Comparing different analysis methods for quantifying the MRI amide proton transfer (APT) effect in hyperacute stroke patients

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1019-1029

  Tee, Y K ^a   Harston, G W J ^b   Blockley, N ^b   Okell, Thomas W ^b   Levman, J ^a   Sheerin, F ^c   Cellerini, M ^c   Jezzard, P ^b   Kennedy, J ^b   Payne, S J ^a   Chappell, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amide proton transfer (APT) imaging; Chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) imaging; Magnetization transfer (MT) imaging; MRI; PH; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PH; PROTON TRANSFER; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION;

AMIDE PROTON TRANSFERS; CHEMICAL EXCHANGE SATURATION TRANSFER; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HYPERACUTE STROKES; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER RATIO; MODEL BASED APPROACH; MODEL-BASED ANALYSIS; STROKE;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; AMIDE; PROTON;

ADULT; AMIDE PROTON TRANSFER; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; STROKE PATIENT; WHITE MATTER; ALGORITHM; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; AMIDES; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROTONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE;

EID: 84905905818     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3147     Document Type: Article

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