Local specific absorption rate (SAR), global SAR, transmitter power, and excitation accuracy trade-offs in low flip-angle parallel transmit pulse design.

abstract：:A new parallel imaging technique was implemented which can result in reduced image acquisition times in MRI. MR data is acquired in parallel using an array of receiver coils and then reconstructed simultaneously with multiple processors. The method requires the initial estimation of the 2D sensitivity profile of each ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Kyriakos WE,Panych LP,Kacher DF,Westin CF,Bao SM,Mulkern RV,Jolesz FA

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate a new inline motion compensation approach called image-based navigation with Constant Respiratory efficiency UsIng Single End-expiratory threshold (iNAV-CRUISE) for coronary MR angiography (CMRA). METHODS:The CRUISE gating technique was combined with iNAV motion correc...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Henningsson M,Smink J,van Ensbergen G,Botnar R

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：: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：:Proteoglycan (PG) depletion-induced changes in T1rho (spin-lattice relaxation in rotating frame) relaxation and dispersion in articular cartilage were studied at 4T. Using a spin-lock cluster pre-encoded fast spin echo sequence, T1rho maps of healthy bovine specimens and specimens that were subjected to PG depletion w...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Akella SV,Regatte RR,Gougoutas AJ,Borthakur A,Shapiro EM,Kneeland JB,Leigh JS,Reddy R

更新日期：2001-09-01 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 feasibility of an improved motion and flow robust methodology for imaging the pulmonary vasculature using non-contrast-enhanced, free-breathing, golden-angle radial MRI. METHODS:Healthy volunteers (n = 10, age 46 ± 11 years, 50% female) and patients (n = 2, ages 27 and 84, both female) were ima...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Fyrdahl A,Vargas Paris R,Nyrén S,Holst K,Ugander M,Lindholm P,Sigfridsson A

更新日期：2018-11-01 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:Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging suffers from physiological noise, such as artifacts caused by motion or system instabilities. Therefore, there is a need for robust diffusion parameter estimation techniques. In the past, several techniques have been proposed, including RESTORE and iRESTORE (Chang e...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Collier Q,Veraart J,Jeurissen B,den Dekker AJ,Sijbers J

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To validate an automatic algorithm for offline T2* measurements, providing robust, vendor-independent T2*, and uncertainty estimates for iron load quantification in the heart and liver using clinically available imaging sequences. METHODS:A T2* region of interest (ROI)-based algorithm was developed for robustn...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Bidhult S,Xanthis CG,Liljekvist LL,Greil G,Nagel E,Aletras AH,Heiberg E,Hedström E

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gradient technique to measure electron paramagnetic resonance spectra simultaneously at several different locations is described. The technique is based on the use of point probes containing paramagnetic centers. The value of the magnetic field gradient is chosen to be sufficient to separate the EPR signals from the...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Smirnov AI,Norby SW,Clarkson RB,Walczak T,Swartz HM

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multislice, two-dimensional phosphorus 31 spectroscopic imaging (SI) of human brain was performed in 15 normal volunteers on a 3-Tesla magnetic resonance system. Images of free magnesium concentrations and pH as well as phosphoesters, inorganic phosphate, phosphocreatine, and adenosine triphosphate (ATP), were calcula...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Barker PB,Butterworth EJ,Boska MD,Nelson J,Welch KM

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Conventional 31 P chemical shift imaging is time-consuming and yields only limited spatial resolution. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate feasibility of 31 P echo-planar spectroscopic imaging (EPSI) in vivo at 7T. METHODS:A 3D 31 P EPSI sequence with trapezoidal-shaped gradient pulses was implemented...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Korzowski A,Bachert P

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Manganese-enhanced MRI has previously been used for visualization of brain architecture and functional mapping of neural pathways. The present work investigated the potential of manganese-enhanced MRI for noninvasive imaging of salivary glands in living subjects. Marked shortening of T(1) was observed in salivary glan...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Seshadri M,Hoy A

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To enable accurate magnetic resonance (MR) parameter mapping with accelerated data acquisition, utilizing recent advances in constrained imaging with sparse sampling. THEORY AND METHODS:A new constrained reconstruction method based on low-rank and sparsity constraints is proposed to accelerate MR parameter map...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Zhao B,Lu W,Hitchens TK,Lam F,Ho C,Liang ZP

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple (2)H NMR method for quantifying absolute (2)H-enrichments in all seven aliphatic positions of glucose following its derivatization to monoacetone glucose is presented. The method is based on the addition of a small quantity of (2)H-enriched formate to the NMR sample. When the method was applied to [2-(2)H]mon...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Jones JG,Perdigoto R,Rodrigues TB,Geraldes CF

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments were performed to determine whether changes in T2*-weighted MR images during and after hyperoxia differentiate tumors from normal tissue. Mammary adenocarcinomas implanted in the right hind limbs of rats were studied. Gradient echo images were obtained at 2 Tesla with an evolution time of 20 ms and a recyc...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Kuperman VYu,River JN,Lewis MZ,Lubich LM,Karczmar GS

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focused ultrasound heating of ex vivo bovine kidney and liver was monitored using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to investigate the quantitative relationship between time-dependent temperature elevations and altered contrast in MR images due to thermal coagulation. Proton resonance frequency shift MR thermometry was...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Graham SJ,Chen L,Leitch M,Peters RD,Bronskill MJ,Foster FS,Henkelman RM,Plewes DB

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frequency-modulated (FM) pulses have practical advantages for spin-echo experiments, such as the ability to produce a broadband pi rotation, with an inhomogeneous radiofrequency (RF) field. However, such use leads to a nonlinear phase of the transverse magnetization, which is why FM pulses like the hyperbolic secant (...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Park JY,Garwood M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a method for measuring the electrocardiogram (ECG) continuously during MR examinations. In contrast to ECG acquisition by wires, our new method is to amplify and convert the ECG into an optical signal directly above the patient's heart. The optical signal is transmitted out of the magnet bore by opti...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Felblinger J,Lehmann C,Boesch C

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To propose and evaluate a deep learning model for rapid and accurate calculation of myocardial T1 /T2 values based on a previously proposed Bloch equation simulation with slice profile correction (BLESSPC) method. METHODS:Deep learning Bloch equation simulations (DeepBLESS) models are proposed for rapid and ac...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Shao J,Ghodrati V,Nguyen KL,Hu P

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid MR imaging using the stimulated echo acquisition mode (STEAM) technique yields single-shot images without any sensitivity to resonance offset effects. However, the absence of susceptibility-induced signal voids or geometric distortions is at the expense of a somewhat lower signal-to-noise ratio than EPI. As a co...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Block KT,Frahm J

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based techniques for assessing liver iron concentration (LIC) have been limited by single scanner calibration against biopsy. Here, the calibration of spin-density projection-assisted (SDPA) R2-MRI (FerriScan®) in iron-overloaded β-thalassemia patients treated with the iron chel...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： St Pierre TG,El-Beshlawy A,Elalfy M,Al Jefri A,Al Zir K,Daar S,Habr D,Kriemler-Krahn U,Taher A

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：:MR imaging experiments were conducted to investigate the feasibility of estimating vascular pulse pressure waveforms from measurements of blood flow rates and vessel cross-sectional area. Blood flow waveforms were measured in the aorta's of three 25-30-kg pigs at multiple imaging sections using phase-contrast velocity...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Urchuk SN,Fremes SE,Plewes DB

更新日期：1997-08-01 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：PURPOSE:Parameter mapping in sodium MRI data is challenging due to inherently low SNR and spatial resolution, prompting the need to employ robust models and estimation techniques. This work aims to develop a continuum model of sodium T 2 ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Syeda W,Blunck Y,Kolbe S,Cleary JO,Johnston LA

更新日期：2019-06-01 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：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:To obtain whole-brain high-resolution T2 maps in 2 minutes by combining simultaneous multislice excitation and low-power PINS (power independent of number of slices) refocusing pulses with undersampling and a model-based reconstruction. METHODS:A multi-echo spin-echo sequence was modified to acquire multiple s...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Hilbert T,Schulz J,Marques JP,Thiran JP,Krueger G,Norris DG,Kober T

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00