An analytic expression for the ultimate intrinsic SNR in a uniform sphere.

abstract：:Longitudinal water proton relaxation rates of methemoglobin solutions show a strong dependence on temperature and pH. The increase of the relaxation rates with temperature is associated with shortened exchange lifetime of the coordinated water molecule. An accurate measurement of the relaxation rate of methemoglobin s...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Aime S,Fasano M,Paoletti S,Arnelli A,Ascenzi P

更新日期：1995-06-01 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：:Quantitative measurement of lung microstructure is of great significance in assessment of pulmonary disease, particularly in the earliest stages. The technique for MRI-based 3He lung morphometry was previously developed and validated for human lungs, and was recently extended to ex vivo mouse lungs. The technique yiel...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Wang W,Nguyen NM,Yablonskiy DA,Sukstanskii AL,Osmanagic E,Atkinson JJ,Conradi MS,Woods JC

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A methodology is presented for estimating T(1) using a two-point technique with a standard multislice gradient echo sequence. The method explicitly corrects for the shape of the RF pulse and for spatial variations in transmitted RF field intensity. Including these factors in the calculation of T(1) gives a substantial...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Parker GJ,Barker GJ,Tofts PS

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NMR relaxation times (T1 and T2) and the water content (WC) of in vitro rat lungs were measured during the course of endotoxin lung injury in rats. Measurements of normal lungs, untreated endotoxin-injured lungs, and endotoxin-injured lungs treated with methylprednisolone (MPSL) were compared. The untreated endotoxin ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Shioya S,Haida M,Tsuji C,Ono Y,Miyairi A,Fukuzaki M,Ohta Y,Yamabayashi H

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel tagging method is introduced that increases the spatial resolution of estimates of myocardial radial thickening. The separation of adjacent parallel tag planes is customized to match the expected motion of specific regions of the heart wall. In regions in which the tags increase their separation over systole (...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： McVeigh ER,Bolster BD Jr

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:All methods presented to date to map both conductivity and permittivity rely on multiple acquisitions to compute quantitatively the magnitude of radiofrequency transmit fields, B1+. In this work, we propose a method to compute both conductivity and permittivity based solely on relative receive coil sensitivitie...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Marques JP,Sodickson DK,Ipek O,Collins CM,Gruetter R

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The goal of this study is to characterize and improve the accuracy of 2D magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF) scans in the presence of slice profile (SP) and B1 imperfections, which are two main factors that affect quantitative results in MRF. METHODS:The SP and B1 imperfections are characterized and correc...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Ma D,Coppo S,Chen Y,McGivney DF,Jiang Y,Pahwa S,Gulani V,Griswold MA

更新日期：2017-11-01 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：:In this study, the precision and accuracy of a new method for measuring axial rotations of the lumbar vertebrae, which are thought to be increased in patients with degenerative spinal instability, were estimated. A standard image registration algorithm involving a user-selected center of rotation was adapted for this ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Rogers BP,Haughton VM,Arfanakis K,Meyerand ME

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Developing a method to noninvasively monitor tissue-engineered constructs is critical for the optimization of construct design and for assessing therapeutic efficacy. For this purpose, NMR is a powerful technique that can be used to obtain both images and spectroscopic data. But the inherent sensitivity of NMR limits ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Volland NA,Mareci TH,Constantinidis I,Simpson NE

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeletal muscle triglycerides are markers for insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes. Recently, MR spectroscopy was adapted for in vivo measurement of triglycerides in animal models and for the characterization of new therapeutic approaches. Because of small MR spectroscopy voxel sizes used in skeletal muscles, surface...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Neumaier M,Niessen HG,Kaulisch T,Stiller D

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Magnetization transfer ratio (MTR) histograms are used widely for the assessment of diffuse pathological changes in the brain. For broad clinical application, MTR scans should not only be fast, but confounding factors should also be minimized for high reproducibility. To this end, a 1-minute whole-brain spiral ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Afshari R,Santini F,Heule R,Meyer CH,Pfeuffer J,Bieri O

更新日期：2020-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:A ghost correction strategy for Simultaneous Multi-Slice (SMS) EPI methods that provides improved ghosting artifact reduction compared to conventional methods is presented. Conventional Nyquist ghost correction methods for SMS-EPI rely on navigator data that contain phase errors from all slices in the simultane...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Hoge WS,Setsompop K,Polimeni JR

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leakage of Gd-DTPA through a defective blood-brain barrier is measured quantitatively using dynamic MRI scanning, in which repeated scans are made after a bolus injection. Image registration artifacts are minimized; a dose of 0.1 mM/kg and an IR sequence enable enhancement to be measured quantitatively. The triexponen...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Tofts PS,Kermode AG

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Image selected in vivo spectroscopy (ISIS) is a volume selection method often used for in vivo (31)P MRS, since it is suitable for measurements of substances with short T(2). However, ISIS can suffer from significant signal contributions caused by T(1) smearing from regions outside the VOI. A computer model was develo...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Ljungberg M,Starck G,Vikhoff-Baaz B,Alpsten M,Ekholm S,Forssell-Aronsson E

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the use of dynamic, volumetric MRI to measure 3D skeletal motion. Ten healthy subjects were positioned on a MR-compatible knee loading device and instructed to harmonically flex and extend their knee at 0.5 Hz. The device induced active quadriceps loading with knee flexion, similar to the load ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Kaiser J,Bradford R,Johnson K,Wieben O,Thelen DG

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Dynamic glucose-enhanced (DGE)-MRI based on chemical exchange-sensitive MRI, that is, glucoCEST and gluco-chemical exchange-sensitive spin-lock (glucoCESL), is intrinsically prone to motion-induced artifacts because the final DGE contrast relies on the difference of images, which were acquired with a time gap o...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Boyd PS,Breitling J,Zimmermann F,Korzowski A,Zaiss M,Schuenke P,Weinfurtner N,Schlemmer HP,Ladd ME,Bachert P,Paech D,Goerke S

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance imaging measurements of the apparent rate of water diffusion in tumors are sensitive to variations in tissue cellularity, which have been shown useful for characterizing tumors and their responses to treatments. However, because of technical limitations on most MRI systems, conventional pulse gradie...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Xu J,Does MD,Gore JC

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally, the method of nonlinear least squares (NLLS) analysis has been used to estimate the parameters obtained from exponential decay data. In this study, we evaluated the use of Bayesian probability theory to analyze such data; specifically, that resulting from intravoxel incoherent motion NMR experiments. An...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Neil JJ,Bretthorst GL

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific absorption rate management and excitation fidelity are key aspects of radiofrequency pulse design for parallel transmission at ultra-high magnetic field strength. The design of radiofrequency pulses for multiple channels is often based on the solution of regularized least-squares optimization problems for whi...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Deniz CM,Alon L,Brown R,Sodickson DK,Zhu Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To demonstrate the feasibility of mapping gas exchange with single breath-hold hyperpolarized (HP) 129 Xe in humans, acquiring parametric maps of lung physiology. The potential benefit of acceleration using parallel imaging for this application is also explored. METHODS:Six healthy volunteers were scanned with...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Zanette B,Santyr G

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pattern recognition techniques (factor analysis and neural networks) were used to investigate and classify human brain tumors based on the 1H NMR spectra of chemically extracted biopsies (n = 118). After removing information from lactate (because of variable ischemia times), unsupervised learning suggested that the sp...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Maxwell RJ,Martínez-Pérez I,Cerdán S,Cabañas ME,Arús C,Moreno A,Capdevila A,Ferrer E,Bartomeus F,Aparicio A,Conesa G,Roda JM,Carceller F,Pascual JM,Howells SL,Mazucco R,Griffiths JR

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of reducing the pulse repetition time from 2500 ms to 1000 ms when using spin-density-projection-assisted R2-magnetic resonance imaging for the purpose of measuring liver iron concentration were evaluated. Repeated liver R2 measurements were made using both protocols on 60 subjects with liver iron concentr...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Pavitt HL,Aydinok Y,El-Beshlawy A,Bayraktaroglu S,Ibrahim AS,Hamdy MM,Pang W,Sharples C,St Pierre TG

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reconstruction of non-Cartesian k-space trajectories often requires the estimation of nonuniform sampling density. Particularly for 3D, this calculation can be computationally expensive. The method proposed in this work combines an iterative algorithm previously proposed by Pipe and Menon (Magn Reson Med 1999;41:1...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Zwart NR,Johnson KO,Pipe JG

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop a method based on fat-water transition region extraction (TREE) for robust fat-water separation and quantification in challenging scenarios, including low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), fast changing B0 field, and disjointed anatomies. THEORY AND METHODS:In TREE method, the phasor solutions of each pi...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Peng H,Zou C,Cheng C,Tie C,Qiao Y,Wan Q,Lv J,He Q,Liang D,Liu X,Liu W,Zheng H

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flow measurement methods for functional MRI (fMRI) are desirable as they are more closely tied to neuronal activity than the commonly used blood oxygenation techniques. In this work we introduce a flow-based functional imaging method. The method, called flow enhancement of signal intensity (FENSI), is an extension of ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Sutton BP,Ouyang C,Ching BL,Ciobanu L

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To model and correct the dephasing effects in the gradient-echo signal for arbitrary RF excitation pulses with large flip angles in the presence of macroscopic field variations. METHODS:The dephasing of the spoiled 2D gradient-echo signal was modeled using a numerical solution of the Bloch equations to calcula...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Soellradl M,Lesch A,Strasser J,Pirpamer L,Stollberger R,Ropele S,Langkammer C

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To obviate online slice-by-slice RF shim optimization and reduce B1+ mapping requirements for patient-specific RF shimming in high-field magnetic resonance imaging. THEORY AND METHODS:RF Shim Prediction by Iteratively Projected Ridge Regression (PIPRR) predicts patient-specific, SAR-efficient RF shims with a m...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Ianni JD,Cao Z,Grissom WA

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parallel imaging reconstructions result in spatially varying noise amplification characterized by the g-factor, precluding conventional measurements of noise from the final image. A simple Monte Carlo based method is proposed for all linear image reconstruction algorithms, which allows measurement of signal-to-noise r...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Robson PM,Grant AK,Madhuranthakam AJ,Lattanzi R,Sodickson DK,McKenzie CA

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00