2023
B1 inhomogeneity‐corrected T1 mapping and quantitative magnetization transfer imaging via simultaneously estimating Bloch‐Siegert shift and magnetization transfer effects
Jang A, Han P, Ma C, Fakhri G, Wang N, Samsonov A, Liu F. B1 inhomogeneity‐corrected T1 mapping and quantitative magnetization transfer imaging via simultaneously estimating Bloch‐Siegert shift and magnetization transfer effects. Magnetic Resonance In Medicine 2023, 90: 1859-1873. PMID: 37427533, PMCID: PMC10528411, DOI: 10.1002/mrm.29778.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBloch-Siegert shiftBloch-SiegertMagnetization transfer effectsMonte Carlo simulationsSpin-lattice relaxationSpin-bath modelMagnetization transferBinary spin-bath modelCarlo simulationsProton fractionOff-resonance irradiationIn vivo brain studiesBloch simulationsPhantom experimentsMagnetizationEstimationTransmitted fieldQuantitative magnetization transferMethod performanceMT effectSignal equation
2017
A minimum-phase Shinnar-Le Roux spectral-spatial excitation RF pulse for simultaneous water and lipid suppression in 1H-MRSI of body extremities
Han P, Ma C, Deng K, Hu S, Jee K, Ying K, Chen Y, Fakhri G. A minimum-phase Shinnar-Le Roux spectral-spatial excitation RF pulse for simultaneous water and lipid suppression in 1H-MRSI of body extremities. Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2017, 45: 18-25. PMID: 28917812, PMCID: PMC5709164, DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2017.09.008.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2012
Reduced field‐of‐view excitation using second‐order gradients and spatial‐spectral radiofrequency pulses
Ma C, Xu D, King K, Liang Z. Reduced field‐of‐view excitation using second‐order gradients and spatial‐spectral radiofrequency pulses. Magnetic Resonance In Medicine 2012, 69: 503-508. PMID: 22489022, PMCID: PMC3406253, DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24259.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRF pulsesRF pulse lengthSpatially selective radiofrequencyReduced field-of-view imagingBloch equation simulationsField-of-view imagingPulse lengthRadiofrequency pulsesPhantom experimentsSelective radiofrequencyEquation simulationsPulseSecond-order gradientsNonlinear gradientsExcitation accuracyRegion-of-interestSpatial selectivityBlochSpatial dependencePhantom