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https://read.qxmd.com/read/36999747/electromagnetic-and-rf-pulse-design-simulation-based-optimization-of-an-eight-channel-loop-array-for-11-7t-brain-imaging
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Son Chu, Vincent Gras, Franck Mauconduit, Aurélien Massire, Nicolas Boulant, Shajan Gunamony
PURPOSE: Optimization of transmit array performance is crucial in ultra-high-field MRI scanners such as 11.7T because of the increased RF losses and RF nonuniformity. This work presents a new workflow to investigate and minimize RF coil losses, and to choose the optimum coil configuration for imaging. METHODS: An 8-channel transceiver loop-array was simulated to analyze its loss mechanism at 499.415 MHz. A folded-end RF shield was developed to limit radiation loss and improve the <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www...
March 31, 2023: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36999746/to-mask-or-not-to-mask-investigating-the-impact-of-accounting-for-spatial-frequency-distributions-and-susceptibility-sources-on-qsm-quality
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Anders Dyhr Sandgaard, Noam Shemesh, Sune Nørhøj Jespersen, Valerij G Kiselev
PURPOSE: Estimating magnetic susceptibility using MRI depends on inverting a forward relationship between the susceptibility and measured Larmor frequency. However, an often-overlooked constraint in susceptibility fitting is that the Larmor frequency is only measured inside the sample, and after successful background field removal, susceptibility sources should only reside inside the same sample. Here, we test the impact of accounting for these constraints in susceptibility fitting. THEORY AND METHODS: Two different digital brain phantoms with scalar susceptibility were examined...
March 31, 2023: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36989185/b-1-and-magnetization-decay-correction-for-hyperpolarized-129-xe-lung-imaging-using-sequential-2d-spiral-acquisitions
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Abdullah S Bdaiwi, Mariah L Costa, Joseph W Plummer, Matthew M Willmering, Laura L Walkup, Zackary I Cleveland
PURPOSE: To mitigate signal variations caused by inhomogeneous RF and magnetization decay in hyperpolarized 129 Xe ventilation images using flip-angle maps generated from sequential 2D spiral ventilation images acquired in a breath-hold. Images and correction maps were compared with those obtained using conventional, 2D gradient-recalled echo. THEORY AND METHODS: Analytical expressions to predict signal intensity and uncertainty in flip-angle measurements were derived from the Bloch equations and validated by simulations and phantom experiments...
March 29, 2023: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36989180/dynamic-mode-decomposition-of-dynamic-mri-for-assessment-of-pulmonary-ventilation-and-perfusion
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Efe Ilicak, Safa Ozdemir, Jascha Zapp, Lothar R Schad, Frank G Zöllner
PURPOSE: To introduce dynamic mode decomposition (DMD) as a robust alternative for the assessment of pulmonary functional information from dynamic non-contrast-enhanced acquisitions. METHODS: Pulmonary fractional ventilation and normalized perfusion maps were obtained using DMD from simulated phantoms as well as in vivo dynamic acquisitions of healthy volunteers at 1.5T. The performance of DMD was compared with conventional Fourier decomposition (FD) and matrix pencil (MP) methods in estimating functional map values...
March 29, 2023: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36971349/in-vivo-assessment-of-%C3%AE-hydroxybutyrate-metabolism-in-mouse-brain-using-deuterium-2-h-mrs
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Narayan Datt Soni, Anshuman Swain, Paul Jacobs, Halvor Juul, Ryan Armbruster, Ravi Prakash Reddy Nanga, Kavindra Nath, Corinde Wiers, John Detre, Ravinder Reddy
PURPOSE: To monitor the metabolic turnover of β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) oxidation using 2 H-MRS in conjunction with intravenous administration of 2 H labeled BHB. METHODS: Nine-month-old mice were infused with [3,4,4,4]-2 H4 -BHB (d4 -BHB; 3.11 g/kg) through the tail vein using a bolus variable infusion rate for a period of 90 min. The labeling of downstream cerebral metabolites from the oxidative metabolism of d4 -BHB was monitored using 2 H-MRS spectra acquired with a home-built 2 H surface coil on a 9...
March 27, 2023: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36971340/assessment-of-focal-renal-ischemia-reperfusion-injury-in-a-porcine-model-using-hyperpolarized-1-13-c-pyruvate-mri
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Uffe Kjaergaard, Nikolaj Bøgh, Esben Søvsø Szocska Hansen, Rasmus Stilling Tougaard, Lotte Bonde Bertelsen, Rolf F Schulte, Christoffer Laustsen
PURPOSE: Ischemic injury in the kidney is a common pathophysiological event associated with both acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease; however, regional ischemia-reperfusion as seen in thromboembolic renal disease is often undetectable and thus subclinical. Here, we assessed the metabolic alterations following subclinical focal ischemia-reperfusion injury with hyperpolarized [1-13 C]pyruvate MRI in a porcine model. METHODS: Five pigs were subjected to 60 min of focal kidney ischemia...
March 27, 2023: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36961093/understanding-aliasing-effects-and-their-removal-in-spen-mri-a-k-space-perspective
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Sijie Zhong, Minjia Chen, Xiaokang Wei, Ke Dai, Hao Chen, Lucio Frydman, Zhiyong Zhang
PURPOSE: To characterize the mechanism of formation and the removal of aliasing artifacts and edge ghosts in spatiotemporally encoded (SPEN) MRI within a k-space theoretical framework. METHODS: SPEN's quadratic phase modulation can be described in k-space by a convolution matrix whose coefficients derive from Fourier relations. This k-space model allows us to pose SPEN's reconstruction as a deconvolution process from which aliasing and edge ghost artifacts can be quantified by estimating the difference between a full sampling and reconstructions resulting from undersampled SPEN data...
March 24, 2023: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36960958/hybrid-adiabatic-pulse-with-asymmetry-hapy-an-asymmetric-adiabatic-pulse-with-an-application-in-pulsed-arterial-spin-labeling-at-7t
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Didi Chi, Yasmin Blunck, Rebecca Glarin, Catherine E Davey, Xianyi Zhang, Daniel Stäb, Josef Pfeuffer, Leigh A Johnston, Jin Jin
PURPOSE: A new class of asymmetric adiabatic radiofrequency (RF) pulses, Hybrid Adiabatic Pulse with asYmmetry (HAPY), is designed to be used as the labeling pulse for Pulsed Arterial Spin labeling (PASL) at 7T to reduce overall specific absorption rate (SAR) while maintaining high labeling efficiency with <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>B</mml:mi></mml:mrow> <mml:mrow><mml:mn>0</mml:mn></mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation>$$ {\mathrm{B}}_0 $$</mml:annotation></mml:semantics> </mml:math> and <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www...
March 24, 2023: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36941736/cardiac-q-space-trajectory-imaging-by-motion-compensated-tensor-valued-diffusion-encoding-in-human-heart-in-vivo
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Irvin Teh, David Shelley, Jordan H Boyle, Fenglei Zhou, Ana-Maria Poenar, Noor Sharrack, Richard J Foster, Nadira Y Yuldasheva, Geoff J M Parker, Erica Dall'Armellina, Sven Plein, Jürgen E Schneider, Filip Szczepankiewicz
PURPOSE: Tensor-valued diffusion encoding can probe more specific features of tissue microstructure than what is available by conventional diffusion weighting. In this work, we investigate the technical feasibility of tensor-valued diffusion encoding at high b-values with q-space trajectory imaging (QTI) analysis, in the human heart in vivo. METHODS: Ten healthy volunteers were scanned on a 3T scanner. We designed time-optimal gradient waveforms for tensor-valued diffusion encoding (linear and planar) with second-order motion compensation...
March 20, 2023: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36932652/multi-readout-dwi-with-a-reduced-fov-for-studying-the-coupling-between-diffusion-and-t-2-relaxation-in-the-prostate
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Kaibao Sun, Guangyu Dan, Zheng Zhong, Xiaohong Joe Zhou
PURPOSE: To develop a DWI sequence with multiple readout echo-trains in a single shot (multi-readout DWI) over a reduced FOV, and to demonstrate its ability to achieve high data acquisition efficiency in the study of coupling between diffusion and relaxation in the human prostate. METHODS: The proposed multi-readout DWI sequence plays out multiple EPI readout echo-trains after a Stejskal-Tanner diffusion preparation module. Each EPI readout echo-train corresponded to a distinct effective TE...
March 17, 2023: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36929814/assignment-of-molecular-origins-of-noe-signal-at-3-5%C3%A2-ppm-in-the-brain
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Yu Zhao, Casey Sun, Zhongliang Zu
PURPOSE: Nuclear Overhauser enhancemen mediated saturation transfer effect, termed NOE (-3.5 ppm), is a major source of CEST MRI contrasts at 3.5 ppm in the brain. Previous phantom experiments have demonstrated that both proteins and lipids, two major components in tissues, have substantial contributions to NOE (-3.5 ppm) signals. Their relative contributions in tissues are informative for the interpretation of NOE (-3.5 ppm) contrasts that could provide potential imaging biomarkers for relevant diseases, which remain incompletely understood...
March 17, 2023: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36929810/an-imaging-based-method-of-mapping-multi-echo-bold-intracranial-pulsatility
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Jake J Valsamis, Nicholas J Luciw, Nandinee Haq, Sarah Atwi, Simon Duchesne, William Cameron, Bradley J MacIntosh
PURPOSE: Cardiac-related intracranial pulsatility may relate to cerebrovascular health, and this information is contained in BOLD MRI data. There is broad interest in methods to isolate BOLD pulsatility, and the current study examines a deep learning approach. METHODS: Multi-echo BOLD images, respiratory, and cardiac recordings were measured in 55 adults. Ground truth BOLD pulsatility maps were calculated with an established method. BOLD fast Fourier transform magnitude images were used as temporal-frequency image inputs to a U-Net deep learning model...
March 17, 2023: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36929781/data-adaptive-regularization-with-reference-tissue-constraints-for-liver-quantitative-susceptibility-mapping
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Julia V Velikina, Ruiyang Zhao, Collin J Buelo, Alexey A Samsonov, Scott B Reeder, Diego Hernando
PURPOSE: To improve repeatability and reproducibility across acquisition parameters and reduce bias in quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) of the liver, through development of an optimized regularized reconstruction algorithm for abdominal QSM. METHODS: An optimized approach to estimation of magnetic susceptibility distribution is formulated as a constrained reconstruction problem that incorporates estimates of the input data reliability and anatomical priors available from chemical shift-encoded imaging...
March 17, 2023: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36912496/b-1-mapping-using-an-epi-based-double-angle-approach-a%C3%A2-practical-guide-for-correcting-slice-profile-and-b-0-distortion-effects
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Ulrike Nöth, Manoj Shrestha, Ralf Deichmann
PURPOSE: Aim of this study was to develop a reliable B1 mapping method for brain imaging based on vendor MR sequences available on clinical scanners. Correction procedures for B0 distortions and slice profile imperfections are proposed, together with a phantom experiment for deriving the approximate time-bandwidth-product (TBP) of the excitation pulse, which is usually not known for vendor sequences. METHODS: The double angle method was used, acquiring two gradient echo echo-planar imaging data sets with different excitation angles...
March 13, 2023: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36912481/feasibility-of-free-breathing-19-f-mri-image-acquisition-to%C3%A2-characterize-ventilation-defects-in-cf-and-healthy-volunteers-at-wash-in
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Sang Hun Chung, Khoi Minh Huynh, Jennifer L Goralski, Yong Chen, Pew-Thian Yap, Agathe S Ceppe, Margret Z Powell, Scott H Donaldson, Yueh Z Lee
PURPOSE: To explore the feasibility of measuring ventilation defect percentage (VDP) using 19 F MRI during free-breathing wash-in of fluorinated gas mixture with postacquisition denoising and to compare these results with those obtained through traditional Cartesian breath-hold acquisitions. METHODS: Eight adults with cystic fibrosis and 5 healthy volunteers completed a single MR session on a Siemens 3T Prisma. 1 H Ultrashort-TE MRI sequences were used for registration and masking, and ventilation images with 19 F MRI were obtained while the subjects breathed a normoxic mixture of 79% perfluoropropane and 21% oxygen (O2 )...
March 13, 2023: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36912473/deep-learning-intravoxel-incoherent-motion-modeling-exploring-the-impact-of-training-features-and-learning-strategies
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Misha P T Kaandorp, Frank Zijlstra, Christian Federau, Peter T While
PURPOSE: The development of advanced estimators for intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) modeling is often motivated by a desire to produce smoother parameter maps than least squares (LSQ). Deep neural networks show promise to this end, yet performance may be conditional on a myriad of choices regarding the learning strategy. In this work, we have explored potential impacts of key training features in unsupervised and supervised learning for IVIM model fitting. METHODS: Two synthetic data sets and one in-vivo data set from glioma patients were used in training of unsupervised and supervised networks for assessing generalizability...
March 13, 2023: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36912453/bayesian-mri-reconstruction-with-joint-uncertainty-estimation-using-diffusion-models
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Guanxiong Luo, Moritz Blumenthal, Martin Heide, Martin Uecker
PURPOSE: We introduce a framework that enables efficient sampling from learned probability distributions for MRI reconstruction. METHOD: Samples are drawn from the posterior distribution given the measured k-space using the Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method, different from conventional deep learning-based MRI reconstruction techniques. In addition to the maximum a posteriori estimate for the image, which can be obtained by maximizing the log-likelihood indirectly or directly, the minimum mean square error estimate and uncertainty maps can also be computed from those drawn samples...
March 13, 2023: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36892973/blood-brain-barrier-water-exchange-measurements-using-fexi-impact-of-modeling-paradigm-and-relaxation-time%C3%A2-effects
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Elizabeth Powell, Yolanda Ohene, Marco Battiston, Ben R Dickie, Laura M Parkes, Geoff J M Parker
PURPOSE: To evaluate potential modeling paradigms and the impact of relaxation time effects on human blood-brain barrier (BBB) water exchange measurements using FEXI (BBB-FEXI), and to quantify the accuracy, precision, and repeatability of BBB-FEXI exchange rate estimates at 3 <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:semantics><mml:mrow><mml:mtext> T</mml:mtext></mml:mrow> <mml:annotation>$$ \mathrm{T} $$</mml:annotation></mml:semantics> </mml:math> ...
March 9, 2023: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36883748/comparison-of-uniform-density-variable-density-and-dual-density-spiral-samplings-for-multi-shot-dwi
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Guangqi Li, Xiaodong Ma, Sisi Li, Xinyu Ye, Peter Börnert, Xiaohong Joe Zhou, Hua Guo
PURPOSE: To compare the performances of uniform-density spiral (UDS), variable-density spiral (VDS), and dual-density spiral (DDS) samplings in multi-shot diffusion imaging, and determine a sampling strategy that balances reliability of shot navigator and overall DWI image quality. THEORY AND METHODS: UDS, VDS, and DDS trajectories were implemented to achieve four-shot diffusion-weighted spiral imaging. First, the static B0 off-resonance effects in UDS, VDS, and DDS acquisitions were analyzed based on a signal model...
March 8, 2023: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36883726/only-train-once-mr-fingerprinting-for-b-0-and-b-1-inhomogeneity-correction-in-quantitative-magnetization-transfer-contrast
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Beomgu Kang, Munendra Singh, HyunWook Park, Hye-Young Heo
PURPOSE: To develop a fast, deep-learning approach for quantitative magnetization-transfer contrast (MTC)-MR fingerprinting (MRF) that simultaneously estimates multiple tissue parameters and corrects the effects of B0 and B1 variations. METHODS: An only-train-once recurrent neural network was designed to perform the fast tissue-parameter quantification for a large range of different MRF acquisition schedules. It enabled a dynamic scan-wise linear calibration of the scan parameters using the measured B0 and B1 maps, which allowed accurate, multiple-tissue parameter mapping...
March 8, 2023: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
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