is to start an iterative search procedure sufficiently close to the optimal model parameter set. This is achieved by providing tissue-dependent a priori peak information and by a novel correlation metho...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Burger C,McKinnon G,Buchli R,Boesiger P

更新日期：1991-10-01 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：:The focal underdetermined system solver (FOCUSS) was originally designed to obtain sparse solutions by successively solving quadratic optimization problems. This article adapts FOCUSS for a projection reconstruction MR imaging problem to obtain high resolution reconstructions from angular under-sampled radial k-space ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Ye JC,Tak S,Han Y,Park HW

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Establishing a high-resolution non-ECG-gated first-pass perfusion (FPP) cardiac MRI technique may improve accessibility and diagnostic capability of FPP imaging. We propose a non-ECG-gated FPP imaging technique using continuous magnetization-driven golden-angle radial acquisition. The main purpose of this preli...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Sharif B,Dharmakumar R,Arsanjani R,Thomson L,Bairey Merz CN,Berman DS,Li D

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is described for the correction of geometric distortions occurring in echo planar images. The geometric distortions are caused in large part by static magnetic field inhomogeneities, leading to pixel shifts, particularly in the phase encode direction. By characterizing the field inhomogeneities from a field m...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Jezzard P,Balaban RS

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the feasibility of dynamic oxygen-enhanced MRI in a clinical setting. We hypothesized that dynamic oxygen enhancement can reflect the regional diffusing capacity of the lung. Ten patients with pulmonary emphysema and seven healthy volunteers were examined with a respiratory...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Ohno Y,Hatabu H,Takenaka D,Van Cauteren M,Fujii M,Sugimura K

更新日期：2002-06-01 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：:Half k-space gradient-recalled echo-planar imaging (GR-EPI) is discussed in detail. T2* decay during full k-space GR-EPI gives rise to unequal weighting of the lines of k-space, loss of signal intensity at the center of k-space, and a point-spread function that limits resolution. In addition, the long readout time for...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Jesmanowicz A,Bandettini PA,Hyde JS

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction of a Gaussian weighting function into the phase encoding of the spin-echo imaging method via variable tip angle excitation, with concomitant optimization of the recycle delay, is shown to increase the sensitivity of T2-weighted imaging by up to 40%. In addition, the Gibbs artifact associated with sharp bo...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Webb AG,Clarkson RB

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T2 relaxation time is a promising MRI parameter for the detection of cartilage degeneration in osteoarthritis. However, the accuracy and precision of the measured T2 may be substantially impaired by the low signal-to-noise ratio of images available from clinical examinations. The purpose of this work was to assess the...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Raya JG,Dietrich O,Horng A,Weber J,Reiser MF,Glaser C

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Due to host-mediated adverse reaction to metallic debris, there is an increasing need for noninvasive assessment of the soft tissue surrounding large joint arthroplasties. Quantitative T 2 ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Bhave S,Koff MF,Sivaram Kaushik S,Potter HG,Koch KM

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paramagnetic ions complexed to proteins may lose, retain, or enhance solvent paramagnetic relaxation (SPR) relative to free solution. We measured T1 and T2 of three mouse cancers, their normal counterparts, and six additional tissues. Long T1 of cancers was not caused by necrosis or by different contents of water, fat...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Negendank W,Corbett T,Crowley M,Kellogg C

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electron Spin Echo Envelope Modulation (ESEEM) data are reported for three gadolinium (III) chelates, Gd-EDTA, Gd-DTPA, and Gd-TTHA, in frozen D2O/CH3OD glasses. This series includes Gd-DTPA, an MRI contrast agent that is in clinical use. Three-pulse electron spin echo modulation patterns can be modeled to yield geome...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Clarkson RB,Hwang JH,Belford RL

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noninvasive investigation of aldose reductase activities in rat testis was performed using 3-fluoro-3-deoxy-D-glucose (3-FDG) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy/imaging. Quantitative determination of testis aldose reductase activities, expressed as the sorbitol index, showed a value similar to that of b...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Nakada T,Kwee IL

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spin-lattice relaxation time T1 of multicomponent tissues is often determined by fitting relaxation data to monoexponential functions. This process can lead to large errors in the relaxation time. We describe a procedure using chemical-shift imaging (CSI) which separates the NMR signal into water and lipid compone...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Hornak JP,Smith AC,Szumowski J

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Short image acquisition times and sensitivity to magnetic susceptibility favor the use of gradient echo imaging methods in functional MRI (fMRI). However, magnetic susceptibility effects attributed to air-tissue interfaces also lead to severe signal loss in images of the large inferior frontal and lateral temporal cor...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Yang QX,Dardzinski BJ,Li S,Eslinger PJ,Smith MB

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00