Making the invisible visible—ultrashort echo time magnetic resonance imaging: technical developments and applications

Y Ma, H Jang, S Jerban, EY Chang, CB Chung… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) uses a large magnetic field and radio waves to generate
images of tissues in the body. Conventional MRI techniques have been developed to image …

[HTML][HTML] Liver intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) magnetic resonance imaging: a comprehensive review of published data on normal values and applications for …

YT Li, JP Cercueil, J Yuan, W Chen… - … imaging in medicine …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A comprehensive literature review was performed on liver intravoxel incoherent motion
(IVIM) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique and its applications. Heterogeneous …

[HTML][HTML] T1ρ magnetic resonance: basic physics principles and applications in knee and intervertebral disc imaging

YXJ Wáng, Q Zhang, X Li, W Chen… - Quantitative imaging in …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
T 1ρ relaxation time provides a new contrast mechanism that differs from T 1-and T 2-
weighted contrast, and is useful to study low-frequency motional processes and chemical …

[HTML][HTML] A large animal model that recapitulates the spectrum of human intervertebral disc degeneration

SE Gullbrand, NR Malhotra, TP Schaer… - Osteoarthritis and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective The objective of this study was to establish a large animal model that recapitulates
the spectrum of intervertebral disc degeneration that occurs in humans and which is suitable …

Advances in the diagnosis of degenerated lumbar discs and their possible clinical application

M Brayda-Bruno, M Tibiletti, K Ito, J Fairbank… - European Spine …, 2014 - Springer
Purpose One possible source of chronic low back pain is a degenerated intervertebral disc.
In this review, various diagnostic methods for the assessment of the presence of …

[HTML][HTML] Errors in quantitative T1rho imaging and the correction methods

W Chen - Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The spin-lattice relaxation time constant in rotating frame (T1rho) is useful for assessment of
the properties of macromolecular environment inside tissue. Quantification of T1rho is found …

Accelerated whole‐brain multi‐parameter mapping using blind compressed sensing

S Bhave, SG Lingala, CP Johnson… - Magnetic resonance …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To introduce a blind compressed sensing (BCS) framework to accelerate multi‐
parameter MR mapping, and demonstrate its feasibility in high‐resolution, whole‐brain and …

Correlations between quantitative T2 and T1ρ MRI, mechanical properties and biochemical composition in a rabbit lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration model

SE Gullbrand, BG Ashinsky, JT Martin… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Improved diagnostic measures for intervertebral disc degeneration are necessary to
facilitate early detection and treatment. The aim of this study was to correlate changes in …

Quantitative rotating frame relaxometry methods in MRI

IA Gilani, R Sepponen - NMR in Biomedicine, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Macromolecular degeneration and biochemical changes in tissue can be quantified using
rotating frame relaxometry in MRI. It has been shown in several studies that the rotating …

Evaluation of T1ρ as a potential MR biomarker for liver cirrhosis: comparison of healthy control subjects and patients with liver cirrhosis

I Rauscher, M Eiber, C Ganter, P Martirosian… - European journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Objectives The purpose of this study was to compare mean liver T 1ρ values in patients with
liver cirrhosis and healthy control subjects in order to evaluate T 1ρ as a potential MR …