Simultaneous in vivo pH and temperature mapping using a PARACEST-MRI contrast agent

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1016-1025

  McVicar, Nevin ^a   Li, Alex X ^b   Suchý, Mojmír ^a,b   Hudson, Robert H E ^a   Menon, Ravi S ^a,b   Bartha, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CEST; contrast agent; in vivo; MRI; PARACEST; pH; temperature

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; AMINO ACIDS; CHEMICAL SHIFT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METABOLISM; OXYGEN SUPPLY; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE;

CEST; CHEMICAL EXCHANGE SATURATION TRANSFER; CONTRAST AGENT; IN-VIVO; MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATIONS; PARACEST; PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; TEMPERATURE MAPPING;

PH;

GLYCINAMIDE; PROTON; THULIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISEASE COURSE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PH; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SIMULATION; SPECTRUM; TEMPERATURE; THEORY;

CEST; CONTRAST AGENT; IN VIVO; MRI; PARACEST; PH; TEMPERATURE;

ACETAMIDES; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS, 1-RING; HINDLIMB; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84885310431     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24539     Document Type: Article

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