Off-resonance effects in the transient response of SSFP sequences.

abstract：PURPOSE:Preclinical imaging of myocardial blood flow (MBF) can elucidate molecular mechanisms underlying cardiovascular disease. We compared the repeatability and variability of two methods, first-pass MRI and arterial spin labeling (ASL), for imaging MBF in mice. METHODS:Quantitative perfusion MRI in mice was perform...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Naresh NK,Chen X,Moran E,Tian Y,French BA,Epstein FH

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An approach to efficiently measure three-dimensional velocity vector fields and turbulent kinetic energy of blood flow is presented. Multipoint phase-contrast imaging is used in combination with Bayesian analysis to map both mean and fluctuating velocities over a large dynamic range and for practically relevant signal...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Binter C,Knobloch V,Manka R,Sigfridsson A,Kozerke S

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To optimize and investigate the influence of bipolar gradients for flow suppression in metabolic quantification of hyperpolarized 13 C chemical shift imaging (CSI) of mouse liver at 9.4 T. METHODS:The trade-off between the amount of flow suppression using bipolar gradients and T2* effect from static spins was ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Lee H,Lee J,Joe E,Yang S,Song JE,Choi YS,Wang E,Joo CG,Song HT,Kim DH

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a high-speed imaging technique based on stimulated echoes single-shot STEAM MRI is insensitive to chemical shift artifacts and magnetic susceptibility differences. The achievable signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is limited by the fact that high flip angles of the read-out excitation pulses cause a steep decay of the sti...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Finsterbusch J,Frahm J

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Establishing a framework to evaluate performances of prospective motion correction (PMC) MRI considering motion variability between MRI scans. METHODS:A framework was developed to obtain quantitative comparisons between different motion correction setups, considering that varying intrinsic motion patterns betw...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Pannetier NA,Stavrinos T,Ng P,Herbst M,Zaitsev M,Young K,Matson G,Schuff N

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolite signals with short T(1) or T(2) are difficult to localize with full sensitivity. This limitation was overcome with the development and implementation of a single-shot, complete three-dimensional "non-echo" localization method with reduced sensitivity to spatial B(1) variation, which is suitable for measurin...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Choi IY,Tkác I,Gruetter R

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MRI using hyperpolarized (13) C-labeled pyruvate is a promising tool to biochemically profile tumors and monitor their response to therapy. This technique requires injection of pyruvate into tumor-bearing animals. Pyruvate is an endogenous entity but the influence of exogenously injected bolus doses of pyruvate on tum...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Saito K,Matsumoto S,Devasahayam N,Subramanian S,Munasinghe JP,Morris HD,Lizak MJ,Ardenkjaer-Larsen JH,Mitchell JB,Krishna MC

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Consideration of spatially variable noise fields is becoming increasingly necessary in MRI given recent innovations in artifact identification and statistically driven image processing. Fast imaging methods enable study of difficult anatomical targets and improve image quality but also increase the spatial variability...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Landman BA,Bazin PL,Smith SA,Prince JL

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New algorithms for correlation analysis are presented that allow the mapping of brain activity from functional MRI (fMRI) data in real time during the ongoing scan. They combine the computation of the correlation coefficients between measured fMRI time-series data and a reference vector with "detrending", a technique ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Gembris D,Taylor JG,Schor S,Frings W,Suter D,Posse S

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amide proton transfer imaging, a specific form of chemical exchange saturation transfer imaging, has previously been applied to studies of acute ischemic acidosis, stroke, and cancer. However, interpreting the resulting contrast is complicated by its dependence on the exchange rate between amides and water, the amide ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Zu Z,Janve VA,Li K,Does MD,Gore JC,Gochberg DF

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To propose a phase error correction scheme for monopolar time-interleaved multi-echo gradient echo water-fat imaging that allows accurate and robust complex-based quantification of the proton density fat fraction (PDFF). METHODS:A three-step phase correction scheme is proposed to address a) a phase term induce...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Ruschke S,Eggers H,Kooijman H,Diefenbach MN,Baum T,Haase A,Rummeny EJ,Hu HH,Karampinos DC

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An in vitro study was performed to investigate the effects of B(o) inhomogeneity on magnetic resonance images of flow. Controlled inhomogeneity gradients (Gi) were applied and the magnitude of the artifacts produced was quantified for different echo delay times (TE). Both steady and pulsatile flows were examined. In t...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Drangova M,Pelc NJ

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance (MR) can offer a unique window on the structure/function relationships in the brain, by utilizing the established link between tissue function, metabolism, and hemodynamics. This report focuses on recent applications of MR-based cerebral blood volume (CBV) imaging in humans. Our methodology uses hig...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Rosen BR,Belliveau JW,Aronen HJ,Kennedy D,Buchbinder BR,Fischman A,Gruber M,Glas J,Weisskoff RM,Cohen MS

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim of the study was to determine distribution and depletion patterns of intramyocellular lipids (IMCL) in leg muscles before and after two types of standardized endurance exercise. ¹H-magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging was performed (1) in the thigh of eight-trained cyclists after exercising on an ergometer for...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Vermathen P,Saillen P,Boss A,Zehnder M,Boesch C

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:High field T2* -weighted MR images of the cerebral cortex are increasingly used to study tissue susceptibility changes related to aging or pathologies. This paper presents a novel automated method for the computation of quantitative cortical measures and group-wise comparison using 7 Tesla T2* -weighted magnitu...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Doan NT,van Rooden S,Versluis MJ,Buijs M,Webb AG,van der Grond J,van Buchem MA,Reiber JHC,Milles J

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flow-independent angiography is a non-contrast-enhanced technique that can generate vessel contrast even with reduced blood flow in the lower extremities. A method is presented for producing these angiograms with magnetization-prepared balanced steady-state free precession (bSSFP). Because bSSFP yields bright fat sign...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Cukur T,Lee JH,Bangerter NK,Hargreaves BA,Nishimura DG

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multimodal, biocompatible contrast agents for high magnetic field applications represent a new class of nanomaterials with significant potential for tracking of fluorescence and MR in vitro and vivo. Optimized for high-field MR applications-including biomedical imaging at 21.1 T, the highest magnetic field available f...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Rosenberg JT,Kogot JM,Lovingood DD,Strouse GF,Grant SC

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sinusoidal capillarization induces microcirculatory changes in liver cirrhosis and fibrosis. The purpose of this study was to assess whether contrast-enhanced MRI can be used to demonstrate the effects of sinusoidal capillarization in liver fibrosis. Dynamic MRI after injection of a low-molecular-weight contrast agent...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Van Beers BE,Materne R,Annet L,Hermoye L,Sempoux C,Peeters F,Smith AM,Jamart J,Horsmans Y

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:A new T1 mapping method is proposed that is accurate, rapid, and robust to motion. Considering these features, the method is dubbed "T-One with Enhanced Robustness and Speed (TOWERS)." METHODS:TOWERS is composed of inversion recovery (IR) and saturation recovery (SR) acquisitions. In the IR acquisitions, a sli...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Eldeniz C,Finsterbusch J,Lin W,An H

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to compare prospective head motion correction and motion tracking abilities of two tracking systems: Active NMR field probes and a Moiré phase tracking camera system using an optical marker. METHODS:Both tracking systems were used simultaneously on human subjects. The prospective head...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Eschelbach M,Aghaeifar A,Bause J,Handwerker J,Anders J,Engel EM,Thielscher A,Scheffler K

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excitation by conventional B1 pulses in surface coil chemical-shift imaging experiments yields resonance intensities that vary greatly with position. B1-compensated semi-selective pulses overcome much of this problem. These pulses are employed for excitation and refocusing in 1H NMR spectroscopic localization in the i...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Balschi JA,Hetherington HP,Pohost GM

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corruption of the image time series due to interimage head motion limits the clinical utility of functional MRI. This paper presents a method for real-time prospective correction of rotation and translation in all six degrees of rigid body motion. By incorporating an orbital navigator (ONAV) echo for each of the sagit...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Ward HA,Riederer SJ,Grimm RC,Ehman RL,Felmlee JP,Jack CR Jr

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:A systematic study of the short-term and long-term variability of regional alveolar partial pressure of oxygen tension (pA O2 ) measurements using (3) He magnetic resonance imaging was presented. Additionally, the repeatability of the average evaluated pA O2 was compared with that of the standard pulmonary func...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Hamedani H,Kadlecek SJ,Ishii M,Emami K,Kuzma NN,Xin Y,Rossman M,Rizi RR

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Recent MRI studies have suggested that the magnetic susceptibility of white matter (WM) in the human brain is anisotropic, providing a new contrast mechanism for the visualization of fiber bundles and allowing the extraction of cellular compartment-specific information. This study provides an independent confir...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： van Gelderen P,Mandelkow H,de Zwart JA,Duyn JH

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In contrast to conventional linear gradients, gradient coil arrays with arbitrary spatial dependency might experience strong mutual coupling. Although conventional gradient power amplifiers with feedback loop might compensate the effect of coupling, required voltages for the compensation are generally unknown a...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Ertan K,Taraghinia S,Atalar E

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is shown that in vivo measurement of bile water apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) by diffusion-weighted echo-planar imaging (EPI) in hamster gallbladder is possible providing motion artifact-free ADC values. These ADC values are used to estimate bile viscosity variation induced by normal diets, cholesterol galls...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Tiffon B,Parquet M,Dubrac S,Lutton C,Volk A

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the fluxes of a potassium congener (Rb(+)) in mouse hearts by (87)Rb MRS at 8.4T. The hearts were loaded with Rb(+) by perfusion with Krebs-Henseleit buffer, in which 50% of K(+) was substituted with Rb(+). We initiated Rb(+) efflux by changing the perfusion medium to Rb(+)-free buffer. Spectra were acquire...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Jilkina O,Xiang B,Kuzio B,Rendell J,Kupriyanov VV

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in modern magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) pulse sequences have enabled clinically practical cortical bone imaging. Human cortical bone is known to contain a distribution of T(1) and T(2) components attributed to bound and pore water, although clinical imaging approaches have yet to discriminate bound from po...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Horch RA,Gochberg DF,Nyman JS,Does MD

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Manipulation of the data describing two-dimensional magnetic resonance (MR) images can be used to zoom an image, decrease image noise and artifacts by modeling, or emphasize object edges in the field of view. In this paper, a two-dimensional band-selectable digital filtering (2D-BSDF) technique is detailed. This can b...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Mitchell DK,Nichols ST,Smith MR,Scott K

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method of post-processing to enhance the image resolution of the distribution of free radical molecules obtained with continuous-wave electron paramagnetic resonance (CW-EPR) imaging is reported. The low spatial resolution of EPR imaging, which has created difficulties in biomedical applications, was overcome by the...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Ikebata Y,Sato-Akaba H,Aoyama T,Fujii H,Itoh K,Hirata H

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00