Quantification of iopamidol multi-site chemical exchange properties for ratiometric chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) imaging of pH

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 4493-4504

  Sun, Phillip Zhe ^a   Longo, Dario Livio ^b   Hu, Wei ^c   Xiao, Gang ^c,d   Wu, Renhua ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

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

^d HANSHAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST); iopamidol; MRI; pH

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PH; PROTONS;

CHEMICAL EXCHANGE; CHEMICAL EXCHANGE SATURATION TRANSFER; CONCENTRATION EFFECTS; IOPAMIDOL; MEASUREMENTS OF; PH DETERMINATION; STANDARD DEVIATION; X-RAY CONTRAST AGENTS;

PH EFFECTS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOPAMIDOL;

DIAGNOSTIC USE; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PH; PROCEDURES;

CONTRAST MEDIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IOPAMIDOL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 84905698724     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/59/16/4493     Document Type: Article

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