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ArticleMagnetic resonance in medicine2019

Creatine and phosphocreatine mapping of mouse skeletal muscle by a polynomial and Lorentzian line-shape fitting CEST method.

Lin Chen, Peter B Barker, Robert G Weiss, Peter C M van Zijl, Jiadi Xu

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Article in Magnetic resonance in medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lin ChenF.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Kennedy Krieger Research Institute, Baltimore, Maryland.
Peter B BarkerF.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Kennedy Krieger Research Institute, Baltimore, Maryland.
Robert G WeissRussell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Peter C M van ZijlF.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Kennedy Krieger Research Institute, Baltimore, Maryland.
Jiadi XuF.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Kennedy Krieger Research Institute, Baltimore, Maryland.
Kennedy Krieger Institute · USJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

TR&D 4: Algorithms for functional and anatomical brain analysisP41EB015909 · NIBIB · HUGO W. MOSER RES INST KENNEDY KRIEGER · PI VAN ZIJL, PETER CM · 2012 to 2020
$13.1M
IN VIVO MURINE CARDIAC ENERGY METABOLISM AND FUNCTIONR01HL063030 · NHLBI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI WEISS, ROBERT G · 2000 to 2018
$4.9M
Novel Approaches for CEST Labeling, Detection, Quantification and TranslationR01EB015032 · NIBIB · HUGO W. MOSER RES INST KENNEDY KRIEGER · PI VAN ZIJL, PETER CM · 2011 to 2019
$3.9M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL063030NHLBI NIH HHS R01HL63030NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB015909NIBIB NIH HHS P41EB015909NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB015032NIBIB NIH HHS R01EB015032NIH HHS P41EB015909NIH HHS R01EB015032NIH HHS R01HL63030
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Abstract

purposeTo obtain high-resolution Cr and PCr maps of mouse skeletal muscle using a polynomial and Lorentzian line-shape fitting (PLOF) CEST method.

methodsWild-type mice and guanidinoacetate N-methyltransferase-deficient (GAMT-/-) mice that have low Cr and PCr concentrations in muscle were used to assign the Cr and PCr peaks in the Z-spectrum at 11.7 T. A PLOF method was proposed to simultaneously extract and quantify the Cr and PCr by assuming a polynomial function for the background and 2 Lorentzian functions for the CEST peaks at 1.95 ppm and 2.5 ppm.

resultsThe Z-spectra of phantoms revealed that PCr has 2 CEST peaks (2 ppm and 2.5 ppm), whereas Cr only showed 1 peak at 2 ppm. Comparison of the Z-spectra of wild-type and GAMT-/- mice indicated that, contrary to brain, there was no visible protein guanidinium peak in the skeletal-muscle Z-spectrum, which allowed us to extract clean PCr and Cr CEST signals. High-resolution PCr and Cr concentration maps of mouse skeletal muscle were obtained by the PLOF CEST method after calibration with in vivo MRS.

conclusionsThe PLOF method provides an efficient way to map Cr and PCr concentrations simultaneously in the skeletal muscle at high MRI field.

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AlgorithmsAnimalsContrast MediaCreatineFemaleGuanidinoacetate N-MethyltransferaseMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMiceMice, Inbred BALB CModels, TheoreticalMuscle, SkeletalPhantoms, ImagingPhosphocreatineContrast MediaCreatineGuanidinoacetate N-MethyltransferasePhosphocreatinephosphocreatininechemical exchange saturation transfercreatineguanidinoacetateguanidinoacetate N-methyltransferase deficiency mousemagnetization transfer contrastphosphate guanidinoacetatephosphocreatinepolynomial and Lorentzian line-shape fitting

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PMID30246265
PMCPMC6258268
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