Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI
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J Magn Reson Imaging · Sep 2017
Whole-brain vessel wall MRI: A parameter tune-up solution to improve the scan efficiency of three-dimensional variable flip-angle turbo spin-echo.
To propose and evaluate a parameter tune-up solution to expedite a three-dimensional (3D) variable-flip-angle turbo spin-echo (TSE) sequence for whole-brain intracranial vessel wall (IVW) imaging. ⋯ 2. Technical Efficacy: Stage 1 J. MAGN. RESON. IMAGING 2017;46:751-757.
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J Magn Reson Imaging · Sep 2017
Elevated adiabatic T1ρ and T2ρ in articular cartilage are associated with cartilage and bone lesions in early osteoarthritis: A preliminary study.
To evaluate adiabatic T1ρ and T2ρ of articular cartilage in symptomatic osteoarthritis (OA) patients and asymptomatic volunteers, and to determine their association with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based structural abnormalities in cartilage and bone. ⋯ 2 Technical Efficacy: Stage 2 J. MAGN. RESON. IMAGING 2017;46:678-689.
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J Magn Reson Imaging · Sep 2017
Diffusion tensor tractography of pyramidal tracts in patients with brainstem and intramedullary spinal cord tumors: Relationship with motor deficits and intraoperative MEP changes.
To evaluate whether pyramidal tracts course alterations observed in diffusion tensor tractography (DTT) in cases of brainstem and intramedullary spinal cord tumors reflect patient clinical status and prognosis. ⋯ 3 Technical Efficacy: Stage 4 J. MAGN. RESON. IMAGING 2017;46:715-723.
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J Magn Reson Imaging · Sep 2017
Multiparametric diffusion-weighted imaging in breast lesions: Association with pathologic diagnosis and prognostic factors.
To determine the utility of multiparametric diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) including monoexponential (apparent diffusion coefficient [ADC]), biexponential (Df , Ds , and f), stretched-exponential (distributed diffusion coefficient [DDC] and α), and kurtosis (mean diffusivity [MD] and mean kurtosis [MK]) models in the differentiation and characterization of breast lesions, and assess their associations with prognostic factors in invasive breast cancer. ⋯ 3 Technical Efficacy: Stage 2 J. MAGN. RESON. IMAGING 2017;46:740-750.
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J Magn Reson Imaging · Sep 2017
Evaluation of carotid plaque vulnerability in vivo: Correlation between dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI and MRI-modified AHA classification.
To noninvasively monitor carotid plaque vulnerability by exploring the relationship between pharmacokinetic parameters (PPs) of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) and plaque types based on MRI-modified American Heart Association (AHA) classification, as well as to assess the ability of PPs in discrimination between stable and vulnerable plaques suspected on MRI. ⋯ 1 Technical Efficacy: Stage 2 J. MAGN. RESON. IMAGING 2017;46:870-876.