Journal
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE
Volume 77, Issue 5, Pages 1866-1873Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.26265
Keywords
3D gagCEST; magnetization preparation 3D; B-1 calibration; B-0
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- Biomedical Technology Research Center [P41 EB015893]
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PurposeTo develop a new faster and higher quality three-dimensional (3D) gagCEST MRI technique for reliable quantification of glycosaminoglycan (GAG) present in the human knee cartilages. MethodsA new magnetization-prepared 3D gradient echo-based MRI pulse sequence has been designed to obtain the B-0 inhomogeneity, B-1 inhomogeneity, and CEST Z-spectra images. ResultsThe gagCEST values of different compartments of knee cartilage are calculated using a newly developed technique for healthy subjects and a symptomatic knee cartilage degenerated subject. The effect of the acquired CEST saturation frequency offset step-size was investigated to establish the optimal step-size to obtain reproducible gagCEST maps. Our novel 3D gagCEST technique demonstrates markedly higher gagCEST contrast value than the previously reported 3D gagCEST studies. This study demonstrates the need for separate B-0 and B-1 inhomogeneity estimation and correction. ConclusionThe new technique provided high quality gagCEST maps with clearer visualization of different layers of knee cartilage with reproducible results. Magn Reson Med 77:1866-1873, 2017. (c) 2016 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
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