Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40228056›Full record

ArticleMagnetic resonance in medicine2025

Saturation transfer MR fingerprinting for magnetization transfer contrast and chemical exchange saturation transfer quantification.

Munendra Singh, Beomgu Kang, Sultan Z Mahmud, Peter van Zijl, Jinyuan Zhou, Hye-Young Heo

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Magnetic resonance in medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Munendra SinghDivision of MR Research, Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Beomgu KangDivision of MR Research, Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Sultan Z MahmudDivision of MR Research, Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Peter van ZijlDivision of MR Research, Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Jinyuan ZhouDivision of MR Research, Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6684-7920
Hye-Young HeoDivision of MR Research, Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7297-2015

Funding

Sleep and Circadian Dysfunction, Brain and Neurobehavioral Development in AutismP50HD103538 · NICHD · HUGO W. MOSER RES INST KENNEDY KRIEGER · PI S. Ali Fatemi, Bradley L Schlaggar · 2020 to 2026
$9.9M
TRD 4: Platforms for multi-modal and multi-scale imaging dataP41EB031771 · NIBIB · HUGO W. MOSER RES INST KENNEDY KRIEGER · PI Hanzhang Lu, Peter CM Van Zijl · 2021 to 2026
$9.9M
Developing Protein-based MRI Biomarkers for Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG069179 · NIA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI ZHOU, JINYUAN · 2020 to 2024
$3.3M
Ultrafast Quantitative pH MRI for Acute Ischemic Stroke PatientsR01NS112242 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI HEO, HYE YOUNG · 2020 to 2024
$1.9M
Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer MR FingerprintingR01EB029974 · NIBIB · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI HEO, HYE YOUNG · 2021 to 2024
$1.4M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG069179NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB031771NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB029974NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD103538NIH HHS P41EB031771NIH HHS R01AG069179NIH HHS R01EB029974NIH HHS R01NS112242NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS112242
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe aim of this study was to develop a saturation transfer MR fingerprinting (ST-MRF) technique using a biophysics model-driven deep learning approach.

methodsA deep learning-based quantitative saturation transfer framework was proposed to estimate water, magnetization transfer contrast, and amide proton transfer (APT) parameters plus B

resultsThe proposed ST-MRF reconstruction network achieved a normalized root mean square error (nRMSE) of 9.3% when tested against numerical phantoms with a signal-to-noise ratio of 46 dB, which outperformed conventional Bloch-McConnell fitting (nRMSE of 15.3%) and dictionary-matching approaches (nRMSE of 19.5%). Synthetic MRI analysis indicated excellent similarity (RMSE = 3.2%) between acquired and synthesized ST-MRF images, demonstrating high in vivo reconstruction accuracy. In healthy human brains, the APT pool size ratios for gray and white matter were 0.16 ± 0.02% and 0.13 ± 0.02%, respectively, and the exchange rates for gray and white matter were 101 ± 25 Hz and 131 ± 27 Hz, respectively. The reconstruction network processed the eight tissue parameter maps in approximately 27 s for ST-MRF data sized at 256 × 256 × 9 × 103.

conclusionThis study highlights the feasibility of the deep learning-based ST-MRF imaging for rapid and accurate quantification of free bulk water, magnetization transfer contrast, APT parameters, and B

Indexed as

BrainImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance ImagingAdultAlgorithmsDeep LearningHumansPhantoms, ImagingProtonsSignal-To-Noise RatioWhite MatterProtonsAPTCESTdeep learningexchange rateMR fingerprinting

Identifiers

PMID40228056
PMCPMC12202735

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.