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. 2009 Nov;30(5):1163-70.
doi: 10.1002/jmri.21946.

Measurement of R1 dynamics using sliding window-DESPOT

Jessica Schulz  1 , Matthias Korn, Eva C Woenne, Reiner Umathum, Andreas Briel, Arne Hengerer, Wolfhard Semmler, Michael Bock
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Measurement of R1 dynamics using sliding window-DESPOT

Jessica Schulz et al. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2009 Nov.

Abstract

Purpose: To measure longitudinal relaxation rate (R1) changes during contrast agent studies using a driven equilibrium single pulse observation of T1 (DESPOT) method with a sliding window (sw) acquisition.

Materials and methods: A sw-DESPOT technique was implemented that uses several three-dimensional (3D) image data sets to calculate R1 with a temporal resolution of only a single data set. Different sources of systematic errors were studied in simulations, and the technique was tested in a tumor-bearing mouse using an intravascular contrast agent.

Results: Consistent concentration distributions of the CA were calculated with a temporal resolution of 10 s.

Conclusion: Sw-DESPOT offers a precise and fast method to monitor the CA dynamics in 3D volumes.

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