Short- and long-term reproducibility of BOLD signal change induced by breath-holding at 1.5 and 3 T.

abstract：:The processes of tumor invasion and metastasis have been well characterized at the molecular level, and numerous biomarkers of tumor aggressiveness have been discovered. Molecular imaging offers the opportunity to depict specific cell markers relevant to tumor aggressiveness. Here, we describe the role of MRI in ident...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： McCann TE,Kosaka N,Turkbey B,Mitsunaga M,Choyke PL,Kobayashi H

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accuracy and precision of the quantification of metabolite concentrations in in vivo (1) H NMR spectroscopy are affected by linewidth and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). To study the effect of both factors in in vivo (1) H NMR spectra acquired at ultrahigh field, a reference spectrum was generated by summing nine in ...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Hong ST,Pohmann R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In imaging of human lungs with hyperpolarised noble gases, measurements of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and relaxation time provide valuable information for the assessment of lung microstructure. In this work, a sequence was developed for interleaved acquisition of ventilation images, ADC, T(2)* and flip angle...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Ajraoui S,Parra-Robles J,Marshall H,Deppe MH,Clemence M,Wild JM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review highlights various magnetic resonance image (MRI) segmentation algorithms that employ pattern recognition. The procedures are grouped into two categories: low- to intermediate-level, and high-level image processing. The former consists of grey level histogram analysis, texture definition, edge identificati...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Saeed N

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An optimized semi-LASER sequence that is capable of acquiring artefact-free data with an echo time (TE) of 20.1 ms on a standard clinical 3 T MR system was developed. Simulations were performed to determine the optimal TEs that minimize the expected Cramér-Rao lower bound (CRLB) as proxy for quantification accuracy of...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Landheer K,Gajdošík M,Juchem C

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a life-threatening disease that leads to a grotesque enlargement of the kidney and significant loss of function. Several imaging studies with MRI have demonstrated that cyst size in polycystic kidneys can determine disease severity and progression. In the present study, we found that...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Xie L,Qi Y,Subashi E,Liao G,Miller-DeGraff L,Jetten AM,Johnson GA

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this study was to validate metabolite quantification at short TE, with particular focus on how to best account for the macromolecular signal contribution. A robust, short-TE PRESS protocol is presented, which allows reliable quantification, in vivo, of metabolite signals at 3 T in human brain. Water suppre...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Gottschalk M,Lamalle L,Segebarth C

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence and rapid development of activatable contrast agents (CAs), whose relaxivity changes in response to the variation of a specific marker in the surrounding physiological microenvironment, have expanded the scope of MRI beyond anatomical and functional imaging to also convey information at the cellular and ...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Tu C,Louie AY

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations, the average specific absorption rate (SAR) of the whole body is calculated as an index of global energy deposition in biological tissue without taking into account the presence of metallic implants or conductive materials. However, this global SAR calculation is no...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Saniour I,Gaborit G,Perrier AL,Gillette L,Revillod G,Sablong R,Duvillaret L,Beuf O

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although diffusion MRI has shown promise for the characterization of breast cancer, it has low specificity to malignant subtypes. Higher specificity might be achieved if the effects of cell morphology and molecular exchange across cell membranes could be disentangled. The quantification of exchange might thus allow th...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Lasič S,Oredsson S,Partridge SC,Saal LH,Topgaard D,Nilsson M,Bryskhe K

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential for using pre-polarized liquids as contrast agents in vivo is investigated and the feasibility of the method demonstrated. In this study we show the enhancement obtained following intravenous delivery of pre-polarized saline into the antecubital vein of a volunteer. This form of contrast agent provides s...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Young IR,deSouza NM,Hall AS,Williams AD,Hajnal JV,Coutts GA

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, metabolic changes in the 79A/C3H, ME7/VM, ME7/C3H, 87V/VM and 22A/SV scrapie mouse models were investigated during the clinical phase of the disease, using in vitro proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. N-acetyl-aspartate was found to be significantly reduced in infected mice of the ME7/ C3H (...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Chung YL,Williams A,Chong A,Hope J,Williams SC,Bell JD

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro (1)H MRS of human bile has shown potential in the diagnosis of various hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) diseases. Previously, in vivo (1)H MRS of human bile in gallbladder using a 1.5 T scanner demonstrated the possibility of quantification of choline-containing phospholipids (chol-PLs). However, other lipid comp...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Mohajeri S,Ijare OB,Bezabeh T,King SB,Thomas MA,Minuk G,Lipschitz J,Kirkpatrick I,Smith M,Smith IC

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal urea handling is central to the urine concentrating mechanism, and as such the ability to image urea transport in the kidney is an important potential imaging biomarker for renal functional assessment. Glucagon levels associated with changes in dietary protein intake have been shown to influence renal urea handl...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Qi H,Mariager CØ,Nielsen PM,Schroeder M,Lindhardt J,Nørregaard R,Klein JD,Sands JM,Laustsen C

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With a fixed time to acquire a magnetic resonance (MR) image, time can be spent to acquire better spatial resolution with decrease in signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) or decreased resolution with increase in SNR. This resolution/SNR tradeoff at fixed time has been investigated by a visual rater study using images of ex viv...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Kale SC,Chen XJ,Henkelman RM

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic pain is a major problem for the individual and for society. Despite a range of drugs being available to treat chronic pain, only inadequate pain relief can be achieved for many patients. There is therefore a need for the development of new analgesic compounds. The assessment of pain depends to date entirely on...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Schweinhardt P,Bountra C,Tracey I

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Quantitative MRI (qMRI) of muscles is a promising tool to measure disease progression or to assess therapeutic effects in neuromuscular diseases. Longitudinal imaging studies are needed to show sensitivity of qMRI in detecting disease progression in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). In this pilot study we there...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Otto LAM,Froeling M,van Eijk RPA,Asselman FL,Wadman R,Cuppen I,Hendrikse J,van der Pol WL

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) potentially provides the ability to detect small solute pools through indirect measurements of attenuated water signals. However, CEST effects may be diluted by various competing effects, such as non-specific magnetization transfer (MT) and asymmetric MT effects, water long...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Li H,Zu Z,Zaiss M,Khan IS,Singer RJ,Gochberg DF,Bachert P,Gore JC,Xu J

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to measure choline/creatine (Ch/Cr) levels through (1)H-MRS and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values through diffusion-weighted MRI, and to correlate these values with the prognostic parameters of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). The institutional review board approved th...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Razek AA,Nada N

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In many small animals there are distinct differences in fiber-type composition among limb muscles, and these differences typically correspond to marked disparities in the oxidative capacities. However, whether there are similar differences in the oxidative capacity among leg muscles in humans is less clear. The purpos...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Forbes SC,Slade JM,Francis RM,Meyer RA

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel and fast time-domain quantitation algorithm--quantitation based on semi-parametric quantum estimation (QUEST)--invoking optimal prior knowledge is proposed and tested. This nonlinear least-squares algorithm fits a time-domain model function, made up from a basis set of quantum-mechanically simulated whole-meta...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Ratiney H,Sdika M,Coenradie Y,Cavassila S,van Ormondt D,Graveron-Demilly D

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection of Parkinson's disease (PD) in its preclinical stages prior to outright neurodegeneration is essential to the development of neuroprotective therapies and could reduce the number of misdiagnosed patients. However, early diagnosis is currently hampered by lack of reliable biomarkers. (1) H magnetic resona...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Coune PG,Craveiro M,Gaugler MN,Mlynárik V,Schneider BL,Aebischer P,Gruetter R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased lactate production through glycolysis in aerobic conditions is a hallmark of cancer. Some anticancer drugs have been designed to exploit elevated glycolysis in cancer cells. For example, lonidamine (LND) inhibits lactate transport, leading to intracellular acidification in cancer cells. Chemical exchange sat...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： McVicar N,Li AX,Meakin SO,Bartha R

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A short-echo spectroscopic imaging sequence extended with a frequency-selective multiple-quantum- coherence technique (Sel-MQC) is presented. The method enables acquisition of a complete water-suppressed proton spectrum with a short echo time and filtering of the J-coupling metabolite, lactate, from co-resonant lipids...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Melkus G,Mörchel P,Behr VC,Kotas M,Flentje M,Jakob PM

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomarkers of early response to treatment have the potential to improve cancer therapy by allowing treatment to be tailored to the individual. Alterations in lipids detected by in vivo MRS have been suggested as noninvasive biomarkers of cell stress and early indicators of cell death. An improved understanding of the ...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Mirbahai L,Wilson M,Shaw CS,McConville C,Malcomson RD,Kauppinen RA,Peet AC

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) was employed to determine the concentrations of N-acetylaspartate (NAA), total creatine (tCr), choline-containing compounds (Cho), myo-inositol (Ins), glucose (Glc), and lactate (Lac) in rat brain before and after 10 days of oral supplementation of 2.6 g Cr-monohydrate per ...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

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

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spin-exchange NMR techniques enable the measurement of the rates of exchange of solutes between chemically or physically distinct sites in reactions taking place at chemical equilibrium. The time scale of the events that are able to be investigated lies in the neighbourhood of 1 s. The earliest studies in this area of...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Kuchel PW

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel polarizer based on the dissolution-dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) method has been designed, built and tested. The polarizer differs from those previously described by being designed with sterile use intent and being compatible with clinical use. The main features are: (1) an integral, disposable fluid path...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Ardenkjaer-Larsen JH,Leach AM,Clarke N,Urbahn J,Anderson D,Skloss TW

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modified gradient-echo MR techniques were applied to study the effects of inflow on functional brain imaging studies using visual and motor cortex stimulation. The results demonstrate that the large signal changes, seen in previously reported gradient-echo studies at 1.5-2.0 T, are dominated by direct inflow effects, ...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Duyn JH,Moonen CT,van Yperen GH,de Boer RW,Luyten PR

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy at 1.9 T was used to quantify dolichols, cholesterols, choline-containing phospholipids and double bonds in unsaturated acyl chains in lipid extracts of four types of thyroid tissue [normal (n = 27), papillary cancer (n = 15), adenoma (n = 13) and Basedow disease (n = 6)]. In nor...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Yoshioka Y,Sasaki J,Yamamoto M,Saitoh K,Nakaya S,Kubokawa M

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00