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ArticleMagnetic resonance in medicine2018

High sensitivity MR acoustic radiation force imaging using transition band balanced steady-state free precession.

Yuan Zheng, Michael Marx, G Wilson Miller, Kim Butts Pauly

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Article in Magnetic resonance in medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yuan ZhengDepartment of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
Michael MarxDepartment of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
G Wilson MillerDepartment of Radiology and Medical Imaging, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Kim Butts PaulyDepartment of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
Stanford University · USUniversity of Virginia · US

Funding

MRI Methods for Guiding Focused Ultrasound in the BrainP01CA159992 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI PAULY, JOHN M. · 2011 to 2015
$8.2M
Neurostimulation by Ultrasound: Physical, Biophysical and Neural MechanismsR01EB019005 · NIBIB · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI BACCUS, STEPHEN A, BUTTS-PAULY, KIM · 2014 to 2017
$2.8M
MR-guided Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation of Deep Brain StructuresR01MH111825 · NIMH · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI BUTTS-PAULY, KIM · 2016 to 2019
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA159992NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB019005NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH111825
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeMR acoustic radiation force imaging (MR-ARFI) provides a method to visualize the focal spot of a focused ultrasound (FUS) beam without introducing a significant temperature rise. With conventional spoiled MR-ARFI pulse sequences, the ARFI phase always equals the motion-encoded phase. In this work, MR-ARFI using transition band balanced steady-state free precession (bSSFP) is presented, which improves the sensitivity of MR-ARFI with high acquisition speed. THEORY AND

methodsMotion-encoding gradients (MEG) are inserted into bSSFP sequences for MR-ARFI. By applying an ultrasound pulse during the MEG, motion-encoded phase is generated, which leads to an amplified change in the image phase when operating in the bSSFP transition band. MR-ARFI was performed on a homemade gel phantom using both the proposed technique and a spoiled gradient echo ARFI sequence with identical MEG and FUS, and ARFI images were compared.

resultsThe bSSFP-ARFI sequence generated an ARFI image phase that is more than 5 times larger than the motion-encoded phase in a few seconds with 2DFT readout. By keeping FUS pulses as short as 1.45 ms, temperature rise was insignificant during the measurement.

conclusionbSSFP-ARFI has enhanced sensitivity compared with conventional MR-ARFI pulse sequences and could provide an efficient way to visualize the focal spot. Magn Reson Med 79:1532-1537, 2018. © 2017 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.

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Signal Processing, Computer-AssistedBrainElasticity Imaging TechniquesHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMovementPhantoms, ImagingbSSFPhigh sensitivityMR-ARFIMRgFUStransition band

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PMID28631853
PMCPMC5995567
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