MR imaging of the arterial vessel wall: molecular imaging from bench to bedside

MR Makowski, RM Botnar - Radiology, 2013 - pubs.rsna.org
Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the Western
world and developing countries. In clinical practice, in vivo characterization of …

Molecular imaging in cardiovascular diseases

RM Botnar, H Ebersberger… - RöFo-Fortschritte auf …, 2015 - thieme-connect.com
Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in
industrialized and developing countries. In clinical practice, the in-vivo identification of …

Clinical application of pharmacokinetic analysis as a biomarker of solitary pulmonary nodules: Dynamic contrast‐enhanced MR imaging

H Mamata, J Tokuda, RR Gill… - Magnetic resonance …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this study is to evaluate perfusion indices and pharmacokinetic parameters
in solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs). Thirty patients of 34 enrolled with SPNs (15–30 mm) …

Comparison of maximum signal intensity of contrast agent on t1-weighted images using spin echo, fast spin echo and inversion recovery sequences

M Nazarpoor, M Poureisa… - Iranian Journal of …, 2012 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background MRI is not able to directly measure the concentration of contrast agent. It is
measured indirectly from the signal intensity (SI). It is very important to know how much …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of flip angle on the correlation between signal intensity and different concentrations of iron oxide nanoparticles using T1-weighted turbo-FLASH …

N Gharehaghaji, M Nazarpoor… - Iranian Journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles have been used as a
blood pool contrast agent for magnetic resonance angiography and perfusion studies …

Effect of concentration of contrast agent on the inflow effect for measuring absolute perfusion by use of inversion recovery T1-weighted TurboFLASH images

M Nazarpoor - Radiological physics and technology, 2012 - Springer
Previous studies have shown that the organ blood flow (OBF) calculated from the T 1-
weighted MRI technique was lower than expected. The inflow correction was one of the …

Half-dose gadoxetic acid-enhanced liver magnetic resonance imaging in patients at risk for nephrogenic systemic fibrosis

KD Song, SH Kim, J Lee, KA Kang, J Kim… - European Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Purpose To evaluate the feasibility of half-dose gadoxetic acid (0.0125 mmol/kg) for liver
MRI at 3-T compared to standard-dose (0.025 mmol/kg) in patients at risk for nephrogenic …

[PDF][PDF] Effect of echo time on the maximum relationship between contrast agent concentration and signal intensity using FLAIR sequence

M Nazarpoor, M Poureisa, MH Daghighi - Iranian Journal of Medical Physics, 2013 - sid.ir
Contrast-enhanced fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) is one of the MRI sequences
that can be used for detection and evaluation of pathological changes in the brain. In this …

Effect of phase-encoding scheme on the relationship between contrast agent concentration and signal intensity on inversion recovery Turbo Fast Low-Angle Shot T1 …

M Nazarpoor - Radiological physics and technology, 2014 - Springer
Previous studies have shown that the image parameters such as the repetition time and
inversion time (TI) and image sequences can have an effect on the maximum linearity …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of maximum and minimum signal intensity and the linear relationship between concentration and signal intensity in saturation recovery T1 …

M Nazarpoor - Journal of Biomedical Physics & Engineering, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: In this article, the effect of saturation times (TSs) on the maximum and minimum
SI, and also the linear relationship between the concentration of the contrast agent and SI …