2024
Multimodality Molecular Imaging of Brain Tumor Using Simultaneous [18F]FET-PET/MRSI
Ma C, Han P, Marin T, Zhuo Y, Shih H, Fakhri G. Multimodality Molecular Imaging of Brain Tumor Using Simultaneous [18F]FET-PET/MRSI. 2024, 00: 1-2. DOI: 10.1109/nss/mic/rtsd57108.2024.10656528.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchList-mode dataMR spectroscopic imagingSpatial resolutionAccurate brain tumor delineationMR physicsIsotropic resolutionBrain tumor delineationImprove treatment planningSpectroscopic imagingTumor delineationSignal-to-noise ratioIntact blood-brain barrierImaging speedAmino acid radiotracerImaging timeMR signalHigher proliferation activityStructural MRTreatment planningBlood-brain barrierMR spectroscopic imaging dataMolecular imaging of brain tumorsTumor involvementTumor infiltrationTumor margins
2023
Arterial spin labeled perfusion imaging with balanced steady-state free precession readout and radial sampling
Han P, Marin T, Zhuo Y, Ouyang J, El Fakhri G, Ma C. Arterial spin labeled perfusion imaging with balanced steady-state free precession readout and radial sampling. Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2023, 102: 126-132. PMID: 37187264, PMCID: PMC10524790, DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2023.05.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOff-resonance effectsBalanced steady-state free precessionPhase-cycling techniqueTemporal SNRBalanced steady-state free precession acquisitionRadial sampling schemeSpoiled gradient-recalled acquisitionRadial samplingCartesian sampling schemeBalanced steady-state free precession readoutK-space dataSampling schemeSpin labelingSteady-state free precessionK-spaceImage readoutBanding artifactsMotion-related artifactsReadoutFree precessionArterial spin labelingImage reconstructionParallel imagingImaging timePerfusion-weighted imaging
2021
Free‐breathing 3D cardiac T1 mapping with transmit B1 correction at 3T
Han P, Marin T, Djebra Y, Landes V, Zhuo Y, Fakhri G, Ma C. Free‐breathing 3D cardiac T1 mapping with transmit B1 correction at 3T. Magnetic Resonance In Medicine 2021, 87: 1832-1845. PMID: 34812547, PMCID: PMC8810588, DOI: 10.1002/mrm.29097.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFlip-angle estimationCardiac T<sub>1</sub> mappingGradient echo readoutThrough-plane spatial resolutionImaging timePractical imaging timesFree breathingPhantom studyB1 correctionAccelerated imagingIn-planeT)-spaceMyocardial T<sub>1</sub> valuesSubspace-based methodsSpatial resolutionImaging experimentsAcquisition schemeT)-space dataSubject-specific timeCorrectionModified Look-Locker inversion recoveryLook-Locker inversion recoveryTime of data acquisitionAverage imaging timeInversion-recovery sequence