abstract：:In vivo metabolic imaging using hyperpolarized [1-(13)C]pyruvate provides localized biochemical information and is particularly useful in detecting early disease changes, as well as monitoring disease progression and treatment response. However, a major limitation of hyperpolarized magnetization is its unrecoverable d...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Chen WC,Teo XQ,Lee MY,Radda GK,Lee P

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperpolarised (HP) (13)C NMR allows enzymatic activity to be probed in real time in live biological systems. The use of in vitro models gives excellent control of the cellular environment, crucial in the understanding of enzyme kinetics. The increased conversion of pyruvate to lactate in cancer cells has been well st...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Breukels V,Jansen KC,van Heijster FH,Capozzi A,van Bentum PJ,Schalken JA,Comment A,Scheenen TW

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wilms' tumours (WTs) are large heterogeneous tumours, which typically consist of a mixture of histological cell types, together with regions of chemotherapy-induced regressive change and necrosis. The predominant cell type in a WT is assessed histologically following nephrectomy, and used to assess the tumour subtype ...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Hales PW,Olsen ØE,Sebire NJ,Pritchard-Jones K,Clark CA

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to acquire high-quality in vivo (1) H spectra concurrently from two voxels at ultra-high field (7 T) without specialized hardware. To this end, an acquisition scheme was developed in which first-order shims and flip angles are dynamically updated to acquire spectra from both of the brain's mo...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Lemke C,Hess A,Clare S,Bachtiar V,Stagg C,Jezzard P,Emir U

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hippocampal dysfunction is known to be associated with several neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, schizophrenia and depression; therefore, there has been significant clinical interest in studying hippocampal neurochemistry. However, the hippocampus is a challenging regio...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Bednařík P,Moheet A,Deelchand DK,Emir UE,Eberly LE,Bareš M,Seaquist ER,Öz G

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The combination of hyperpolarized Xe with chemical exchange saturation transfer (Hyper-CEST) is a powerful NMR technique to detect highly dilute concentrations of Xe binding sites using RF saturation pulses. Crucially, that combination of saturation pulse strength and duration that generates the maximal Hyper-CEST eff...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Kunth M,Witte C,Schröder L

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility of interventional MRI-guided local agent delivery into pig common bile duct (CBD) walls using a newly designed MR-compatible, needle-integrated balloon catheter system. We first designed a needle-integrated balloon catheter system that comprised of a 22 G MR...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Zhang F,Bai Z,Shi Y,Wang J,Li Y,Yang X

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased lactate production through glycolysis in aerobic conditions is a hallmark of cancer. Some anticancer drugs have been designed to exploit elevated glycolysis in cancer cells. For example, lonidamine (LND) inhibits lactate transport, leading to intracellular acidification in cancer cells. Chemical exchange sat...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： McVicar N,Li AX,Meakin SO,Bartha R

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current functional MRI (fMRI) approaches assess underlying neuronal activity through monitoring the related local variations in cerebral blood oxygenation, blood volume and blood flow. This vascular response is likely to vary across brain regions and across individuals, depending on the composition of the local vascul...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Driver ID,Andoh J,Blockley NP,Francis ST,Gowland PA,Paus T

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a life-threatening disease that leads to a grotesque enlargement of the kidney and significant loss of function. Several imaging studies with MRI have demonstrated that cyst size in polycystic kidneys can determine disease severity and progression. In the present study, we found that...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Xie L,Qi Y,Subashi E,Liao G,Miller-DeGraff L,Jetten AM,Johnson GA

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to fabricate and test a novel flexible flat cable antenna (FFCA) for MRI of the knee at different flexion angles. The FFCA was made of a flat cable, a tuning/matching circuit and a signal transmission line. To test its feasibility and validity, in vitro and in vivo experiments were carried out...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Jia F,Yuan H,Zhou D,Zhang J,Wang X,Fang J

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this work was to harmonize data acquisition and post-processing of single voxel proton MRS ((1) H-MRS) at 7 T, and to determine metabolite concentrations and the accuracy and reproducibility of metabolite levels in the adult human brain. This study was performed in compliance with local institutional hu...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： van de Bank BL,Emir UE,Boer VO,van Asten JJ,Maas MC,Wijnen JP,Kan HE,Oz G,Klomp DW,Scheenen TW

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is used in numerous clinical studies and considered an effective and versatile add-on therapy in neurorehabilitation. To date, however, the underlying neurobiological mechanisms remain elusive. In a rat model of tDCS, we recently observed a polarity-dependent accumulation...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Keuters MH,Aswendt M,Tennstaedt A,Wiedermann D,Pikhovych A,Rotthues S,Fink GR,Schroeter M,Hoehn M,Rueger MA

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) potentially provides the ability to detect small solute pools through indirect measurements of attenuated water signals. However, CEST effects may be diluted by various competing effects, such as non-specific magnetization transfer (MT) and asymmetric MT effects, water long...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Li H,Zu Z,Zaiss M,Khan IS,Singer RJ,Gochberg DF,Bachert P,Gore JC,Xu J

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An MR thermometry method is proposed for measuring in vivo small temperature changes engendered by external RF heat sources. The method relies on reproducible and stable respiration and therefore currently applies to ventilated animals whose breathing is carefully controlled. It first consists in characterizing the st...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Boulant N,Bottlaender M,Uhrig L,Giacomini E,Luong M,Amadon A,Massire A,Larrat B,Vignaud A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this work was to assess the reproducibility of percentage of ventilated lung volume (PV) measured from hyperpolarized (HP) (3)He and (1)H anatomical images acquired in the same breath-hold when compared with PV measured from (3)He and (1)H images from separate breath-holds. Volumetric (3)He ventilation ...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Horn FC,Tahir BA,Stewart NJ,Collier GJ,Norquay G,Leung G,Ireland RH,Parra-Robles J,Marshall H,Wild JM

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both post-contrast myocardial T1 and extracellular volume (ECV) have been reported to be associated with diffuse interstitial fibrosis. Recently, the cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) field is recognizing that post-contrast myocardial T1 is sensitive to several confounders and migrating towards ECV as a measure ...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Hong K,Kim D

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(1) H-MRS is regularly applied to determine lipid content in ectopic tissue - mostly skeletal muscle and liver - to investigate physiological and/or pathologic conditions, e.g. insulin resistance. Technical developments also allow non-invasive in vivo assessment of cardiac lipids; however, basic data about methodologi...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Ith M,Stettler C,Xu J,Boesch C,Kreis R

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A current limitation of MR spectroscopic imaging of multiple skeletal muscles is prolonged scan duration. A significant reduction in the total scan duration using the echo-planar correlated spectroscopic imaging (EP-COSI) sequence was accomplished using two bipolar readout trains with different phase-encoded echoes fo...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Furuyama JK,Nagarajan R,Roberts CK,Lee CC,Hahn TJ,Thomas MA

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro (1)H MRS of human bile has shown potential in the diagnosis of various hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) diseases. Previously, in vivo (1)H MRS of human bile in gallbladder using a 1.5 T scanner demonstrated the possibility of quantification of choline-containing phospholipids (chol-PLs). However, other lipid comp...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Mohajeri S,Ijare OB,Bezabeh T,King SB,Thomas MA,Minuk G,Lipschitz J,Kirkpatrick I,Smith M,Smith IC

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we show that the sensitivity of (31)P MRSI of (31)P spins J-coupled to protons can be increased by almost a factor of three when compared with an optimal direct detection free induction decay. By direct detection integrated with multi-echo polarization transfer (DIMEPT), multiple signals from polarization transf...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： van der Kemp WJ,Boer VO,Luijten PR,Klomp DW

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management and treatment of high-grade glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and solitary metastasis (MET) are very different and influence the prognosis and subsequent clinical outcomes. In the case of a solitary MET, diagnosis using conventional radiology can be equivocal. Currently, a definitive diagnosis is based on h...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Yang G,Jones TL,Barrick TR,Howe FA

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accurate diagnosis of glioma subtypes is critical for appropriate treatment, but conventional histopathologic diagnosis often exhibits significant intra-observer variability and sampling error. The aim of this study was to investigate whether histogram analysis using an automatically segmented region of interest (...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Lee J,Choi SH,Kim JH,Sohn CH,Lee S,Jeong J

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic activity in the lung is known to change in response to external insults, inflammation, and cancer. We report measurements of metabolism in the isolated, perfused rat lung of healthy controls and in diseased lungs undergoing acute inflammation using hyperpolarized 1-(13) C-labeled pyruvate. The overall appare...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Shaghaghi H,Kadlecek S,Deshpande C,Siddiqui S,Martinez D,Pourfathi M,Hamedani H,Ishii M,Profka H,Rizi R

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A noise figure and noise parameter measurement system was developed that consists of a combination spectrum and network analyzer, preamplifier, programmable power supply, noise source, tuning board, and desktop computer. The system uses the Y-factor method for noise figure calculation and allows calibrations to correc...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Lagore RL,Roberts BR,Possanzini C,Saylor C,Fallone BG,De Zanche N

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increased magnetic susceptibility effects at higher magnetic fields increase the demands for shimming of the B0 field for in vivo MRI and MRS. Both static and dynamic techniques have been developed to compensate for susceptibility-induced field inhomogeneities. In this study, we investigate the impact of and need ...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Boer VO,Luttje MP,Luijten PR,Klomp DW

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MRI and MRS in small rodents demand very high sensitivity. Cryogenic transmit/receive radiofrequency probes (CryoProbes) designed for (1) H MRI of mouse brain provide an attractive option for increasing the performance of small-animal MR systems. As the Larmor frequency of (13) C nuclei is four times lower than that f...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Sack M,Wetterling F,Sartorius A,Ende G,Weber-Fahr W

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this work was to carry out diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) at multiple diffusion times Td in skeletal muscle in normal subjects and chronic exertional compartment syndrome (CECS) patients and analyze the data with the random permeable barrier model (RPBM) for biophysical specificity. Using an institution...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Sigmund EE,Novikov DS,Sui D,Ukpebor O,Baete S,Babb JS,Liu K,Feiweier T,Kwon J,McGorty K,Bencardino J,Fieremans E

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dependence of apparent diffusion coefficients (ADCs) of molecules in biological tissues on an acquisition-specific timescale is a powerful mechanism for studying tissue microstructure. Unlike water, metabolites are confined mainly to intracellular compartments, thus providing higher specificity to tissue microstru...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Branzoli F,Ercan E,Webb A,Ronen I

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST)-derived, pH-weighted, amide proton transfer (APT) MRI has shown promise in animal studies for the prediction of infarction risk in ischemic tissue. Here, APT MRI was translated to patients with acute stroke (1-24 h post-symptom onset), and assessments of APT contrast, perfu...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Tietze A,Blicher J,Mikkelsen IK,Østergaard L,Strother MK,Smith SA,Donahue MJ

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) is a recently developed MRI technique that provides a quantitative measure of tissue magnetic susceptibility. To compute tissue magnetic susceptibilities based on gradient echoes, QSM requires reliable unwrapping of the measured phase images and removal of contributions caused...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Li W,Avram AV,Wu B,Xiao X,Liu C

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In many studies, it has been demonstrated that (1)H MRSI of the human prostate has great potential to aid prostate cancer management, e.g. in the detection and localisation of cancer foci in the prostate or in the assessment of its aggressiveness. It is particularly powerful in combination with T2 -weighted MRI. Never...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Kobus T,Wright AJ,Scheenen TW,Heerschap A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Q-ball imaging (QBI) is an imaging technique that is capable of resolving intravoxel fiber crossings; however, the signal readout based on echo-planar imaging (EPI) introduces geometric distortions in the presence of susceptibility gradients. This study proposes an imaging technique that reduces susceptibility distort...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Chou MC,Huang TY,Chung HW,Hsieh TJ,Chang HC,Chen CY

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the change of breast density in the normal breast of patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). Forty-four breast cancer patients were studied. MRI acquisition was performed before treatment (baseline), and 4 and 12 weeks after treatment. A computer-algorithm-based program...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Chen JH,Pan WF,Kao J,Lu J,Chen LK,Kuo CC,Chang CK,Chen WP,McLaren CE,Bahri S,Mehta RS,Su MY

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MR Z-spectroscopy allows enhanced imaging contrast on the basis of saturation transfer between the proton pools of cellular compounds and water, occurring via chemical exchange (chemical exchange saturation transfer, CEST) or dipole-dipole coupling (nuclear Overhauser effect, NOE). In previous studies, signals observe...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Zaiss M,Kunz P,Goerke S,Radbruch A,Bachert P

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cuprizone mouse model of demyelination was used to investigate the influence that white matter changes have on different magnetic resonance imaging results. In vivo T2 -weighted and magnetization transfer images (MTIs) were acquired weekly in control (n = 5) and cuprizone-fed (n = 5) mice, with significant increas...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Thiessen JD,Zhang Y,Zhang H,Wang L,Buist R,Del Bigio MR,Kong J,Li XM,Martin M

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we have performed simulations to address the effects of diffusion encoding parameters, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and T2 on skeletal muscle diffusion tensor indices and fiber tracts. Where appropriate, simulations were corroborated and validated by in vivo diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) of human skelet...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Froeling M,Nederveen AJ,Nicolay K,Strijkers GJ

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transceiver surface coil arrays improve transmit performance (B1/√kW) and B1 homogeneity for head imaging up to 9.4 T. To further improve reception performance and parallel imaging, the number of array elements must be increased with a corresponding decrease in their size. With a large number of small interacting ante...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Avdievich NI,Pan JW,Hetherington HP

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) can offer information about protons associated with mobile proteins through the amide proton transfer (APT) effect, which has been shown to discriminate tumor from healthy tissue and, more recently, has been suggested as a prognosticator of response to therapy. Despite this...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Klomp DW,Dula AN,Arlinghaus LR,Italiaander M,Dortch RD,Zu Z,Williams JM,Gochberg DF,Luijten PR,Gore JC,Yankeelov TE,Smith SA

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent work has shown that solid-state (1) H and (31) P MRI can provide detailed insight into bone matrix and mineral properties, thereby potentially enabling differentiation of osteoporosis from osteomalacia. However, (31) P MRI of bone mineral is hampered by unfavorable relaxation properties. Hence, accurate knowled...

journal_title：NMR in biomedicine

authors： Seifert AC,Wright AC,Wehrli SL,Ong HH,Li C,Wehrli FW

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00