A novel phase-unwrapping method based on pixel clustering and local surface fitting with application to Dixon water-fat MRI.

abstract：:The clinical application of 3D proton spectroscopic imaging (3D SI) of the human prostate requires a robust suppression of periprostatic lipid signal contamination, minimal intervoxel signal contamination, and the shortest possible measurement time. In this work, a weighted elliptical sampling of k-space, combined wit...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Scheenen TW,Klomp DW,Röll SA,Fütterer JJ,Barentsz JO,Heerschap A

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to generate in vivo maps of lactate may have significant diagnostic utility in staging and treatment planning of a wide variety of cancers. The double selective multiple quantum filter technique (SelMQC) has been shown to be effective for nonlocalized detection of lactate with little or no interference fro...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Pickup S,Lee SC,Mancuso A,Glickson JD

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The image intensity in magnetic resonance magnitude images in the presence of noise is shown to be governed by a Rician distribution. Low signal intensities (SNR < 2) are therefore biased due to the noise. It is shown how the underlying noise can be estimated from the images and a simple correction scheme is provided ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Gudbjartsson H,Patz S

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Applications of dynamic shimming require high field fidelity, and characterizing the shim field dynamics is therefore necessary. Modeling the system as linear and time-invariant, the purpose of this work was to measure the impulse response function with optimal sensitivity. THEORY AND METHODS:Frequency-swept p...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Vannesjo SJ,Dietrich BE,Pavan M,Brunner DO,Wilm BJ,Barmet C,Pruessmann KP

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In guinea pigs immunized with myelin basic protein (MBP) in complete Freund's adjuvant, experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) shows a characteristic clinical and pathological course. This study characterized the proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) properties of the central nervous system prior to the onset...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： O'Brien JT,Noseworthy JH,Gilbert JJ,Karlik SJ

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To illustrate the potential bias caused by imaging gradients in correlation MRI sequences using longitudinal magnetization storage (LS) and examine the case of filter exchange imaging (FEXI) yielding maps of the apparent exchange rate (AXR). METHODS:The effects of imaging gradients in FEXI were observed on yea...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Lasič S,Lundell H,Topgaard D,Dyrby TB

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial blood flow varies during the cardiac cycle in response to pulsatile changes in epicardial circulation and cyclical variation in myocardial tension. First-pass assessment of myocardial perfusion by dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI is one of the most challenging applications of MRI because of the spatial and tem...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Radjenovic A,Biglands JD,Larghat A,Ridgway JP,Ball SG,Greenwood JP,Jerosch-Herold M,Plein S

更新日期：2010-12-01 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 use of paramagnetic pH-sensitive liposomes was recently suggested as a new approach for monitoring pathologic changes in pH by MRI. Such liposomes must be stable in blood and selectively release the encapsulated paramagnetic agent when exposed to lower pH in the target tissue. In the present study, different lipos...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Løkling KE,Skurtveit R,Bjørnerud A,Fossheim SL

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Black blood MRI is an attractive tool for monitoring normal and pathological wall thickening; however, limited spatial resolutions can conspire with complex vascular geometries to distort the appearance of the wall in ways hitherto unclear. To elucidate this, a thin-walled cylinder model was developed to predict the c...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Antiga L,Wasserman BA,Steinman DA

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a versatile NMR probe that is designed for a variety of in vivo spectroscopic studies on small animals in vertical wide-bore magnets. Replaceable brackets enable the coils to be exchanged readily in order to observe 1H, 13C, 31P, and other nuclei, and to carry out double-resonance experiments. Two solenoid...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Lyon RC,Tschudin RG,Daly PF,Cohen JS

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To test and implement a motion-robust and respiratory-resolved 3D Radial Flow framework that addresses the need for rapid, high resolution imaging in neonatal patients with congenital heart disease. METHODS:A 4-point velocity encoding and 3D radial trajectory with double-golden angle ordering was combined with...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Schrauben EM,Lim JM,Goolaub DS,Marini D,Seed M,Macgowan CK

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, a technique based on arterial spin labeling, called dynamic arterial spin labeling (DASL (Magn Reson Med 1999;41:299-308)), has been introduced to measure simultaneously the transit time of the labeled blood from the labeling plane to the exchange site, the longitudinal relaxation time of the tissue, and the...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Barbier EL,Silva AC,Kim SG,Koretsky AP

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proton spin relaxation rate constants in normal and hyponatremic rat brain were measured to determine the sensitivity of metabolite relaxation properties to cytotoxic edema and to quantify metabolite concentration in normal and edematous brain. Relaxation rate constants for protons of water and spectral regions with d...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Rooney WD,Ebisu T,Mancuso A,Graham S,Weiner MW,Maudsley AA

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop a method for retrospective artifact elimination of MRS data. This retrospective method was based on an approach that combines jackknife analyses with the correlation of spectral windows, and therefore termed "JKC." METHODS:Twelve healthy volunteers performed 3 separate measurement protocols using a ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Tapper S,Tisell A,Helms G,Lundberg P

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parallel transmission has emerged as an efficient means for implementing multidimensional spatially selective radiofrequency excitation pulses. To date, most theoretical and experimental work on parallel transmission radiofrequency (RF) pulse design is based on the small-tip-angle approximation to the Bloch equation. ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Zheng H,Zhao T,Qian Y,Ibrahim TS,Boada FE

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An approach to efficiently measure three-dimensional velocity vector fields and turbulent kinetic energy of blood flow is presented. Multipoint phase-contrast imaging is used in combination with Bayesian analysis to map both mean and fluctuating velocities over a large dynamic range and for practically relevant signal...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Binter C,Knobloch V,Manka R,Sigfridsson A,Kozerke S

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop methods for characterizing materials used in screen-printed MRI coils and improve signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) with new lower-loss materials. METHODS:An experimental apparatus was created to characterize dielectric properties of plastic substrates used in receive coils. Coils were fabricated by scree...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Corea JR,Lechene PB,Lustig M,Arias AC

更新日期：2017-08-01 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：:Quantification of cerebral blood flow using QUIPSSII pulsed arterial spin labeling requires that the QUIPSS saturation delay TI1 is shorter than the natural temporal bolus width. Yet the duration of the bolus of tagged spins entering the region of interest varies during vasoactive stimuli such as gaseous challenges or...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Villien M,Chipon E,Troprès I,Bouvier J,Cantin S,Chechin D,Le Bas JF,Krainik A,Warnking JM

更新日期：2013-06-01 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：:Higher field strengths entail less homogeneous RF fields. This may influence quantitative MRI and MRS. A method for rapidly mapping the RF field in the human head with minimal distortion was developed on the basis of a single-shot stimulated echo acquisition mode (STEAM) sequence. The flip angle of the second RF pulse...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Helms G,Finsterbusch J,Weiskopf N,Dechent P

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Volume-localized proton NMR spectroscopy was used to estimate bone marrow cellularity in the posterior iliac crests of patients undergoing treatment with hematopoietic growth factors for a variety of hematologic and neoplastic disorders. Twelve patients were accrued, six of whom were studied more than once, yielding a...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Ballon D,Jakubowski A,Gabrilove J,Graham MC,Zakowski M,Sheridan C,Koutcher JA

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When using tracer kinetic modeling to analyze dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) it is necessary to identify an appropriate arterial input function (AIF). The measured AIF is often poorly sampled in both clinical and preclinical MR systems due to the initial rapid increase in contrast agent concentration and the ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： McGrath DM,Bradley DP,Tessier JL,Lacey T,Taylor CJ,Parker GJ

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of the present study was to apply noninvasive methods for monitoring regeneration and mechanical properties of tissue-engineered cartilage in vivo at different growth stages using MR elastography (MRE). METHODS:Three types of scaffolds, including silk, collagen, and gelatin seeded by human mesenchy...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Khalilzad-Sharghi V,Han Z,Xu H,Othman SF

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prepolarized MRI uses pulsed magnetic fields to produce MR images by polarizing the sample at one field strength (approximately 0.5 T) before imaging at a much lower field (approximately 50 mT). Contrast reflecting the T(1) of the sample at an intermediate field strength is achieved by polarizing the sample and then a...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Ungersma SE,Matter NI,Hardy JW,Venook RD,Macovski A,Conolly SM,Scott GC

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Manipulation of the data describing two-dimensional magnetic resonance (MR) images can be used to zoom an image, decrease image noise and artifacts by modeling, or emphasize object edges in the field of view. In this paper, a two-dimensional band-selectable digital filtering (2D-BSDF) technique is detailed. This can b...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Mitchell DK,Nichols ST,Smith MR,Scott K

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain water diffusion in response to transient global ischemia (12 min), reperfusion (60 min), and cardiac arrest was monitored by localized proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The trace of the apparent diffusion coefficient tensor (ADC(Av)) was determined at high temporal resolution (10 sec) to assess the putativ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Wick M,Fujimori H,Michaelis T,Frahm J

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reconstruction of MR images from nonrectilinearly sampled data is complicated by the fact that the inverse 2D Fourier transform (FT) cannot be performed directly on the acquired k-space data set. k-Space gridding is commonly used because it is an efficient reconstruction method. However, conventional gridding requ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Moriguchi H,Duerk JL

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of lung perfusion in normal and diseased subjects is of great interest to physiologists and physicians. In this work we demonstrate the application of a liquid-phase hyperpolarized (HP) carbon-13 ((13)C) tracer to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the pulmonary vasculature and pulmonary perfusion in a porc...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Ishii M,Emami K,Kadlecek S,Petersson JS,Golman K,Vahdat V,Yu J,Cadman RV,MacDuffie-Woodburn J,Stephen M,Lipson DA,Rizi RR

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00