Chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) and MR Z-spectroscopy in vivo: a review of theoretical approaches and methods

M Zaiss, P Bachert - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) of metabolite protons that undergo exchange
processes with the abundant water pool enables a specific contrast for magnetic resonance …

[HTML][HTML] Compositional MRI techniques for evaluation of cartilage degeneration in osteoarthritis

A Guermazi, H Alizai, MD Crema, S Trattnig… - Osteoarthritis and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Osteoarthritis (OA), a leading cause of disability, affects 27 million people in the United
States and its prevalence is rising along with the rise in obesity. So far, biomechanical or …

Sodium MRI: methods and applications

G Madelin, JS Lee, RR Regatte, A Jerschow - Progress in nuclear magnetic …, 2014 - Elsevier
Sodium NMR spectroscopy and MRI have become popular in recent years through the
increased availability of high-field MRI scanners, advanced scanner hardware and improved …

Interpretation of magnetization transfer from inhomogeneously broadened lines (ihMT) in tissues as a dipolar order effect within motion restricted molecules

G Varma, OM Girard, VH Prevost, AK Grant… - Journal of magnetic …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Comparison of off-resonance saturation with single and dual frequency irradiation
indicates a contribution of inhomogeneously broadened lines to magnetization transfer in …

Enhancing sensitivity of pH-weighted MRI with combination of amide and guanidyl CEST

T Jin, P Wang, TK Hitchens, SG Kim - Neuroimage, 2017 - Elsevier
Amide-proton-transfer weighted (APTw) MRI has emerged as a non-invasive pH-weighted
imaging technique for studies of several diseases such as ischemic stroke. However, its pH …

Ultrafast scanning of exchangeable sites by NMR spectroscopy

X Xu, JS Lee, A Jerschow - Angewandte Chemie, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) and magnetization transfer (MT) have
become widely popular techniques for generating enhanced MRI contrast in vivo and ex …

In vivo measurement of a new source of contrast, the dipolar relaxation time, T1D, using a modified inhomogeneous magnetization transfer (ihMT) sequence

G Varma, OM Girard, VH Prevost… - Magnetic resonance …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose This paper describes a technique that can be used in vivo to measure the dipolar
relaxation time, T1D, of macromolecular protons contributing to magnetization transfer (MT) …

Magnetic resonance imaging of the musculoskeletal system at 7T: morphological imaging and beyond

V Juras, V Mlynarik, P Szomolanyi… - Topics in Magnetic …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Abstract In 2017, a whole-body 7T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device was given
regulatory approval for clinical use in both the EU and United States for neuro and …

Techniques and applications of in vivo diffusion imaging of articular cartilage

JG Raya - Journal of magnetic resonance imaging, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Early in the process of osteoarthritis (OA) the composition (water, proteoglycan [PG], and
collagen) and structure of articular cartilage is altered leading to changes in its mechanical …

Radiofrequency labeling strategies in chemical exchange saturation transfer MRI

C Bie, P van Zijl, J Xu, X Song… - NMR in Biomedicine, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) MRI has generated great interest for
molecular imaging applications because it can image low‐concentration solute molecules in …