Inverse Z-spectrum analysis for spillover-, MT-, and T1-corrected steady-state pulsed CEST-MRI - application to pH-weighted MRI of acute stroke

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 240-252

  Zaiss, Moritz ^a   Xu, Junzhong ^b   Goerke, Steffen ^a   Khan, Imad S ^c   Singer, Robert J ^c   Gore, John C ^b,d   Gochberg, Daniel F ^b   Bachert, Peter ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CEST; Creatine; MT; PH weighted imaging; Spillover; Spin lock; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CEST; CREATINE; MT; PH-WEIGHTED IMAGING; SPILLOVER; SPIN-LOCK; STROKE;

AMIDES; ANIMALS; CREATINE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; RATS; SOLUTIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPIN LABELS; STROKE;

EID: 84893780325     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3054     Document Type: Article

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