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Open AccessFeasibility of quantitative susceptibility map** (QSM) of the human kidney
To evaluate the feasibility of in-vivo quantitative susceptibility map** (QSM) of the human kidney.
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Sodium MRI of human articular cartilage of the wrist: a feasibility study on a clinical 3T MRI scanner
To measure sodium relaxation times and concentrations in human wrists on a clinical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner with a density-adapted radial sequence.
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Open AccessDetection of early cartilage degeneration in the tibiotalar joint using 3 T gagCEST imaging: a feasibility study
To establish and optimize a stable 3 Tesla (T) glycosaminoglycan chemical exchange saturation transfer (gagCEST) imaging protocol for assessing the articular cartilage of the tibiotalar joint in healthy volunt...
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MRI identifies biochemical alterations of intervertebral discs in patients with low back pain and radiculopathy
• Molecular intervertebral disc damage was associated with LBP and radiculopathy.
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Comparison of B0 versus B0 and B1 field inhomogeneity correction for glycosaminoglycan chemical exchange saturation transfer imaging
The study compares glycosaminoglycan chemical exchange saturation transfer (gagCEST) imaging of intervertebral discs corrected for solely B0 inhomogeneities or both B0 and B1 inhomogeneities.
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Functional MRI in transplanted kidneys
Renal transplantation is the therapy of choice for patients with end-stage renal diseases. Improvement of immunosuppressive therapy has significantly increased the half-life of renal allografts over the past d...
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Quantitative pulsed CEST-MRI at a clinical 3T MRI system
The goal of this study was to quantify CEST related parameters such as chemical exchange rate and fractional concentration of exchanging protons at a clinical 3T scanner. For this purpose, two CEST quantificat...
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Biochemical imaging of cervical intervertebral discs with glycosaminoglycan chemical exchange saturation transfer magnetic resonance imaging: feasibility and initial results
To evaluate glycosaminoglycan chemical exchange saturation transfer (gagCEST) imaging at 3T in the assessment of the GAG content of cervical IVDs in healthy volunteers.
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Improvement of gagCEST imaging in the human lumbar intervertebral disc by motion correction
To investigate whether motion correction improves glycosaminoglycan chemical exchange saturation transfer imaging (gagCEST imaging) of intervertebral discs (IVDs).
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Pilot study of Iopamidol-based quantitative pH imaging on a clinical 3T MR scanner
The objective of this study was to show the feasibility to perform Iopamidol-based pH imaging via clinical 3T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) imaging with pu...
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T2* map** and delayed gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in cartilage (dGEMRIC) of glenohumeral cartilage in asymptomatic volunteers at 3 T
To establish baseline T2* and T1Gd values of glenohumeral cartilage at 3 T.
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Cartilage quality in rheumatoid arthritis: comparison of T2* map**, native T1 map**, dGEMRIC, ΔR1 and value of pre-contrast imaging
To prospectively evaluate four non-invasive markers of cartilage quality—T2* map**, native T1 map**, dGEMRIC and ΔR1—in healthy volunteers and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients.
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Quantification of renal allograft perfusion using arterial spin labeling MRI: initial results
To quantify renal allograft perfusion in recipients with stable allograft function and acute decrease in allograft function using nonenhanced flow-sensitive alternating inversion recovery (FAIR)-TrueFISP arter...
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Lesion patterns in successful and failed thrombolysis in middle cerebral artery stroke
Thrombolysis has been shown to improve neurological recovery in acute stroke. But the response to thrombolysis is variable across patients. We sought to investigate this variability by analyzing the lesion pat...
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Dynamic breast MR imaging: is parametric map** superior to image subtraction in lesion detection?
We compared the detection of malignant lesions in two different methods of parametric-guided analysis to the widely used early subtraction images. The parametric colour-coded overlays were defined by the incre...