Comparison between 8- and 32-channel phased-array receive coils for in vivo hyperpolarized 13 C imaging of the human brain.

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop a 256-channel dense-array electroencephalography (dEEG) sensor net (the Ink-Net) using high-resistance polymer thick film (PTF) technology to improve safety and data quality during simultaneous dEEG/MRI. METHODS:Heating safety was assessed with temperature measurements in an anthropomorphic head pha...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Poulsen C,Wakeman DG,Atefi SR,Luu P,Konyn A,Bonmassar G

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI data in vertebral bone marrow (vBM) are currently analyzed with descriptive indices. The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate a quantitative approach, considering the tissue composition of vBM. Therefore, a measurement of the water fraction, f(wat), and the precontrast relaxa...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Biffar A,Sourbron S,Schmidt G,Ingrisch M,Dietrich O,Reiser MF,Baur-Melnyk A

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Typically, MR-elastography (MRE) encodes the propagation of monochromatic acoustic waves in the MR-phase images via sinusoidal gradients characterized by a detection frequency equal to the frequency of the mechanical vibration. Therefore, the echo time of a conventional MRE sequence is typically longer than the vibrat...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Robert B,Sinkus R,Gennisson JL,Fink M

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simulations of dynamic susceptibility contrast (DSC) MRI are frequently performed by assuming a certain shape for the input function and the microvascular response function. However, to investigate the influence of parameters that will affect the shape of the input function, a more complex model of the human vasculatu...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： van Osch MJ,Vonken EJ,Wu O,Viergever MA,van der Grond J,Bakker CJ

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parallel magnetic resonance imaging (pMRI) using multichannel receiver coils has emerged as an effective tool to reduce imaging time in various applications. However, the issue of accurate estimation of coil sensitivities has not been fully addressed, which limits the level of speed enhancement achievable with the tec...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Ying L,Sheng J

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the impact of a different distortion correction (DC) method and patient geometry (sagittal balance) on the quality of spinal cord tractography rendering according to different tractography approaches. METHODS:Forty-four adults free of spinal cord diseases underwent cervical diffusion-weighted imaging...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Dauleac C,Bannier E,Cotton F,Frindel C

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The accurate assessment of pulmonary perfusion is especially important in the evaluation of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism, a common and potentially lethal disorder that can be treated by aggressive anticoagulation. In this study, we demonstrate for the first time the use of MR to image pulmonary perfusion...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Hatabu H,Gaa J,Kim D,Li W,Prasad PV,Edelman RR

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breathing motion is one of the main sources of artifacts in MRI acquisitions that can severely impair diagnosis. In MRI with continuously moving table, the application of common motion compensation approaches such as breath holding or the synchronization of the measurement with the breathing motion can be problematic....

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Honal M,Leupold J,Huff S,Baumann T,Ludwig U

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffusion tensor imaging is gaining increasing importance for anatomical imaging of the developing mouse brain. However, the application of diffusion tensor imaging to mouse brain imaging at microscopic levels is hindered by the limitation on achievable spatial resolution. In this study, fast diffusion tensor microima...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Aggarwal M,Mori S,Shimogori T,Blackshaw S,Zhang J

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：PURPOSE:Quantitative evaluation of dynamic contrast enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) allows for estimating perfusion, vessel permeability, and tissue volume fractions by fitting signal intensity curves to pharmacokinetic models. These compart mental models assume rapid equilibration of contrast agent within each voxel. However, ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Woodall RT,Barnes SL,Hormuth DA 2nd,Sorace AG,Quarles CC,Yankeelov TE

更新日期：2018-07-01 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：:Dynamic MRI tracking of rat T-cells in vivo is performed in rat testicles after labeling isolated rat T-cells in vitro with superparamagnetic dextran-coated iron-oxide particles, BMS180549. Tissue inflammation induced by the local injection of the calcium ionophore, A23187, is used to attract labeled T-cells. Gradient...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Yeh TC,Zhang W,Ildstad ST,Ho C

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffusion-weighted single voxel experiments conducted at b-values up to 1 x 10(4) smm-2 yielded biexponential signal attenuation curves for both normal and ischemic brain. The relative fractions of the rapidly and slowly decaying components (f1, f2) are f1 = 0.80 +/- 0.02, f2 = 0.17 +/- 0.02 in healthy adult rat brain...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Niendorf T,Dijkhuizen RM,Norris DG,van Lookeren Campagne M,Nicolay K

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Preclinical imaging of myocardial blood flow (MBF) can elucidate molecular mechanisms underlying cardiovascular disease. We compared the repeatability and variability of two methods, first-pass MRI and arterial spin labeling (ASL), for imaging MBF in mice. METHODS:Quantitative perfusion MRI in mice was perform...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Naresh NK,Chen X,Moran E,Tian Y,French BA,Epstein FH

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The echo-planar k-space trajectory can be used as the basis for any two-dimensional selective pulse. The main application is spectral-spatial pulses, which must be based on the echo-planar trajectory. In this paper we show how echo-planar spin-echo (EPSE) pulses may be designed. ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Pauly J,Spielman D,Macovski A

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An array of 33 prototype polypeptides was examined as putative contrast agents that can be distinguished from each other based on the chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) mechanism. These peptides were chosen based on predictions of the chemical exchange rates of exchangeable amide, amine, and hydroxyl protons...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： McMahon MT,Gilad AA,DeLiso MA,Berman SM,Bulte JW,van Zijl PC

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the use of variable flip angle refocusing pulse trains in single-shot three-dimensional gradient and spin-echo (3D-GRASE) to reduce blurring and increase the spatial coverage for high spatial resolution T2 -weighted functional MRI at 7 Tesla. METHODS:Variable flip angle refocusing schemes in 3D-GRA...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Kemper VG,De Martino F,Yacoub E,Goebel R

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetization transfer experiments using an off-resonance irradiation technique were performed on bovine serum albumin solutions by varying the irradiation frequency and the concentration. A transition of the magnetization transfer spectrum from Lorentzian to Gaussian line shape was observed around the critical concen...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Iino M

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For sodium imaging of the human brain, Gibbs' ringing can degrade image appearance and confound image analysis; k-space filtering is generally required. In this work, the signal to noise ratio (SNR) advantage of sampling density weighted apodization (SDWA) over uniform k-space sampling with postacquisition filtering a...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Stobbe R,Beaulieu C

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient motion and image distortion induced by eddy currents cause artifacts in maps of diffusion parameters computed from diffusion-weighted (DW) images. A novel and comprehensive approach to correct for spatial misalignment of DW imaging (DWI) volumes acquired with different strengths and orientations of the diffusi...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Rohde GK,Barnett AS,Basser PJ,Marenco S,Pierpaoli C

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate white matter (WM) development, voxelwise analyses of diffusion tensor MRI (DTMRI) data, acquired from 12 very preterm and 11 preterm infants with gestational ages (GA) ranging from 25 to 29 and 29 to 32 weeks, respectively, and 10 newborn normal term infants were performed. T(2) relaxation measures were...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Rose SE,Hatzigeorgiou X,Strudwick MW,Durbridge G,Davies PS,Colditz PB

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To enable fast and flexible high-resolution four-dimensional (4D) MRI of periodic thoracic/abdominal motion for motion visualization or motion-corrected imaging. METHODS:We proposed a Cartesian three-dimensional k-space sampling scheme that acquires a random combination of k-space lines in the ky/kz plane. A p...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Küstner T,Würslin C,Schwartz M,Martirosian P,Gatidis S,Brendle C,Seith F,Schick F,Schwenzer NF,Yang B,Schmidt H

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a doubly tuned radiofrequency (RF) local coil probe designed specifically for performing in vivo image-localized spectroscopy. The probe was designed using principles developed in connection with the counter-rotating-current (CRC) and planar-pair loop gap resonators for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Th...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Grist TM,Jesmanowicz A,Kneeland JB,Froncisz W,Hyde JS

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the fluxes of a potassium congener (Rb(+)) in mouse hearts by (87)Rb MRS at 8.4T. The hearts were loaded with Rb(+) by perfusion with Krebs-Henseleit buffer, in which 50% of K(+) was substituted with Rb(+). We initiated Rb(+) efflux by changing the perfusion medium to Rb(+)-free buffer. Spectra were acquire...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Jilkina O,Xiang B,Kuzio B,Rendell J,Kupriyanov VV

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We constructed a device to compress small samples of articular cartilage while the samples were imaged in a 1.5 T imager. With the use of a piezoelectric piston, the device compressed 1-cm-diameter cylindrical samples of articular cartilage (200 microm) at a rate of 2 Hz. Simultaneously, we imaged the samples with a d...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Hardy PA,Ridler AC,Chiarot CB,Plewes DB,Henkelman RM

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proton exchange rates between water and the hydroxyl protons of threonine, serine, tyrosine, the amino protons of lysine, and the guanidinium protons of arginine were measured in the pH range 0.5 to 8.5 and for the temperatures 4 degrees C, 10 degrees C, 20 degrees C, 30 degrees C, and 36 degrees C. The intrinsic ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Liepinsh E,Otting G

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phase-contrast MRI can provide high-resolution angiographic velocity images, especially in conjunction with non-Cartesian k-space sampling. However, acquisitions can be sensitive to errors from artifacts from main magnetic field inhomogeneities and chemical shift from fat. Particularly in body imaging, fat content can...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Johnson KM,Wieben O,Samsonov AA

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In radiotherapy, target tissues are defined best on MR images due to their superior soft tissue contrast. Computed tomography imaging is geometrically accurate and it is needed for dose calculation and generation of reference images for treatment localization. Co-registration errors between MR and computed tomography ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Kapanen M,Collan J,Beule A,Seppälä T,Saarilahti K,Tenhunen M

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular-space-occupancy (VASO) MRI exploits the difference between blood and tissue T1 to null blood signal and measure cerebral blood volume changes using the residual tissue signal. VASO imaging is more difficult at higher field because of sensitivity loss due to the convergence of tissue and blood T1 values and in...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Hua J,Jones CK,Qin Q,van Zijl PC

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00