abstract：PURPOSE:To obviate online slice-by-slice RF shim optimization and reduce B1+ mapping requirements for patient-specific RF shimming in high-field magnetic resonance imaging. THEORY AND METHODS:RF Shim Prediction by Iteratively Projected Ridge Regression (PIPRR) predicts patient-specific, SAR-efficient RF shims with a m...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Ianni JD,Cao Z,Grissom WA

更新日期：2018-11-01 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:The ultimate intrinsic signal-to-noise ratio (UISNR) is normally calculated using electrodynamic simulations with a complete basis of modes. Here, we provide an exact solution for the UISNR at the center of a dielectric sphere and assess how accurately this solution approximates UISNR away from the center. MET...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Lee HH,Sodickson DK,Lattanzi R

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:A ghost correction strategy for Simultaneous Multi-Slice (SMS) EPI methods that provides improved ghosting artifact reduction compared to conventional methods is presented. Conventional Nyquist ghost correction methods for SMS-EPI rely on navigator data that contain phase errors from all slices in the simultane...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Hoge WS,Setsompop K,Polimeni JR

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST), arterial spin labeling (ASL), and magnetization transfer contrast (MTC) methods generate different contrasts for MRI. However, they share many similarities in terms of pulse sequences and mechanistic principles. They all use RF pulse preparation schemes to label the longit...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Knutsson L,Xu J,Ahlgren A,van Zijl PCM

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To obtain multicontrast images including fat-suppressed contrast image, a novel multicontrast imaging method using an SSFP sequence with alternating RF flip angles is proposed. METHODS:The proposed method uses the balanced SSFP sequence with 2 flip angles. In general, the conventional balanced SSFP sequence ha...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Kim J,Seo H,So S,Park H

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Quantitative susceptibility mapping can be performed through the minimization of a function consisting of data fidelity and regularization terms. For data consistency, a Gaussian-phase noise distribution is often assumed, which breaks down when the signal-to-noise ratio is low. A previously proposed alternative...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Milovic C,Bilgic B,Zhao B,Acosta-Cabronero J,Tejos C

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To establish a cardiac signal from scattering matrix or scattering coefficient measurements made on a 7T 8-channel parallel transmit (pTx) system, and to evaluate its use for cardiac gating. METHODS:Measurements of the scattering matrix and scattering coefficients were acquired using a monitoring pulse sequenc...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Jaeschke SHF,Robson MD,Hess AT

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To test the feasibility of using the SPICE (SPectroscopic Imaging by exploiting spatiospectral CorrElation) technique, which uses the partial separability of spectroscopic data, for high resolution hyperpolarized (HP) 13 C spectroscopic imaging. METHODS:Numerical simulations were performed to investigate the i...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

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

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the role of true diffusion and flow-related pseudodiffusion in cerebral blood flow (CBF) quantification using arterial spin labeling (ASL) with single-shot or segmented 3D gradient and spin echo (GRASE) readouts. THEORY:The extended phase graph (EPG) algorithm, originally designed to model the effe...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： He X,Wengler K,Schweitzer ME

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To establish a series of relationships defining how muscle microstructure and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) are related. METHODS:The relationship among key microstructural features of skeletal muscle (fiber size, fibrosis, edema, and permeability) and the diffusion tensor were systematically simulated over ph...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Berry DB,Regner B,Galinsky V,Ward SR,Frank LR

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Multi-slice radiofrequency (RF) pulses have higher specific absorption rates, more peak RF power, and longer pulse durations than single-slice RF pulses. Gradient field design techniques using a z-gradient array are investigated for exciting multiple slices with a single-band RF pulse. THEORY AND METHODS:Two d...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Ertan K,Taraghinia S,Sadeghi A,Atalar E

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Quantitative evaluation of dynamic contrast enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) allows for estimating perfusion, vessel permeability, and tissue volume fractions by fitting signal intensity curves to pharmacokinetic models. These compart mental models assume rapid equilibration of contrast agent within each voxel. However, ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Woodall RT,Barnes SL,Hormuth DA 2nd,Sorace AG,Quarles CC,Yankeelov TE

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To explore the temperature-induced signal change in two-dimensional multi-spectral imaging (2DMSI) for fast thermometry near metallic hardware to enable MR-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) in patients with implanted metallic hardware. METHOD:2DMSI was optimized for temperature sensitivity and applied...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Weber H,Ghanouni P,Pascal-Tenorio A,Pauly KB,Hargreaves BA

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Golden-angle radial sparse parallel (GRASP) MRI reconstruction requires gridding and regridding to transform data between radial and Cartesian k-space. These operations are repeatedly performed in each iteration, which makes the reconstruction computationally demanding. This work aimed to accelerate GRASP recon...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Benkert T,Tian Y,Huang C,DiBella EVR,Chandarana H,Feng L

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In typical MRI protocols, time is spent acquiring a field map to calculate the shim settings for best image quality. We propose a fast template-based field map prediction method that yields near-optimal shims without measuring the field. METHODS:The template-based prediction method uses prior knowledge of the ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Shi Y,Vannesjo SJ,Miller KL,Clare S

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop and evaluate a novel dynamic contrast-enhanced imaging technique called RACER-GRASP (Respiratory-weighted, Aortic Contrast Enhancement-guided and coil-unstReaking Golden-angle RAdial Sparse Parallel) MRI that extends GRASP to include automatic contrast bolus timing, respiratory motion compensation, a...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Feng L,Huang C,Shanbhogue K,Sodickson DK,Chandarana H,Otazo R

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:T2 -weighted sequences are particularly sensitive to the radiofrequency (RF) field inhomogeneity problem at ultra-high-field because of the errors accumulated by the imperfections of the train of refocusing pulses. As parallel transmission (pTx) has proved particularly useful to counteract RF heterogeneities, u...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Gras V,Mauconduit F,Vignaud A,Amadon A,Le Bihan D,Stöcker T,Boulant N

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To measure the apparent diffusion coefficients (ADC) of five main metabolites in the human brain at 3T with PRESS and STEAM, avoiding measurement biases because of cross-terms. Cross-terms arise from interactions between slice-selection and spoiler gradients in the localized spectroscopy sequence and the diffus...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Deelchand DK,Auerbach EJ,Marjańska M

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop a rapid imaging framework for balanced steady-state free precession (bSSFP) that jointly reconstructs undersampled data (by a factor of R) across multiple coils (D) and multiple acquisitions (N). To devise a multi-acquisition coil compression technique for improved computational efficiency. METHODS:...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Biyik E,Ilicak E,Çukur T

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Application of phase rotation to the STRESS (=STEAM+PRESS) localization scheme, to shorten echo time, minimize J-coupling dephasing and estimate B1+ inhomogeneity. STRESS (=STEAM + PRESS) simultaneously refocuses and acquires the double spin echo (SE123 ) and stimulated echo (STE- ) pathways, combining PRESS-li...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Volovyk O,Tal A

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Segmentation of cardiac cine MRI data is routinely used for the volumetric analysis of cardiac function. Conventionally, 2D contours are drawn on short-axis (SAX) image stacks with relatively thick slices (typically 8 mm). Here, an acquisition/reconstruction strategy is used for obtaining isotropic 3D cine data...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Odille F,Bustin A,Liu S,Chen B,Vuissoz PA,Felblinger J,Bonnemains L

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the in vitro accuracy, test-retest repeatability, and interplatform reproducibility of T1 quantification protocols used for dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI at 1.5 and 3 T. METHODS:A T1 phantom with 14 samples was imaged at eight centers with a common inversion-recovery spin-echo (IR-SE) protocol and...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Bane O,Hectors SJ,Wagner M,Arlinghaus LL,Aryal MP,Cao Y,Chenevert TL,Fennessy F,Huang W,Hylton NM,Kalpathy-Cramer J,Keenan KE,Malyarenko DI,Mulkern RV,Newitt DC,Russek SE,Stupic KF,Tudorica A,Wilmes LJ,Yankeelov TE

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop a practical method for mapping macromolecule distribution in the brain using ultrashort-TE MRSI data. METHODS:An FID-based chemical shift imaging acquisition without metabolite-nulling pulses was used to acquire ultrashort-TE MRSI data that capture the macromolecule signals with high signal-to-noise...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Lam F,Li Y,Clifford B,Liang ZP

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Treatments using high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) in the abdominal region remain challenging as a result of respiratory organ motion. A novel method is described here to achieve 3D motion-compensated ultrasound (US) MR-guided HIFU therapy using simultaneous ultrasound and MRI. METHODS:A truly hybrid US...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Celicanin Z,Manasseh G,Petrusca L,Scheffler K,Auboiroux V,Crowe LA,Hyacinthe JN,Natsuaki Y,Santini F,Becker CD,Terraz S,Bieri O,Salomir R

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To illustrate the potential bias caused by imaging gradients in correlation MRI sequences using longitudinal magnetization storage (LS) and examine the case of filter exchange imaging (FEXI) yielding maps of the apparent exchange rate (AXR). METHODS:The effects of imaging gradients in FEXI were observed on yea...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Lasič S,Lundell H,Topgaard D,Dyrby TB

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Magnetic resonance imaging is a promising alternative to computed tomography for lung imaging. However, organ motion and poor signal-to-noise ratio, arising from short T2*, impair image quality. To alleviate these issues, a new retrospective gating method was implemented and tested with an ultra-short echo time...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Delacoste J,Chaptinel J,Beigelman-Aubry C,Piccini D,Sauty A,Stuber M

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the feasibility of estimating calibration constants (K and T2o ) in vivo for converting whole-blood T2 to blood hemoglobin oxygen saturation (HbO2 ) according to the Luz-Meiboom model, 1/T2=1/T2o+K(1-HbO2)2, where K and T2o are relaxivity and transverse relaxation time of fully saturated blood, r...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Langham MC,Rodríguez-Soto AE,Schwartz N,Wehrli FW

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop a fully automated trajectory and gradient waveform design for the non-Cartesian shells acquisition, and to develop a magnetization-prepared (MP) shells acquisition to achieve an efficient three-dimensional acquisition with improved gray-to-white brain matter contrast. METHODS:After reviewing the she...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Shu Y,Tao S,Trzasko JD,Huston J 3rd,Weavers PT,Bernstein MA

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) plays a central role in regulating vascular tone, blood flow, and microvascular permeability. Endothelial dysfunction, including eNOS dysfunction, is an early biomarker of vascular disease. This study aimed to show that myocardial T1 mapping during nitric oxide synthase ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Cui SX,Epstein FH

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To directly compare in vivo versus postmortem second-order motion-compensated spin-echo diffusion tensor imaging of the porcine heart. METHODS:Second-order motion-compensated spin-echo cardiac diffusion tensor imaging was performed during systolic contraction in vivo and repeated upon cardiac arrest by bariumc...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Stoeck CT,von Deuster C,Fleischmann T,Lipiski M,Cesarovic N,Kozerke S

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop velocity-selective (VS) MR angiography (MRA) protocols for arteriography and venography with whole-brain coverage. METHODS:Tissue suppression using velocity-selective saturation (VSS) pulse trains is sensitive to radiofrequency field (B1 +) inhomogeneity. To reduce its sensitivity, we replaced the l...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Li W,Xu F,Schär M,Liu J,Shin T,Zhao Y,van Zijl PCM,Wasserman BA,Qiao Y,Qin Q

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Imaging gradients result in the generation of concomitant fields, or Maxwell fields, which are of increasing importance at higher gradient amplitudes. These time-varying fields cause additional phase accumulation, which must be compensated for to avoid image artifacts. In the case of gradient systems employing ...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Weavers PT,Tao S,Trzasko JD,Frigo LM,Shu Y,Frick MA,Lee SK,Foo TK,Bernstein MA

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The goal of this study was to measure and compare the apparent transverse relaxation time constants (T2 ) of five intracellular metabolites using localization by adiabatic selective refocusing (LASER) and point-resolved spectroscopy (PRESS) sequences in the human brain at 3 T. METHODS:Five healthy subjects wer...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Deelchand DK,Auerbach EJ,Kobayashi N,Marjańska M

更新日期：2018-03-01 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：PURPOSE:To characterize pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling (pCASL) through simulations of spin inversion and to discuss suitable parameter settings for measuring cerebral perfusion. METHODS:Simulations of arterial spin inversion in pCASL were performed based on the Bloch equation. Both the labeling and the contr...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Lorenz K,Mildner T,Schlumm T,Möller HE

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Spectrally selective "prewinding" radiofrequency pulses can counteract B0 inhomogeneity in steady-state sequences, but can only prephase a limited range of off-resonance. We propose spectral-spatial small-tip angle prewinding pulses that increase the off-resonance bandwidth that can be successfully prephased by...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Williams SN,Nielsen JF,Fessler JA,Noll DC

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study evaluates biochemical imbalances in a rat model that reflects dysfunctional pathways in migraine. The high sensitivity and spectral dispersion available to 1 H MRS at 21.1 T expands metabolic profiling in this migraine model to include lactate (Lac), taurine (Tau), aspartate, and Gly-a mixture of gly...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Abad N,Rosenberg JT,Roussel T,Grice DC,Harrington MG,Grant SC

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Correlation imaging is a previously developed high-speed MRI framework that converts parallel imaging reconstruction into the estimate of correlation functions. The presented work aims to demonstrate this framework can provide a speed gain over parallel imaging by estimating k-space variant correlation function...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Li Y,Edalati M,Du X,Wang H,Cao JJ

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To enable highly accelerated distortion-free MRI near metal by separating on- and off-resonance to exploit the redundancy of slice-phase encoding for the dominant on-resonance component. METHODS:Multispectral MRI techniques resolve off-resonance distortions by a combination of limited excitation bins and addit...

journal_title：Magnetic resonance in medicine

authors： Levine E,Stevens K,Beaulieu C,Hargreaves B

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00