Three-dimensional turbo-spin-echo amide proton transfer MR imaging at 3-tesla and its application to high-grade human brain tumors

Molecular Imaging and Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 114-122

  Zhao, Xuna ^a   Wen, Zhibo ^b   Zhang, Ge ^b   Huang, Fanheng ^b   Lu, Shilong ^b   Wang, Xianlong ^b   Hu, Shuguang ^c   Chen, Min ^d   Zhou, Jinyuan ^e,f  

^a PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Tech Industrial Innovation Center   (China)

^d BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

3D; APT imaging; Brain tumor; CEST imaging; MRI; Protein

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; GADOLINIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMIDE PROTON TRANSFER MR IMAGING; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FIELD MAPPING TECHNIQUE; GLIOMA; GRADIENT ECHO; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SATURATION TIME; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUNTEER; WATER SATURATION SHIFT REFERENCING TECHNIQUE; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 84873090000     PISSN: 15361632     EISSN: 18602002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11307-012-0563-1     Document Type: Article

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