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ArticleMagnetic resonance in medicine2024

Rapid quantitative magnetization transfer imaging: Utilizing the hybrid state and the generalized Bloch model.

Jakob Assländer, Cem Gultekin, Andrew Mao, Xiaoxia Zhang, Quentin Duchemin, Kangning Liu, Robert W Charlson, Timothy M Shepherd, Carlos Fernandez-Granda, Sebastian Flassbeck

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Article in Magnetic resonance in medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jakob AssländerCenter for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2288-038X
Cem GultekinCourant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2562-371X
Andrew MaoCenter for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1398-0699
Xiaoxia ZhangCenter for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3620-6994
Quentin DucheminLaboratoire d'analyse et de mathématiques appliquées, Université Gustave Eiffel, Champs-sur-Marne, France.ORCID 0000-0003-3636-3770
Kangning LiuCenter for Data Science, New York University, New York, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0187-4602
Robert W CharlsonDepartment of Neurology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
Timothy M ShepherdCenter for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0232-1636
Carlos Fernandez-GrandaCourant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7039-8606
Sebastian FlassbeckCenter for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0865-9021
New York University · USCourant Institute of Mathematical Sciences · USAdvanced Imaging Research (United States) · US

Funding

TR&D 4: Revealing Microstructure: Biophysical modeling and validation for discovery and clinical careP41EB017183 · NIBIB · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI Daniel K Sodickson · 2014 to 2026
$19.3M
Medical Scientist Research Service AwardT32GM136573 · NIGMS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI SULMAN, ERIK · 2020 to 2024
$6.8M
Development of Multi-Compartment MR-Fingerprinting for Subvoxel Estimation of Quantitative Tissue BiomarkersR21EB027241 · NIBIB · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI ASSLAENDER, JAKOB, KNOLL, FLORIAN · 2019 to 2020
$462k
NIA NIH HHS T32 GM136573NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB017183NIBIB NIH HHS R21 EB027241
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo explore efficient encoding schemes for quantitative magnetization transfer (qMT) imaging with few constraints on model parameters. THEORY AND

methodsWe combine two recently proposed models in a Bloch-McConnell equation: the dynamics of the free spin pool are confined to the hybrid state, and the dynamics of the semi-solid spin pool are described by the generalized Bloch model. We numerically optimize the flip angles and durations of a train of radio frequency pulses to enhance the encoding of three qMT parameters while accounting for all eight parameters of the two-pool model. We sparsely sample each time frame along this spin dynamics with a three-dimensional radial koosh-ball trajectory, reconstruct the data with subspace modeling, and fit the qMT model with a neural network for computational efficiency.

resultsWe extracted qMT parameter maps of the whole brain with an effective resolution of 1.24 mm from a 12.6-min scan. In lesions of multiple sclerosis subjects, we observe a decreased size of the semi-solid spin pool and longer relaxation times, consistent with previous reports.

conclusionThe encoding power of the hybrid state, combined with regularized image reconstruction, and the accuracy of the generalized Bloch model provide an excellent basis for efficient quantitative magnetization transfer imaging with few constraints on model parameters.

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BrainMagnetic Resonance ImagingBrain MappingHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedNeural Networks, ComputerMRFparameter mappingquantitative MRIrelaxometry

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PMID38073093
PMCPMC12056700
OpenAlexW4286233416

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