Liver stiffness assessment by tagged MRI of cardiac-induced liver motion.

abstract：:The purpose of this work was to implement autocalibrating GRAPPA-based parallel imaging (PI) for in vivo high-resolution (HR) MRI of cartilage and trabecular bone micro-architecture at 7T and to evaluate its performance based on comparison of MR-derived morphology metrics between accelerated and conventional images an...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Banerjee S,Krug R,Carballido-Gamio J,Kelley DA,Xu D,Vigneron DB,Majumdar S

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, a spin- and gradient-echo echo-planar imaging (SAGE EPI) MRI pulse sequence is presented that allows simultaneous measurements of gradient-echo and spin-echo dynamic susceptibility-contrast perfusion-weighted imaging data. Following signal excitation, five readout trains were acquired using spin- and gr...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Schmiedeskamp H,Straka M,Newbould RD,Zaharchuk G,Andre JB,Olivot JM,Moseley ME,Albers GW,Bammer R

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to develop a technique for rapid collection of chemical exchange saturation transfer images with the saturation varied to modulate signal loss transfer and enhance contrast. METHODS:Multi-echo Length and Offset VARied Saturation (MeLOVARS) divides the saturation pulse of length Tsat i...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Song X,Xu J,Xia S,Yadav NN,Lal B,Laterra J,Bulte JW,van Zijl PC,McMahon MT

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In echo-planar-based diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), the evaluation of diffusion parameters such as apparent diffusion coefficients and anisotropy indices is affected by image distortions that arise from residual eddy currents produced by the diffusion-sensitizing gradients. Correc...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Bodammer N,Kaufmann J,Kanowski M,Tempelmann C

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the heating induced by (pseudo)-continuous arterial spin labeling ((p)CASL) sequences in vivo at 9.4T and to evaluate the benefit of a dedicated labeling coil. METHODS:Temperature was measured continuously in the brain, neck, and rectum of 9 rats with fiber-optic temperature probes while running...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Hirschler L,Collomb N,Voiron J,Köhler S,Barbier EL,Warnking JM

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is a major challenge to sodium magnetic resonance imaging. Phased array coils have been shown significantly improving SNR in proton imaging over volume coils. This study investigates SNR advantage of a 15-channel array head coil (birdcage volume coil for transmit/receive and 15-channel arra...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Qian Y,Zhao T,Wiggins GC,Wald LL,Zheng H,Weimer J,Boada FE

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron-mediated tissue damage is present in cerebrovascular and neurodegenerative diseases and neurotrauma. Brain microbleeds are often present in these maladies and are assuming increasing clinical importance. Because brain microbleeds present a source of pathologic iron to the brain, the noninvasive quantification of ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： McAuley G,Schrag M,Sipos P,Sun SW,Obenaus A,Neelavalli J,Haacke EM,Holshouser B,Madácsi R,Kirsch W

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:MRI-guided thermal ablations require reliable monitoring methods to ensure complete destruction of the diseased tissue while avoiding damage to the surrounding healthy tissue. Based on the fact that thermal ablations result in substantial changes in biomechanical properties, interventional MR elastography (MRE)...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Corbin N,Vappou J,Breton E,Boehler Q,Barbé L,Renaud P,de Mathelin M

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To improve ultrahigh field diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in the presence of inhomogeneous transmit B1 field by designing a novel semi-adiabatic single-refocused DWI technique. METHODS:A 180° slice-selective, adiabatic radiofrequency (RF) pulse of 4 ms duration was designed using the adiabatic Shinnar-Le Rou...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Dyvorne H,O'Halloran R,Balchandani P

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient motion and image distortion induced by eddy currents cause artifacts in maps of diffusion parameters computed from diffusion-weighted (DW) images. A novel and comprehensive approach to correct for spatial misalignment of DW imaging (DWI) volumes acquired with different strengths and orientations of the diffusi...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Rohde GK,Barnett AS,Basser PJ,Marenco S,Pierpaoli C

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present their 1-year experience with the use of 3DFT, time-of-flight MR angiography for the evaluation of vascular diseases of the head and neck. Their experience with over 150 patients indicates that this examination may be performed in conjunction with standard spin-echo imaging with only a minimal incre...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Masaryk TJ,Laub GA,Modic MT,Ross JS,Haacke EM

更新日期：1990-05-01 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：:The commercial synthetic homopolypeptide polyaspartate (average MW = 30,000, approximately 220 monomers) in solution quantitatively binds up to 40 mol Gd3+ ions per mole of polyaspartate. The water proton relaxivity of the solutions is far higher than that of clinically used or commonly investigated gadolinium(III) co...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Cavagna F,Luchinat C,Scozzafava A,Xia Z

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：:Perfusion imaging with pulsed arterial spin labeling techniques, like flow-sensitive alternating inversion recovery (FAIR), may suffer from inflow of fresh, i.e., unlabeled, spins. Inflow of fresh spins is caused by the arrival of unlabeled spins in the image slice and can lead to underestimation of the perfusion if n...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Schepers J,van Osch MJ,Bartels LW,Heukels SN,Viergever MA,Nicolay K

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electron paramagnetic resonance imaging using nitroxides is a powerful method for visualizing the redox status modulated by oxidative stress in vivo. Typically, however, data acquisition times have been too slow to obtain a sufficient number of projections for three-dimensional images, when using continuous wave-elect...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Fujii H,Sato-Akaba H,Kawanishi K,Hirata H

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple-slice perfusion imaging by continuous arterial spin labeling (CASL) is made possible by amplitude modulation (AM) of the labeling RF pulse, but perfusion sensitivity is reduced relative to the single-slice technique. A computer model of the Bloch equations for velocity driven adiabatic fast passage was develo...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Utting JF,Thomas DL,Gadian DG,Helliar RW,Lythgoe MF,Ordidge RJ

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:For ultrahigh field (UHF) MRI, the expected local specific absorption rate (SAR) distribution is usually calculated by numerical simulations using a limited number of generic body models and adding a safety margin to take into account intersubject variability. Assessment of this variability with a large model d...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Meliadò EF,van den Berg CAT,Luijten PR,Raaijmakers AJE

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A technique using hyperpolarized (HP) 3He to image the small airways of the lung by using moderate flip angles and a short scanning period during early inspiration is demonstrated. Flip angles (alpha) ranging from 10-90 degrees were used in guinea pig experiments with scanning during the entire inspiration period. A s...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Chen XJ,Chawla MS,Hedlund LW,Möller HE,MacFall JR,Johnson GA

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：PURPOSE:The purpose of this project was to construct a physical brain phantom for MRI, mimicking structure and T1 relaxation properties of white matter (WM) and gray matter (GM). METHODS:The phantom design comprised 2 compartments, 1 resembling the WM and 1 resembling the GM. Their T1 relaxation times, as assessed usi...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Altermatt A,Santini F,Deligianni X,Magon S,Sprenger T,Kappos L,Cattin P,Wuerfel J,Gaetano L

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long readout times of single-shot acquisitions and the high field strengths desired for functional MRI (fMRI) using blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) contrast make functional scans sensitive to magnetic field inhomogeneity. If it is not corrected during image reconstruction, field inhomogeneity can cause ge...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Sutton BP,Noll DC,Fessler JA

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac metabolism was studied with 31P NMR in 7 dogs and 4 cats to determine whether animals adapted for different life-styles (stalk and sprint vs endurance running) respond to increased work loads (heart rate X blood pressure product) with different high-energy phosphate kinetics. Hearts were exposed via a left lat...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Ligeti L,Osbakken MD,Clark BJ,Schnall M,Bolinger L,Subramanian H,Leigh JS,Chance B

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple theoretical model was developed to compare the sensitivities (i.e., signal-to-noise ratios per unit imaging time) of two-dimensional (2D) multislice and 3D imaging sequences. The model shows that the sensitivities of 3D and 2D multislice MRI sequences are usually similar. Sensitivities are identical in T2-wei...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Johnson G,Wadghiri YZ,Turnbull DH

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The selective multiple-quantum coherence transfer method has been applied to image polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) distributions in human breast tissues in vivo for cancer detection, with complete suppression of the unwanted lipid and water signals in a single scan. The Cartesian k-space mapping of PUFA in vivo usi...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Zhu H,Rubin D,He Q

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article introduces a novel method named "Parallel Imaging and Noquist in Tandem" (PINOT) for accelerated image acquisition of cine cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. This method combines two prior information formalisms, the SPACE-RIP implementation of parallel imaging and the Noquist method for reduced-data ima...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Hamilton LH,Fabregat JA,Moratal D,Ramamurthy S,Lerakis S,Parks WJ,Sallee D 3rd,Brummer ME

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This assesses the potential of measuring lactate in the human brain using three non-editing MRS methods at 7T and compares the accuracy and precision of the methods. METHODS:1 H MRS data were measured in the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex using a semi-adiabatic spin-echo full-intensity acquired localized...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Dehghani M,Do KQ,Magistretti P,Xin L

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parallel imaging presents a promising approach for MRI of hyperpolarized nuclei, as the penalty in signal-to-noise ratio typically encountered with (1)H MRI due to a reduction in acquisition time can be offset by an increase in flip angle. The signal-to-noise ratio of hyperpolarized MRI generally exhibits a strong dep...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Deppe MH,Parra-Robles J,Marshall H,Lanz T,Wild JM

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop and test real-time MR elastography for viscoelastic parameter quantification in skeletal muscle during dynamic exercises. METHODS:In 15 healthy participants, 6 groups of lower-leg muscles (tibialis anterior, tibialis posterior, peroneus, extensor digitorum longus, soleus, gastrocnemius) were investi...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Schrank F,Warmuth C,Görner S,Meyer T,Tzschätzsch H,Guo J,Uca YO,Elgeti T,Braun J,Sack I

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intra-plaque hemorrhage (IPH) and lipid core, characteristics of rupture prone carotid plaques, are often visualized in vivo with MRI using T1 weighted gradient and spin echo, respectively. Increasing magnetic field strength may help to identify IPH and lipid core better. As a proof of concept, automatic segmentation ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： te Boekhorst BC,van 't Klooster R,Bovens SM,van de Kolk KW,Cramer MJ,van Oosterhout MF,Doevendans PA,van der Geest RJ,Pasterkamp G,van Echteld CJ

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00