Functional magnetic resonance imaging in medicine and physiology

CTW Moonen, PCM Van Zijl, JA Frank, D Le Bihan… - Science, 1990 - science.org
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a well-established diagnostic tool that provides
detailed information about macroscopic structure and anatomy. Recent advances in MRI …

Perfusion imaging with NMR contrast agents

BR Rosen, JW Belliveau, JM Vevea… - Magnetic resonance in …, 1990 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Knowledge of regional hemodynamics has widespread application for both
physiological research and clinical assessment. Here we review the use of MR contrast …

Magnetic resonance imaging of blood vessels at high fields: In vivo and in vitro measurements and image simulation

S Ogawa, TM Lee - Magnetic resonance in medicine, 1990 - Wiley Online Library
Unusually high image contrast in vivo magnetic resonance imaging of the brain becomes
observable at high magnetic fields when the blood oxygenation level is lowered. The cause …

Functional cerebral imaging by susceptibility‐contrast NMR

JW Belliveau, BR Rosen, HL Kantor… - Magnetic resonance …, 1990 - Wiley Online Library
In vivo measurement of cerebral physiology by dynamic contrast‐enhanced NMR is
demonstrated. Time‐resolved images of the cerebral transit of paramagnetic contrast agent …

Bulk magnetic susceptibility shifts in NMR studies of compartmentalized samples: use of paramagnetic reagents

KC Chu, Y Xu, JA Balschi… - Magnetic resonance in …, 1990 - Wiley Online Library
The bulk magnetic susceptibility (BMS) shift of a nuclear resonance frequency caused by a
paramagnetic compound is of importance in in vivo NMR, both magnetic resonance …

Cerebral blood flow: assessment with dynamic contrast-enhanced T2*-weighted MR imaging at 1.5 T.

RR Edelman, HP Mattle, DJ Atkinson, T Hill, JP Finn… - Radiology, 1990 - pubs.rsna.org
The authors assessed regional cerebral blood flow dynamics with magnetic resonance (MR)
imaging enhanced with gadolinium diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA). After bolus …

Susceptibility-limited resolution in nuclear magnetic resonance microscopy

PT Callaghan - Journal of Magnetic Resonance (1969), 1990 - Elsevier
Sensitivity considerations suggest that a voxel resolution of (10 μm) 3 should be possible for
NMR microscopy at 400 MHz. It is shown however that diamagnetic susceptibility …

The effect of lipid composition on the relaxivity of Gd-DTPA entrapped in lipid vesicles of defined size

C Tilcock, P MacDougall, E Unger, D Cardenas… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 1990 - Elsevier
The effects of lipid composition on the relaxivity of gadolinium-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic
acid (Gd-DTPA) entrapped in lipid vesicles has been examined for vesicles of different sizes …

Measurement of tissue blood flow using intravascular relaxation agents and resonance imaging

JC Gore, S Majumdar - Magnetic resonance in medicine, 1990 - Wiley Online Library
Simple concepts of indicator‐dilution techniques are described, and the theoretical basis of
measuring regional blood flow via transit time measurements of a blood pool marker is …

Polymeric binder distribution maps in green ceramics by 1H NMR imaging

L Garrido, JL Ackerman, WA Ellingson - Journal of Magnetic Resonance …, 1990 - Elsevier
Polymeric binder maps in green ceramics are obtained by 1 H NMR imaging techniques.
Two-and three-dimensional Fourier transform techniques are compared to determine the …