Magnetic resonance (MR) is a powerful technique for noninvasively probing molecular
species in vivo but suffers from low signal sensitivity. Saturation transfer (ST) MRI …

A methodology is presented for extracting precise quantitative MT parameters using a
magnetisation-prepared spoiled gradient echo sequence. This method, based on a new …

Phantom experiments in agar and ammonium chloride were performed to evaluate a three‐
pool model of magnetization transfer and chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) in a …

Chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) indirectly
images exchangeable solute protons resonating at frequencies different than bulk water …

Magnetization transfer is an important source of contrast in magnetic resonance imaging
which is sensitive to the concentration of macromolecules and other solutes present in the …

Signal loss due to magnetization transfer (MT) from the macromolecular protons of biological
tissues is an important consideration for the in vivo detection of paramagnetic chemical …

Purpose To investigate quantitative 2D ultrashort echo time magnetization transfer (UTE‐
MT) imaging in ex vivo bovine cortical bone and in vivo human tibial cortical bone. Methods …

The aim of this study was to optimise a pulse sequence for high‐resolution imaging sensitive
to the effects of conventional macromolecular magnetisation transfer (MTm) and nuclear …

Inversion pulses are commonly employed in MRI for T 1‐weighted contrast and relaxation
measurements. In the brain, it is often assumed that adiabatic pulses saturate the …

Transverse relaxation in the rotating frame (T2ρ) is the dominant relaxation mechanism
during a train of adiabatic full passage (AFP) radiofrequency (RF) pulses with no interpulse …