Background suppressed magnetization transfer MRI

• Published in: Magnetic resonance in medicine Vol. 83; no. 3; pp. 883 - 891
• Main Authors: Gelderen, Peter, Duyn, Jeff H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.03.2020
• Subjects: Adult; Algorithms; background suppression; Brain - diagnostic imaging; Brain Mapping; exchange; Exchanging; Humans; Hydrogen; Hydrogen atoms; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted - methods; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Magnetics; Magnetization; magnetization transfer; Motion; myelin; Semisolids; Signal processing; Signal-To-Noise Ratio; stimulated echo; Subtraction; Thermal noise; Time dependence; Water; white matter; Young Adult; myelin; white matter; magnetization transfer; stimulated echo; exchange; background suppression

Purpose Up to 30% of the hydrogen atoms in brain tissue are part of molecules (“semisolids”) other than water. In MRI, their magnetization is typically not observed directly, but can influence the water magnetization through magnetization transfer (MT). Comparison of MRI scans differentially sensiti...