Construction and evaluation of a switch-tuned 13C - 1H birdcage radiofrequency coil for imaging the metabolism of hyperpolarized 13C-enriched compounds

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1082-1090

  Lim, Heeseung ^a   Thind, Kundan ^a   Martinez Santiesteban, Francisco M ^a   Scholl, Timothy James ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon 13; Chemical shift imaging; Dual frequency RF hardware; Hyperpolarized imaging

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; GADOLINIUM; PROTON; PYRUVIC ACID C 13; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; SODIUM ACETATE C 13; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA C 13; PYRUVIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRDCAGE RADIOFREQUENCY COIL; CALIBRATION; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING EQUIPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIODE; DRUG METABOLISM; GEOMETRY; GLIOMA; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMAGING PHANTOM; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; METABOLITE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIOFREQUENCY; RAT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; ANIMAL; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE QUALITY; METABOLISM; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARBON-13 MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLIOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; PYRUVIC ACID; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84913613746     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24458     Document Type: Article

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