Magnetic resonance imaging of hard tissues and hard tissue engineered bio-substitutes

S Mastrogiacomo, W Dou, JA Jansen… - Molecular imaging and …, 2019 - Springer
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a non-invasive diagnostic imaging tool based on the
detection of protons into the tissues. This imaging technique is remarkable because of high …

Short-T2 MRI: Principles and recent advances

M Weiger, KP Pruessmann - Progress in nuclear magnetic resonance …, 2019 - Elsevier
Among current modalities of biomedical and diagnostic imaging, MRI stands out by virtue of
its versatile contrast obtained without ionizing radiation. However, in various cases, eg …

Towards quantification of myelin by solid-state MRI of the lipid matrix protons

AC Seifert, C Li, MJ Wilhelm, SL Wehrli, FW Wehrli - NeuroImage, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose Direct assessment of myelin has the potential to reveal central nervous system
abnormalities and serve as a means to follow patients with demyelinating disorders during …

HYFI: hybrid filling of the dead‐time gap for faster zero echo time imaging

R Froidevaux, M Weiger, MB Rösler… - NMR in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this work was to improve the SNR efficiency of zero echo time (ZTE) MRI pulse
sequences for faster imaging of short‐T2 components at large dead‐time gaps. ZTE MRI …

Zero-TE MRI: principles and applications in the head and neck

F Wiesinger, ML Ho - The British Journal of Radiology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Zero echo-time (ZTE) MRI is a novel imaging technique that utilizes ultrafast readouts to
capture signal from short-T2 tissues. Additional sequence advantages include rapid imaging …

Feasibility of assessing bone matrix and mineral properties in vivo by combined solid-state 1H and 31P MRI

X Zhao, HK Song, AC Seifert, C Li, FW Wehrli - PLoS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Purpose To develop and evaluate an integrated imaging protocol for bone water and
phosphorus quantification in vivo by solid-state 1H and 31P MRI. Materials and methods All …

Looping star

F Wiesinger, A Menini… - Magnetic resonance in …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To introduce a novel MR pulse sequence, termed Looping Star, for fast, robust, and
yet quiet, 3D radial multi‐gradient echo T2* MR imaging. Methods The Looping Star pulse …

Ramped hybrid encoding for improved ultrashort echo time imaging

H Jang, CN Wiens, AB McMillan - Magnetic resonance in …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose We propose a new acquisition to minimize the per‐excitation encoding duration
and improve the imaging capability for short T2* species. Methods In the proposed ramped …

ZTE imaging with enhanced flip angle using modulated excitation

K Schieban, M Weiger, F Hennel, A Boss… - Magnetic resonance …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Zero echo time (ZTE) imaging is a fast, robust, and silent three‐dimensional
technique for direct MRI of tissues with rapid transverse relaxation. It is conventionally …

[HTML][HTML] Inversion recovery zero echo time (IR-ZTE) imaging for direct myelin detection in human brain: a feasibility study

H Jang, M Carl, Y Ma, AC Searleman… - … imaging in medicine …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Myelin alteration is closely associated with neurological diseases such as
multiple sclerosis (MS). Unfortunately, due to myelin's extremely short T2*(~ 0.3 ms or …