Quantitative chemical exchange saturation transfer (qCEST) MRI - RF spillover effect-corrected omega plot for simultaneous determination of labile proton fraction ratio and exchange rate

Contrast Media and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 268-275

  Sun, Phillip Zhe ^a   Wang, Yu ^a   Dai, ZhuoZhi ^b   Xiao, Gang ^b,c   Wu, Renhua ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c HANSHAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amide proton transfer; Chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST); Omega plot

Indexed keywords

ADRENOCHROME; CREATINE; PROTON; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTON TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL EXCHANGE SATURATION TRANSDFER NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; ALGORITHM; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC USE; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; PROCEDURES;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTONS;

EID: 84897938002     PISSN: 15554309     EISSN: 15554317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmmi.1569     Document Type: Article

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