Journal
JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE
Volume 202, Issue 2, Pages 155-161Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2009.10.012
Keywords
Amide proton transfer (APT); Chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST); MRI
Funding
- AHA/SDG [0835384N]
- NIH/NINDS [R21NS061119-01]
- NIH/NIBIB [K01EB 009771-01]
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Chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) MRI is increasingly used to probe mobile proteins and microenvironment properties, and shows great promise for tumor and stroke diagnosis. However, CEST MRI contrast mechanism is complex, depending not only oil the CEST agent concentration, exchange and relaxation properties, but also varying with experimental conditions such as magnetic field strength and RF power. Hence, it remains somewhat difficult to quantify apparent CEST MRI contrast for properties Such as pH, temperature and protein content. In particular, CEST MRI is Susceptible to RF spillover effects in that RF irradiation may directly saturate the bulk water MR signal, leading to an optimal RF power at which the CEST contrast is maximal. Whereas RF spillover is generally considered an adverse effect, it is noted here that the optimal RF power strongly varies with exchange rate, although with negligible dependence on labile proton concentration. An empirical solution suggested that optimal RF power may serve as a sensitive parameter for simultaneously determining the labile proton content and exchange rate, hence, allowing improved characterization of the CEST system. The empirical solution was confirmed by numerical simulation, and experimental validation is needed to further evaluate the proposed technique. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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