Transmit and receive RF fields determination from a single low-tip-angle gradient-echo scan by scaling of SVD data.

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：: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：:A comparison between contrast and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), as obtained by both maximum entropy (ME) and 2DFT reconstruction, is reported for NMR images. Our results show that in the ME elaboration the contrast and SNR are generally increased with respect to the 2DFT elaboration. The magnitude of such an increase d...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： De Simone BC,De Luca F,Maraviglia B

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For clinical 31P MR spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) studies, where signal averaging is necessary, some improvement of sensitivity and spatial response function may be achieved by acquiring data over a spherical k-space volume and varying the number of averages acquired in proportion to the desired spatial filter. Eight d...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Hugg JW,Maudsley AA,Weiner MW,Matson GB

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3D sequence for dynamic susceptibility imaging is proposed which combines echo-shifting principles (such as PRESTO), sensitivity encoding (SENSE), and partial-Fourier acquisition. The method uses a moderate SENSE factor of 2 and takes advantage of an alternating partial k-space acquisition in the "slow" phase encode...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Klarhöfer M,Dilharreguy B,van Gelderen P,Moonen CT

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:A multi-turn transmit surface coil design was presented to improve B1 efficiency when used with current source amplification. METHODS:Three different coil designs driven by an on-coil current-mode class-D amplifier with current envelope feedback were tested on the benchtop and through imaging in a 1.5 T scanne...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Gudino N,Griswold MA

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To design, evaluate, and apply a bow tie antenna transceiver radiofrequency (RF) coil array tailored for cardiac MRI at 7.0 Tesla (T). METHODS:The radiofrequency (RF) coil array comprises 16 building blocks each containing a bow tie shaped λ/2-dipole antenna. Numerical simulations were used for transmission fi...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Oezerdem C,Winter L,Graessl A,Paul K,Els A,Weinberger O,Rieger J,Kuehne A,Dieringer M,Hezel F,Voit D,Frahm J,Niendorf T

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperpolarized (HP) 129Xe can be dissolved in biologically compatible lipid emulsions while maintaining sufficient polarization for in vivo vascular imaging. For xenon in Intralipid 30%, in vitro spectroscopy at 2 T yielded a chemical shift of 197 +/- 1 ppm with reference to xenon gas, a spin-lattice relaxation time T...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Möller HE,Chawla MS,Chen XJ,Driehuys B,Hedlund LW,Wheeler CT,Johnson GA

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To demonstrate the feasibility of a novel, ellipse fitting approach, named PLANET, for simultaneous estimation of relaxation times T1 and T2 from a single 3D phase-cycled balanced steady-state free precession (bSSFP) sequence. METHODS:A method is presented in which the elliptical signal model is used to descri...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Shcherbakova Y,van den Berg CAT,Moonen CTW,Bartels LW

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new contrast preparation based on modified driven equilibrium Fourier transfer is introduced and evaluated for generation of T1-weighted images for assessment of the myocardial perfusion with contrast agent first-pass kinetics. The new preparation scheme produces T1 contrast with insensitivity to arrhythmias in pros...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Tsekos NV,Zhang Y,Merkle H,Wilke N,Jerosch-Herold M,Stillman A,Uğurbil K

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Free induction decay signals are analyzed by fitting a model function directly in the time domain. No starting values are needed for linear model parameters, and omission of corrupted data points poses no problems. A significant gain of accuracy is achieved by imposing prior knowledge about the model parameters. ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： van der Veen JW,de Beer R,Luyten PR,van Ormondt D

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is suggested whereby the shifted extracellular triple quantum filtered 23Na signal of an isolated organ is completely eliminated. The method is based on the long relaxation time of the triple quantum coherence and on its fast evolution rate. When the carrier frequency is set on top of the intracellular sodium...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Navon G

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To remove nuisance signals (e.g., water and lipid signals) for (1) H MRSI data collected from the brain with limited and/or sparse (k, t)-space coverage. METHODS:A union-of-subspace model is proposed for removing nuisance signals. The model exploits the partial separability of both the nuisance signals and the...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Ma C,Lam F,Johnson CL,Liang ZP

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We improved the three-point phase-contrast method by regularization of MR velocity data after acquisition of a low velocity-to-noise ratio (VNR) velocity image and a high VNR aliased velocity image. The phase unwrapping algorithm is based on the assumed correlation of the velocity of adjacent flow voxels on the low VN...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Herment A,Mousseaux E,Jolivet O,DeCesare A,Frouin F,Todd-Pokropek A,Bittoun J

更新日期：2000-07-01 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：: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：PURPOSE:To develop a pulsed CEST magnetization-transfer method for rapidly acquiring relayed nuclear Overhauser enhancement (rNOE)-weighted images with magnetic transfer contrast (MTC) suppression at clinical field strength (3 T). METHODS:Using a pulsed CEST magnetization-transfer method with low saturation powers (B1...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Huang J,Han X,Chen L,Xu X,Xu J,Chan KWY

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To improve the quality and speed of electron paramagnetic resonance imaging (EPRI) acquisition by combining a uniform sampling distribution with spinning gradient acquisition. THEORY AND METHODS:A uniform sampling distribution was derived for spinning gradient EPRI acquisition (uniform spinning sampling, USS) ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Johnson DH,Ahmad R,Liu Y,Chen Z,Samouilov A,Zweier JL

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has recently been adopted as an investigational tool in the field of neuroscience. The signal changes induced by brain activations are small ( approximately 1-2%) at 1.5T. Therefore, the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the time series used to calculate the functional maps is...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Parrish TB,Gitelman DR,LaBar KS,Mesulam MM

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To improve signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for high-resolution spectroscopic imaging using a subspace-based technique known as SPectroscopic Imaging by exploiting spatiospectral CorrElation (SPICE). METHODS:The proposed method is based on a union-of-subspaces model of MRSI signals, which exploits the partial separ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Ma C,Lam F,Ning Q,Johnson CL,Liang ZP

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the role of true diffusion and flow-related pseudodiffusion in cerebral blood flow (CBF) quantification using arterial spin labeling (ASL) with single-shot or segmented 3D gradient and spin echo (GRASE) readouts. THEORY:The extended phase graph (EPG) algorithm, originally designed to model the effe...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： He X,Wengler K,Schweitzer ME

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanics of the macrocirculation are examined as a basis for imaging blood flow within the system. The macrocirculation is defined as that part of the circulation in which inertial forces are not negligible compared to viscous forces and as such in human subjects comprises the heart and large blood vessels. Becau...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Caro CG,Parker KH

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional MRI (fMRI) was used to assess proprioceptive-associated cervical cord activity in 24 relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and 10 controls. Cord and brain conventional and diffusion tensor (DT) MRI were also acquired. fMRI was performed using a block design during a proprioceptive stimulation consistin...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Agosta F,Valsasina P,Rocca MA,Caputo D,Sala S,Judica E,Stroman PW,Filippi M

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given its greater availability and lower cost, (129) Xe apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) MRI offers an alternative to (3) He ADC MRI. To demonstrate the feasibility of hyperpolarized (129) Xe ADC MRI, we present results from healthy volunteers (HV), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) subjects, and age-ma...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Kaushik SS,Cleveland ZI,Cofer GP,Metz G,Beaver D,Nouls J,Kraft M,Auffermann W,Wolber J,McAdams HP,Driehuys B

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An improved double quantum coherence (DQC) filter for the selective in vivo detection of glutathione (GSH) in the human brain at 1.5 Tesla is presented. The goal was to minimize contamination of the DQC-filtered GSH signal at 2.9 ppm with contributions arising from GABA. The modification consists of tailoring the freq...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Trabesinger AH,Boesiger P

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To facilitate assessment of RF power deposition and temperature rise within the breast, we present a method to seamlessly join heterogeneous breast models with standard whole-body models and demonstrate simulations at 7 T. METHODS:Finite-difference time-domain electromagnetic and bioheat simulations are perfor...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Li X,Rispoli JV

更新日期：2019-02-01 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：:Quantitative cerebral tissue volumes may be useful for an objective assessment of pathological changes in brain. Accurate determination of tissue volumes is complicated, however, by the partial volume averaging (PVA) effect. We have, therefore, developed a new pulse sequence that minimizes the PVA through the use of i...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Bedell BJ,Narayana PA

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radial MRI sequences are frequently used to obtain images with reduced sensitivity to motion. To decrease imaging time, multiple spin-echo acquisitions can be incorporated into radial sequences. In this case, different radial lines of Fourier data have different TE times and the resulting images can contain streaking ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Theilmann RJ,Gmitro AF,Altbach MI,Trouard TP

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We aim to leverage the power of deep-learning with high-fidelity training data to improve the reliability and processing speed of hemodynamic mapping with MR fingerprinting (MRF) arterial spin labeling (ASL). METHODS:A total of 15 healthy subjects were studied on a 3T MRI. Each subject underwent 10 runs of a m...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Fan H,Su P,Huang J,Liu P,Lu H

更新日期：2021-04-01 00:00:00