Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4218264 | Academic Radiology | 2013 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
In contrast to proton MRI, acceleration of hyperpolarized imaging has no signal-to-noise penalty; its use in Pao2 measurement is therefore always beneficial. Comparison of multiple schemes shows that the benefit arises from a longer time-base during which oxygen-induced depolarization modifies the signal strength. Demonstration of the accelerated technique in human studies shows the feasibility of the method and suggests that measurement error is reduced here as well, particularly at low signal-to-noise levels.
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Authors
Stephen PhD, Hooman MS, Yinan MS, Kiarash PhD, Yi MS, Masaru MD, PhD, Rahim PhD,