Value of a blood pool contrast agent in MR venography of the lower extremities and pelvis: preliminary results in 12 patients.

abstract：:The presence of macroscopic vessels within the tumor region is a potential confounding factor in MR-based dynamic susceptibility contrast (DSC)-enhanced glioma grading. In order to distinguish between such vessels and the elevated cerebral blood volume (CBV) of brain tumors, we propose a vessel segmentation technique ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Emblem KE,Due-Tonnessen P,Hald JK,Bjornerud A

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To accelerate whole-heart three-dimension MR angiography (MRA) by using a variable-density Poisson-disc undersampling pattern and a compressed sensing (CS) reconstruction algorithm, and compare the results with sensitivity encoding (SENSE). METHODS:For whole-heart MRA, a prospective variable-density Poisson-di...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Moghari MH,Uecker M,Roujol S,Sabbagh M,Geva T,Powell AJ

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reaching the full potential of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-positron emission tomography (PET) dual modality systems requires new methodologies in quantitative image analyses. In this study, methods are proposed to convert an arterial input function (AIF) derived from gadolinium-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Poulin E,Lebel R,Croteau E,Blanchette M,Tremblay L,Lecomte R,Bentourkia M,Lepage M

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Time-dependent changes of T1 in the rotating frame (T1rho), diffusion, T2, and magnetization transfer contrast on cardiac arrest-induced global ischemia in rat were investigated. T1rho, as acquired with spin lock amplitudes >0.6 G, started to increase 10-20 sec after cardiac arrest followed by an increase within 3-4 m...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Kettunen MI,Gröhn OH,Penttonen M,Kauppinen RA

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute normovolemic hemodilution (HD) was induced in anesthetized rats to assess the effect of changes in hematocrit (Hct) on signal intensity in T2*-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) images. Other relevant physiological parameters were maintained invariant. Two degrees of HD were induced: mild (Hct reduced from 42.6+/-...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Lin W,Paczynski RP,Celik A,Hsu CY,Powers WJ

更新日期：1998-12-01 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：:The aim of this work was to identify ventricular shape-based biomarkers in MR images to discriminate between patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and healthy elderly. Clinical MR images were collected for 58 patients and 28 age-matched healthy controls. After normalizing all the images the ventricular cerebrospinal ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Ferrarini L,Palm WM,Olofsen H,van der Landen R,van Buchem MA,Reiber JH,Admiraal-Behloul F

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel tagging method is introduced that increases the spatial resolution of estimates of myocardial radial thickening. The separation of adjacent parallel tag planes is customized to match the expected motion of specific regions of the heart wall. In regions in which the tags increase their separation over systole (...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： McVeigh ER,Bolster BD Jr

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Velocity-encoded phase contrast imaging is being used increasingly in clinical imaging for quantization of blood flow. In this study, the accuracy and precision of ascending aorta flow measurements were found to depend on several subtle aspects of the scan prescription and image analysis. While the usual scan paramete...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Buonocore MH,Bogren H

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction of a Gaussian weighting function into the phase encoding of the spin-echo imaging method via variable tip angle excitation, with concomitant optimization of the recycle delay, is shown to increase the sensitivity of T2-weighted imaging by up to 40%. In addition, the Gibbs artifact associated with sharp bo...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Webb AG,Clarkson RB

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, a new double quantum filter for glutathione (GSH) editing is introduced, combined with the point-resolved spectroscopy localization sequence (PRESS), and demonstrated in vivo. Compared to the conventional double quantum coherence filter, the new filter has two major advantages. First, it eliminates the n...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Zhao T,Heberlein K,Jonas C,Jones DP,Hu X

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Banding artifacts in images acquired by balanced steady-state free precession (bSSFP) remain a challenge in MRI as they considerably reduce image quality, and diagnostic value deteriorates accordingly. As the steady-state tolerates small shifts in frequency, it is possible to acquire frequency-modulated bSSFP. ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Slawig A,Wech T,Ratz V,Tran-Gia J,Neubauer H,Bley T,Köstler H

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proton MRS (1 H MRS) provides noninvasive, quantitative metabolite profiles of tissue and has been shown to aid the clinical management of several brain diseases. Although most modern clinical MR scanners support MRS capabilities, routine use is largely restricted to specialized centers with good access to MR research...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Wilson M,Andronesi O,Barker PB,Bartha R,Bizzi A,Bolan PJ,Brindle KM,Choi IY,Cudalbu C,Dydak U,Emir UE,Gonzalez RG,Gruber S,Gruetter R,Gupta RK,Heerschap A,Henning A,Hetherington HP,Huppi PS,Hurd RE,Kantarci K,Ka

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To achieve rapid, high resolution whole-brain gray matter (GM) imaging by developing a novel, single-slab three-dimensional dual-echo fast-spin-echo pulse sequence and GM-selective reconstruction. METHODS:Unlike conventional GM imaging that uses time-consuming double-inversion-recovery preparation, the propose...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Lee H,Kim EY,Sohn CH,Park J

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Previous studies have associated low pH in intervertebral discs (IVDs) with discogenic back pain. The purpose of this study was to determine whether quantitative CEST (qCEST) MRI can be used to detect pH changes in IVDs in vivo. METHODS:The exchange rate ksw between glycosaminoglycan (GAG) protons and water pr...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Zhou Z,Bez M,Tawackoli W,Giaconi J,Sheyn D,de Mel S,Maya MM,Pressman BD,Gazit Z,Pelled G,Gazit D,Li D

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffusion tensor imaging has been used in a number of spinal cord studies, but severe distortions caused by susceptibility induced field inhomogeneities limit its applicability to investigate small volumes within acceptable acquisition times. A way to evaluate image distortions is to map the point spread function of t...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Lundell H,Barthelemy D,Biering-Sørensen F,Cohen-Adad J,Nielsen JB,Dyrby TB

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the relative gain in sensitivity of five histology coils designed in-house to accommodate tissue sections of various sizes and compare with commercial mouse head coils. METHODS:The coil set was tailored to house tissue sections ranging from 5 to1000 µm encased in either glass slides or coverslip...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Hoang DM,Voura EB,Zhang C,Fakri-Bouchet L,Wadghiri YZ

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential of quantitative parameter images of the relaxation times T1 and T2, the proton density rho and the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) to characterize three different experimental rat brain tumors (F98 glioma, RN6 Schwannoma, and E376 neuroblastoma) was studied. All parameter values, as determined in hi...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Eis M,Els T,Hoehn-Berlage M

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For sodium imaging of the human brain, Gibbs' ringing can degrade image appearance and confound image analysis; k-space filtering is generally required. In this work, the signal to noise ratio (SNR) advantage of sampling density weighted apodization (SDWA) over uniform k-space sampling with postacquisition filtering a...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Stobbe R,Beaulieu C

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：PURPOSE:To develop a rapid and motion-robust technique for volumetric MRI, which is based on cross-sectional real-time MRI acquisitions with automatic advancement of the slice position. METHODS:Real-time MRI with a frame-by-frame moving cross-section is performed with use of highly undersampled radial gradient-echo se...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Voit D,Kalentev O,van Zalk M,Joseph AA,Frahm J

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fast proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) using a multi-element head-coil array is examined with respect to three aspects: the coil design, the use of an appropriate signal combination method, and the design of the MRSI pulse sequence itself. An eight-element head-coil array has been developed to inc...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Schäffter T,Börnert P,Leussler C,Carlsen IC,Leibfritz D

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel radio-frequency (RF) pulse design algorithm is presented that generates fast slice-selective excitation pulses that mitigate B+1 inhomogeneity present in the human brain at high field. The method is provided an estimate of the B+1 field in an axial slice of the brain and then optimizes the placement of sinc-li...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Zelinski AC,Wald LL,Setsompop K,Alagappan V,Gagoski BA,Goyal VK,Adalsteinsson E

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical specimens from 22 patients with infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the breast were analyzed by high-resolution 1H NMR spectroscopy at 80 and 300 MHz. Results were compared with those obtained from 9 benign (proliferative dysplasia without atypia) breast samples. NMR spectra at 80 MHz showed well-resolved water ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Bradamante S,Barchiesi E,Pilotti S,Borasi G

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stejskal and Tanner's ingenious pulsed field gradient design from 1965 has made diffusion NMR and MRI the mainstay of most studies seeking to resolve microstructural information in porous systems in general and biological systems in particular. Methods extending beyond Stejskal and Tanner's design, such as double diff...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Shemesh N,Jespersen SN,Alexander DC,Cohen Y,Drobnjak I,Dyrby TB,Finsterbusch J,Koch MA,Kuder T,Laun F,Lawrenz M,Lundell H,Mitra PP,Nilsson M,Özarslan E,Topgaard D,Westin CF

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of lung perfusion in normal and diseased subjects is of great interest to physiologists and physicians. In this work we demonstrate the application of a liquid-phase hyperpolarized (HP) carbon-13 ((13)C) tracer to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the pulmonary vasculature and pulmonary perfusion in a porc...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Ishii M,Emami K,Kadlecek S,Petersson JS,Golman K,Vahdat V,Yu J,Cadman RV,MacDuffie-Woodburn J,Stephen M,Lipson DA,Rizi RR

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging is subject to numerous sources of error, which decrease clinical confidence in the reported measures. This work outlines how stationary perivascular fat can impart a significant chemical shift induced phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging measurement error using computatio...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Middione MJ,Ennis DB

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemically-fixed nervous tissues are well-suited for high-resolution, time-intensive MRI acquisitions without motion artifacts, such as those required for brain atlas projects, but the aldehyde fixatives used may significantly alter tissue MRI properties. To test this hypothesis, this study characterized the impact of...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Shepherd TM,Thelwall PE,Stanisz GJ,Blackband SJ

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Coil-by-coil reconstruction methods are followed by coil combination to obtain a single image representing a spin density map. Typical coil combination methods, such as square-root sum-of-squares and adaptive coil combining, yield images that exhibit spatially varying modulation of image intensity. Existing pra...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Gol Gungor D,Potter LC

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for calculating quantitative three-dimensional susceptibility maps from field measurements acquired using gradient echo imaging at high field is presented. This method is based on division of the three-dimensional Fourier transforms of high-pass-filtered field maps by a simple function that is the Fourier tra...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Wharton S,Schäfer A,Bowtell R

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00