Quantitative and qualitative fat analysis in human leg muscle of neuromuscular diseases by 1H MR spectroscopy in vivo.

abstract：:A 3-T study is presented, comparing the ability of two (1) H spectroscopy pulse sequences, Carr-Purcell point resolved spectroscopy (CPRESS; TE = 45 msec), and conventional PRESS (TE = 35 msec), to separate between groups of 20 normal control (NC) and 20 mild cognitive impairment (MCI) subjects. Both sequences showed ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Hancu I,Gillen R,Cowan J,Zimmerman EA

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T2-weighted MRI of edema in acute myocardial infarction (MI) provides a means of differentiating acute and chronic MI, and assessing the area at risk of infarction. Conventional T2-weighted imaging of edema uses a turbo spin-echo (TSE) readout with dark-blood preparation. Clinical applications of dark-blood TSE method...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Kellman P,Aletras AH,Mancini C,McVeigh ER,Arai AE

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we utilized manganese-enhanced MRI (MEMRI) to evaluate the in vivo transneuronal efficiency of manganese ion (Mn(2+)) movement as a means to assess overall changes in neuronal function. We designated this extension the manganese transfer index (MTI) value. To evaluate the MTI value as an index of transne...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Serrano F,Deshazer M,Smith KD,Ananta JS,Wilson LJ,Pautler RG

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Segmentation of cardiac cine MRI data is routinely used for the volumetric analysis of cardiac function. Conventionally, 2D contours are drawn on short-axis (SAX) image stacks with relatively thick slices (typically 8 mm). Here, an acquisition/reconstruction strategy is used for obtaining isotropic 3D cine data...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Odille F,Bustin A,Liu S,Chen B,Vuissoz PA,Felblinger J,Bonnemains L

更新日期：2018-05-01 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：PURPOSE:Reference region models (RRMs) can quantify tumor perfusion in dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI without an arterial input function. Inspection of the RRM reveals that one of the free parameters in the fit is uniquely linked to the reference region and is common to all voxels. A two-step approach is proposed that t...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Ahmed Z,Levesque IR

更新日期：2017-10-01 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：:Orientational anisotropy of T2 and T1 relaxation times, diffusion, and magnetization transfer has been investigated for six different tissues: tendon, cartilage, kidney, muscle, white matter, and optic nerve. Relaxation anisotropy was observed for tendon and cartilage, and diffusional anisotropy was measured in kidney...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Henkelman RM,Stanisz GJ,Kim JK,Bronskill MJ

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some of the important features of how pulsatile flow generates artifacts in three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging are analyzed and demonstrated. Time variations in the magnetic resonance signal during the heart cycle lead to more complex patterns of artifacts in 3D imaging than in 2D imaging. The appearance and...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Frank LR,Buxton RB,Kerber CW

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-body NMR imaging antennas (probes) are strongly affected by the inevitable magnetic and controllable dielectric losses. Using a convenient parallelepiped model, the magnetic losses are evaluated. By introducing the "ideal power gain," the best possible antenna performance is delimited as a function of the freque...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Sergiadis G

更新日期：1985-08-01 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：:The diffusional kurtosis is an indicator for diffusion restrictions in biological tissue. It is observed experimentally that the kurtosis is largest for directions perpendicular to the fiber direction in white matter. The directional dependence of the kurtosis can be described by the diffusion kurtosis tensor. Since t...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Kuder TA,Stieltjes B,Bachert P,Semmler W,Laun FB

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:31P NMR of superfused resting cartilage demonstrated the presence of phosphocreatine in chondrocytes. Changes in pH and in the NTP level were followed during carbon source starvation. From 31P spectra of perchloric acid extracts, phosphoethanolamine, phosphocholine, and the corresponding glycerol diesters were identif...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Kvam BJ,Pollesello P,Vittur F,Paoletti S

更新日期：1992-06-01 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：:A proton NMR relaxation and pulsed field gradient self-diffusion study of water in fibrin gels, plasma, and blood clots has been performed with special emphasis on the effect of the sol-gel and shrinkage transitions. Deuteron NMR in fibrin gels was also studied to supplement the proton data. It is shown that a measure...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Blinc A,Lahajnar G,Blinc R,Zidansek A,Sepe A

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this work was to quantify the extent of lipid-rich necrotic core (LRNC) and intraplaque hemorrhage (IPH) in atherosclerotic plaques. METHODS:Patients scheduled for carotid endarterectomy underwent four-point Dixon and T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at 3 Tesla. Fat and R2* maps were gen...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Koppal S,Warntjes M,Swann J,Dyverfeldt P,Kihlberg J,Moreno R,Magee D,Roberts N,Zachrisson H,Forssell C,Länne T,Treanor D,de Muinck ED

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A general analytical framework is presented for the design of birdcage radiofrequency resonators on cylindrical formers having arbitrary cross-sectional shape. The primary objective of such shapes would be to improve the sensitivity of the NMR experiment to noncircular regions of the human anatomy while maintaining fi...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： De Zanche N,Yahya A,Vermeulen FE,Allen PS

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional T2-selective proton imaging of human head has been performed at 10 MHz employing Carr-Purcell-Gill-Meiboom pulse trains with echo separation of 6 and 12 msec. Using the information of 36 spin echoes and applying a recovery time of 2 sec the magnetization decay has been traced. The multi-exponential T2 ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Gersonde K,Felsberg L,Tolxdorff T,Ratzel D,Ströbel B

更新日期：1984-12-01 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：:The accuracy of perfusion measurements using dynamic, susceptibility-weighted, contrast-enhanced MRI depends on estimating contrast agent concentration in an artery, i.e., the arterial input function. One of the difficulties associated with obtaining an arterial input function are partial volume effects when both bloo...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Patil V,Johnson G

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing interest in quantitative T(1) mapping techniques for a variety of applications. Several methods for T(1) quantification have been described. The acquisition of two spoiled gradient-echo data sets with different flip angles allows for the calculation of T(1) maps with a high spatial resolution and a...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Preibisch C,Deichmann R

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Because of short signal lifetimes and respiratory motion, 3D lung MRI is still challenging today. Zero-TE (ZTE) pulse sequences offer promising solutions as they overcome the issue of short T 2 ∗ ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Boucneau T,Fernandez B,Besson FL,Menini A,Wiesinger F,Durand E,Caramella C,Darrasse L,Maître X

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cortical bone in the mature skeleton has a short T(2)* and produces no detectable signal with conventional MR sequences. A two-dimensional ultrashort echo time (UTE) sequence employing half radio frequency (RF) pulse excitations and radial ramp sampling reduces the effective TE to 8 micros and is capable of detecting ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Du J,Hamilton G,Takahashi A,Bydder M,Chung CB

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a new imaging modality that can provide unique information on brain white matter anatomy. Measurements of water diffusion constant along multiple axes are fitted to a tensor model, from which the diffusion anisotropy and dominant fiber orientation can be estimated. Even though the ten...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Zhang J,van Zijl PC,Mori S

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The course of pulmonary edema formation after an intratracheal (i.t.) instillation of ovalbumin was followed noninvasively by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in actively sensitized Brown Norway (BN) rats. Changes in edema volume assessed by MRI mimicked the results from the analysis of the number and activation of in...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Beckmann N,Tigani B,Ekatodramis D,Borer R,Mazzoni L,Fozard JR

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the feasibility of employing the prior knowledge of well-separated chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) signals in the 9.4 T Z-spectrum to separate overlapping CEST signals acquired at 3 T, using a deep learning approach trained with 3 T and 9.4 T CEST spectral data from brains of the same ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Zaiss M,Deshmane A,Schuppert M,Herz K,Glang F,Ehses P,Lindig T,Bender B,Ernemann U,Scheffler K

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To increase image acquisition efficiency, we develop alternative gradient encoding strategies designed to provide spatial encoding complementary to the spatial encoding provided by the multiple receiver coil elements in parallel image acquisitions. Intuitively, complementary encoding is achieved when the magnetic fiel...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Tam LK,Stockmann JP,Galiana G,Constable RT

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A partial saturation method is described for obtaining rapid images of tissue 1H spin-lattice relaxation rates following administration of the paramagnetic contrast agent gadolinium-diethylenetriaminepentaacetate. The paramagnetic contribution to the relaxation rates is proportional to the concentration of contrast ag...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Kennedy SD,Szczepaniak LS,Gibson SL,Hilf R,Foster TH,Bryant RG

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensitivity of diffusion-weighted MRI was compared to that of T2-weighted MRI following temporary middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCA-O) for 33 min followed by 4 h of reperfusion in rats. Diffusion-weighted spin-echo images using strong gradients (b value of 1413 s/mm2) demonstrated a significant increase in sig...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Mintorovitch J,Moseley ME,Chileuitt L,Shimizu H,Cohen Y,Weinstein PR

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Imaging gradients result in the generation of concomitant fields, or Maxwell fields, which are of increasing importance at higher gradient amplitudes. These time-varying fields cause additional phase accumulation, which must be compensated for to avoid image artifacts. In the case of gradient systems employing ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Weavers PT,Tao S,Trzasko JD,Frigo LM,Shu Y,Frick MA,Lee SK,Foo TK,Bernstein MA

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00