Inter-Slice Blood Flow and Magnetization Transfer Effects as A New Simultaneous Imaging Strategy
Han P, Barker J, Kim K, Choi S, Bae K, Park S. Inter-Slice Blood Flow and Magnetization Transfer Effects as A New Simultaneous Imaging Strategy. PLOS ONE 2015, 10: e0140560. PMID: 26466316, PMCID: PMC4605487, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140560.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlternate ascending/descending directional navigationPseudo-continuous ASLBlood flowPulsed ASL methodClinically reasonable timeMT asymmetryBlood flow signalsMaps of blood flowSimultaneous blood flowCerebral blood flow signalsPreparation RF pulseFlip anglePerfusion signalBSSFP readoutMT ratioFlow signalsImaging strategiesMagnetization transferASL methodLabeling planeRF pulsesMagnetization transfer effectsSuperposition of signalsInvestigation of Inter-Slice Magnetization Transfer Effects as a New Method for MTR Imaging of the Human Brain
Barker J, Han P, Choi S, Bae K, Park S. Investigation of Inter-Slice Magnetization Transfer Effects as a New Method for MTR Imaging of the Human Brain. PLOS ONE 2015, 10: e0117101. PMID: 25664938, PMCID: PMC4321840, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117101.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBrainDiagnostic ImagingHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance ImagingMagnetsModels, TheoreticalYoung AdultConceptsBalanced steady-state free precessionFlip angleMagnetization transferMagnetization transfer effectsSteady-state free precessionSaturation pulseModel of MTFree precessionMT-weightedAcquisition parametersMT effectMT ratioDelay timePrecessionMTR imagesHigh SNRInterslicePE stepsMagnetizationFlip