High intensity intermittent exercise improves cardiac structure and function and reduces liver fat in patients with type 2 diabetes: a randomised controlled trial

S Cassidy, C Thoma, K Hallsworth, J Parikh… - Diabetologia, 2016 - Springer
Aims/hypothesis Cardiac disease remains the leading cause of mortality in type 2 diabetes,
yet few strategies to target cardiac dysfunction have been developed. This randomised …

Multiparametric imaging with heterogeneous radiofrequency fields

MA Cloos, F Knoll, T Zhao, KT Block, M Bruno… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become an unrivalled medical diagnostic technique
able to map tissue anatomy and physiology non-invasively. MRI measurements are …

Three‐dimensional amide proton transfer MR imaging of gliomas: initial experience and comparison with gadolinium enhancement

J Zhou, H Zhu, M Lim, L Blair… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To investigate the feasibility of a three‐dimensional amide‐proton‐transfer (APT)
imaging sequence with gradient‐and spin‐echo readouts at 3 Tesla in patients with high‐or …

W (h) ither human cardiac and body magnetic resonance at ultrahigh fields? technical advances, practical considerations, applications, and clinical opportunities

T Niendorf, K Paul, C Oezerdem, A Graessl… - NMR in …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The objective of this study was to document and review advances and groundbreaking
progress in cardiac and body MR at ultrahigh fields (UHF, B0≥ 7.0 T) with the goal to attract …

Myocardial T1 and extracellular volume fraction mapping at 3 tesla

JJ Lee, S Liu, MS Nacif, M Ugander, J Han… - Journal of …, 2011 - Springer
Background To compare 11 heartbeat (HB) and 17 HB modified lock locker inversion
recovery (MOLLI) pulse sequence at 3T and to establish preliminary reference values for …

Fast 3D chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) imaging of the human brain

H Zhu, CK Jones, PCM Van Zijl… - Magnetic resonance …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Chemical exchange saturation transfer magnetic resonance imaging can detect low‐
concentration compounds with exchangeable protons through saturation transfer to water …

MRS: a noninvasive window into cardiac metabolism

PA van Ewijk, VB Schrauwen‐Hinderling… - NMR in …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A well‐functioning heart requires a constant supply of a balanced mixture of nutrients to be
used for the production of adequate amounts of adenosine triphosphate, which is the main …

High permittivity pads reduce specific absorption rate, improve B1 homogeneity, and increase contrast‐to‐noise ratio for functional cardiac MRI at 3 T

WM Brink, AG Webb - Magnetic resonance in medicine, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To improve image quality and reduce specific absorption rate in functional cardiac
imaging at 3 T. Methods Two high permittivity dielectric pads on the anterior and posterior …

Free-Breathing 3 T Magnetic Resonance T2-Mapping of the Heart

RB Van Heeswijk, H Feliciano, C Bongard… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2012 - jacc.org
Objectives: This study sought to establish an accurate and reproducible T2-mapping cardiac
magnetic resonance (CMR) methodology at 3 T and to evaluate it in healthy volunteers and …

In vivo detection of cucurbit[6]uril, a hyperpolarized xenon contrast agent for a xenon magnetic resonance imaging biosensor

FT Hane, T Li, P Smylie, RM Pellizzari, JA Plata… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract The Hyperpolarized gas Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (HyperCEST)
Magnetic Resonance (MR) technique has the potential to increase the sensitivity of a …