Reliable chemical exchange saturation transfer imaging of human lumbar intervertebral discs using reduced-field-of-view turbo spin echo at 3.0T

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1672-1679

  Liu, Qi ^a,b   Jin, Ning ^c   Fan, Zhaoyang ^a   Natsuaki, Yutaka ^d   Tawackoli, Wafa ^a   Pelled, Gadi ^a,e   Bae, Hyun ^a   Gazit, Dan ^a,e   Li, Debiao ^a,f  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc   (United States)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^f Engineering IV   (United States)

Author keywords

Bowel movement; CEST; Intervertebral disc; Reduced FOV

Indexed keywords

BOWEL MOVEMENT; CEST; CHEMICAL EXCHANGE SATURATION TRANSFER; CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES; INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS; LUMBAR INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; REDUCED FOV; RELIABLE MEASUREMENT;

MEDICINE; SPECTROSCOPY;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

GADOLINIUM; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CHEMICAL EXCHANGE SATURATION TRANSFER IMAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING PHANTOM; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR DISK; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PHANTOM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCED FIELD OF VIEW TURBO SPIN ECHO; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

BOWEL MOVEMENT; CEST; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; REDUCED FOV;

ADULT; FEMALE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SPIN LABELS;

EID: 84888061978     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3001     Document Type: Article

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