abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate proton changes of the parotid gland after gustatory stimulation by semi-quantitative parameters and an empirical mathematical model (EMM) using high-temporal-resolution, double-echo, echo-planar imaging (EPI). Approved by a local institutional review board, this study examined ...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Liu YJ,Lee YH,Chang HC,Chiu HC,Chiu TW,Hsu K,Pen CM,Hsu HH,Juan CJ

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The availability of high-field-strength magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems has brought about the development of techniques that aim to map myelination via the exploitation of various contrast mechanisms. Myelin mapping techniques have the potential to provide tools for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, su...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Ziser L,Meyer-Schell N,Kurniawan ND,Sullivan R,Reutens D,Chen M,Vegh V

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goals of this study were to develop an acquisition protocol and the analysis tools for Meshcher-Garwood point-resolved spectroscopy (MEGA-PRESS) in mouse brain at 9.4 T, to allow the in vivo detection of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and to examine whether isoflurane alters GABA levels in the thalamus during anesthes...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Guo J,Gang Z,Sun Y,Laine A,Small SA,Rothman DL

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that using hyperpolarized [2-13 C]pyruvate as a contrast agent can reveal 13 C signals from metabolites associated with the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle. However, the metabolites detectable from TCA cycle-mediated oxidation of [2-13 C]pyruvate are the result of several metabolic st...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Chen AP,Lau AZ,Gu YP,Schroeder MA,Barry J,Cunningham CH

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy (NMRI and NMRS) have been used more systematically as outcome measures in natural history and clinical trial studies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Whereas most of these studies have emphasized the evaluation of the fat fraction ...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Reyngoudt H,Turk S,Carlier PG

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glutamate (Glu), major neurotransmitters in the brain, are recycled through glutamine (Gln). All three metabolites can be measured by magnetic resonance spectroscopy in vivo, although GABA measurement at 3 T requires an extra editing acquisition, such as Mescher-Garwood point-resolved sp...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Sanaei Nezhad F,Anton A,Michou E,Jung J,Parkes LM,Williams SR

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:The purpose of the present study was to characterize the metabolic profile of the visual cortex in streptozotocin-induced Type 1 diabetic rats by means of in vivo proton MRS. Several metabolite concentration ratios in the visual cortex were calculated. In addition, postmortem histologic analyses for retinal ganglion c...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Li S,Wang X,Yang J,Lei H,Wang X,Xiang Y

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer is a primary cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Timely detection of this pathology is necessary to delay or interrupt lung cancer progression, ultimately resulting in a possible better prognosis for the patient. In this context, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is especially promising. Ultra-short echo time...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Bianchi A,Gobbo OL,Dufort S,Sancey L,Lux F,Tillement O,Coll JL,Crémillieux Y

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is characterized at histology by steatosis, hepatocyte ballooning and inflammatory infiltrates, with or without fibrosis. Although diamagnetic material in fibrosis and inflammation can be detected with quantitative susceptibility imaging, fatty acid composition changes in NASH rela...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Leporq B,Lambert SA,Ronot M,Vilgrain V,Van Beers BE

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) imaging of amine protons exchanging at intermediate rates and whose chemical shift is around 2 ppm may provide a means of mapping creatine. However, the quantification of this effect may be compromised by the influence of overlapping CEST signals from fast-exchanging amines...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Zu Z,Louie EA,Lin EC,Jiang X,Does MD,Gore JC,Gochberg DF

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear Overhauser enhancement (NOE) is a type of magnetization transfer using cross-relaxation. It originates from mobile macromolecules, which may have relevance to the evaluation of tumor features. We studied the value of NOE imaging at 7 and 3 T and suggest a utility for diagnosing human brain tumors. Two types of...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Shen Y,Xiao G,Shen Z,Zhang X,Tang X,Hu W,Zhang Z,Guan J,Wu R

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycine (Gly) has been implicated in several neurological disorders, including malignant brain tumors. The precise measurement of Gly is challenging largely as a result of the spectral overlap with myo-inositol (mI). We report a new triple-refocusing sequence for the reliable co-detection of Gly and mI at 3 T and for ...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Tiwari V,An Z,Ganji SK,Baxter J,Patel TR,Pan E,Mickey BE,Maher EA,Pinho MC,Choi C

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electric properties tomography (EPT) derives the patient's electric properties, i.e. conductivity and permittivity, using standard magnetic resonance (MR) systems and standard MR sequences. Thus, EPT does not apply externally mounted electrodes, currents or radiofrequency (RF) probes, as is the case in competing techn...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Katscher U,van den Berg CAT

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the measurement of hyperpolarized 129 Xe magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) technique provides valuable information for the assessment of lung morphometry at the alveolar level, whereas the chemical shift saturation recovery (CSSR) technique can evaluate the gas exchange func...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Zhong J,Zhang H,Ruan W,Xie J,Li H,Deng H,Han Y,Sun X,Ye C,Zhou X

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute kidney injury (AKI) in mice caused by sustained ischemia followed by reperfusion is associated with acute tubular necrosis and renal dysfunctional blood flow. Although the principal role of the kidney is the maintenance of acid-base balance, current imaging approaches are unable to assess this important paramete...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Longo DL,Cutrin JC,Michelotti F,Irrera P,Aime S

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While phase imaging with a gradient echo (GRE) sequence is popular, phase imaging with balanced steady-state free precession (bSSFP) has been underexplored. The purpose of this study was to investigate anatomical and functional phase imaging with multiple phase-cycled bSSFP, in expectation of increasing spatial covera...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Kim JW,Kim SG,Park SH

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An indirect method for in vivo T2 mapping of 13 C-labeled metabolites using T2 and T2 * information of water protons obtained a priori is proposed. The T2 values of 13 C metabolites are inferred using the relationship to T2 ' of coexisting 1 H and the T2 * of 13 C metabolites, which is measured using routine hyperpola...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

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

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The progression of Parkinson's disease (PD) seems to vary according to the disease stage, which greatly influences the management of PD patients. However, the underlying mechanism of progression in PD remains unclear. This study was designed to explore the progressive pattern of iron accumulation at different stages i...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Guan X,Xuan M,Gu Q,Huang P,Liu C,Wang N,Xu X,Luo W,Zhang M

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The elimination of so-called background fields is an essential step in phase MRI and quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM). Background fields, which are caused by sources outside the region of interest (ROI), are often one to two orders of magnitude stronger than tissue-related field variations from within the ROI...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Schweser F,Robinson SD,de Rochefort L,Li W,Bredies K

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Standard functional MRI (fMRI), which includes resting-state or paradigm-driven designs, is widely used in studies of brain function, aging, and disease. These fMRI studies typically use two-dimensional gradient echo-planar imaging, which inherently contains phase data that enables quantitative susceptibility mapping ...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Sun H,Seres P,Wilman AH

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the reliability of 3D isotropic MRI and quantitative multi-parametric MRI characterization on an orthotopic pancreatic head tumor model in rats. 3D isotropic T2 -weighted MRI was performed as a routine for tumor longitudinal follow-up and volume estimation. Common bile duct...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Yin T,Peeters R,Feng Y,Liu Y,Yu J,Dymarkowski S,Himmelreich U,Oyen R,Ni Y

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorus MRSI (31 P-MRSI) using a spiral-trajectory readout at 7 T was developed for high temporal resolution mapping of the mitochondrial capacity of exercising human skeletal muscle. The sensitivity and localization accuracy of the method was investigated in phantoms. In vivo performance was assessed in 12 volunte...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Valkovič L,Chmelík M,Meyerspeer M,Gagoski B,Rodgers CT,Krššák M,Andronesi OC,Trattnig S,Bogner W

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain activation studies in humans have shown the dynamic nature of neuronal N-acetylaspartate (NAA) and N-acetylaspartylglutamate (NAAG) based on changes in their MRS signals in response to stimulation. These studies demonstrated that upon visual stimulation there was a focal increase in cerebral blood flow (CBF) and...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Baslow MH,Cain CK,Sears R,Wilson DA,Bachman A,Gerum S,Guilfoyle DN

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High grade and metastatic brain tumours exhibit considerable spatial variations in proliferation, angiogenesis, invasion, necrosis and oedema. Vascular heterogeneity arising from vascular co-option in regions of invasive growth (in which the blood-brain barrier remains intact) and neoangiogenesis is a major challenge ...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Boult JK,Borri M,Jury A,Popov S,Box G,Perryman L,Eccles SA,Jones C,Robinson SP

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By combining intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) we introduce a new diffusion model called intravoxel oriented flow (IVOF) that accounts for anisotropy of diffusion and the flow-related signal. An IVOF model using a simplified apparent flow fraction tensor (IVOFf ) is applied to diff...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Hilbert F,Bock M,Neubauer H,Veldhoen S,Wech T,Bley TA,Köstler H

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reconstruction of MRI data is based on exact knowledge of all magnetic field dynamics, since the interplay of RF and gradient pulses generates the signal, defines the contrast and forms the basis of resolution in spatial and spectral dimensions. Deviations caused by various sources, such as system imperfections, delay...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Brunner DO,Dietrich BE,Çavuşoğlu M,Wilm BJ,Schmid T,Gross S,Barmet C,Pruessmann KP

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Boiling histotripsy (BH) is a new high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) ablation technique to mechanically fragmentize soft tissue into submicrometer fragments. So far, ultrasound has been used for BH treatment guidance and evaluation. The in vivo histopathological effects of this treatment are largely unknown. Her...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Hoogenboom M,Eikelenboom D,den Brok MH,Veltien A,Wassink M,Wesseling P,Dumont E,Fütterer JJ,Adema GJ,Heerschap A

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of the e4 allele of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene is the best-known genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. In this study, we investigated the link between functional and behavioural differences and regional brain volume and cortical thickness differences in those who carry the e4 allele (e4+) and...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Dowell NG,Evans SL,Tofts PS,King SL,Tabet N,Rusted JM

更新日期：2016-05-01 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：:T2 relaxation time is a quantitative MRI in vivo surrogate of cerebral tissue damage in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. Cortical T2 prolongation is a known feature in later disease stages, but has not been demonstrated in the cortical normal appearing gray matter (NAGM) in early MS. This study centers on the quantit...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Gracien RM,Reitz SC,Hof SM,Fleischer V,Zimmermann H,Droby A,Steinmetz H,Zipp F,Deichmann R,Klein JC

更新日期：2016-04-01 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：:An often-employed strategy to enhance signals in (31) P MRS is the generation of the nuclear Overhauser effect (NOE) by saturation of the water resonance. However, NOE allegedly increases the variability of the (31) P data, because variation is reported in NOE enhancements. This would negate the signal-to-noise (SNR) ...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Lagemaat MW,van de Bank BL,Sati P,Li S,Maas MC,Scheenen TW

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central obesity is the hallmark of a number of non-inheritable disorders. The advent of imaging techniques such as MRI has allowed for a fast and accurate assessment of body fat content and distribution. However, image analysis continues to be one of the major obstacles to the use of MRI in large-scale studies. In thi...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Borga M,Thomas EL,Romu T,Rosander J,Fitzpatrick J,Dahlqvist Leinhard O,Bell JD

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) treatment with MRI is generally based on assessment of the non-perfused volume from contrast-enhanced T1-weighted images. However, the vascular status of tissue surrounding the non-perfused volume has not been extensively investigated with MRI. In this study, clus...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Jacobs I,Hectors SJ,Schabel MC,Grüll H,Strijkers GJ,Nicolay K

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MRS provides a valuable tool for the non-invasive detection of brain γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in vivo. GABAergic dysfunction has been observed in the aging cerebellum. The study of cerebellar GABA changes is of considerable interest in understanding certain age-related motor disorders. However, little is known about...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Long Z,Dyke JP,Ma R,Huang CC,Louis ED,Dydak U

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(31)P MRS provides a unique non-invasive window into myocardial energy homeostasis. Mouse models of cardiac disease are widely used in preclinical studies, but the application of (31)P MRS in the in vivo mouse heart has been limited. The small-sized, fast-beating mouse heart imposes challenges regarding localized sign...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Bakermans AJ,Abdurrachim D,van Nierop BJ,Koeman A,van der Kroon I,Baartscheer A,Schumacher CA,Strijkers GJ,Houten SM,Zuurbier CJ,Nicolay K,Prompers JJ

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance of multichannel transmit coil layouts and parallel transmission (pTx) RF pulse design was evaluated with respect to transmit B1 (B1 (+)) homogeneity and specific absorption rate (SAR) at 3 T for a whole body coil. Five specific coils were modeled and compared: a 32-rung birdcage body coil (driven eithe...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Wu X,Zhang X,Tian J,Schmitter S,Hanna B,Strupp J,Pfeuffer J,Hamm M,Wang D,Nistler J,He B,Vaughan TJ,Ugurbil K,Van de Moortele PF

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The measurement of pulmonary perfusion (blood delivered to the capillary bed within a voxel) using arterial spin labeling (ASL) magnetic resonance imaging is often complicated by signal artifacts from conduit vessels that carry blood destined for voxels at a distant location in the lung. One approach to dealing with c...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Walker SC,Asadi AK,Hopkins SR,Buxton RB,Prisk GK

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perfusion is an important biomarker of tissue function and has been associated with tumor pathophysiology such as angiogenesis and hypoxia. Arterial spin labeling (ASL) MRI allows noninvasive and quantitative imaging of perfusion; however, the application in mouse xenograft tumor models has been challenging due to the...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Rajendran R,Liang J,Tang MY,Henry B,Chuang KH

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00