Making the invisible visible—ultrashort echo time magnetic resonance imaging: technical developments and applications

Y Ma, H Jang, S Jerban, EY Chang, CB Chung… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) uses a large magnetic field and radio waves to generate
images of tissues in the body. Conventional MRI techniques have been developed to image …

Ultrashort echo time magnetic resonance imaging techniques: met and unmet needs in musculoskeletal imaging

AM Afsahi, Y Ma, H Jang, S Jerban… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This review article summarizes recent technical developments in ultrashort echo time (UTE)
magnetic resonance imaging of musculoskeletal (MSK) tissues with short‐T2 relaxation …

Magnetic resonance imaging of hard tissues and hard tissue engineered bio-substitutes

S Mastrogiacomo, W Dou, JA Jansen… - Molecular imaging and …, 2019 - Springer
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a non-invasive diagnostic imaging tool based on the
detection of protons into the tissues. This imaging technique is remarkable because of high …

Myelin imaging in human brain using a short repetition time adiabatic inversion recovery prepared ultrashort echo time (STAIR-UTE) MRI sequence in multiple …

YJ Ma, H Jang, Z Wei, Z Cai, Y Xue, RR Lee, EY Chang… - Radiology, 2020 - pubs.rsna.org
Background Water signal contamination is a major challenge for direct ultrashort echo time
(UTE) imaging of myelin in vivo because water contributes most of the signals detected in …

Accurate T1 map** of short T2 tissues using a three‐dimensional ultrashort echo time cones actual flip angle imaging‐variable repetition time (3D UTE‐Cones AFI …

YJ Ma, X Lu, M Carl, Y Zhu… - Magnetic resonance …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To develop an accurate T1 measurement method for short T2 tissues using a
combination of a 3‐dimensional ultrashort echo time cones actual flip angle imaging …

Short-T2 MRI: Principles and recent advances

M Weiger, KP Pruessmann - Progress in nuclear magnetic resonance …, 2019 - Elsevier
Among current modalities of biomedical and diagnostic imaging, MRI stands out by virtue of
its versatile contrast obtained without ionizing radiation. However, in various cases, eg …

Whole-brain myelin imaging using 3D double-echo sliding inversion recovery ultrashort echo time (DESIRE UTE) MRI

YJ Ma, AC Searleman, H Jang, J Wong, EY Chang… - Radiology, 2020 - pubs.rsna.org
Background Signal contamination from long T2 water is a major challenge in direct imaging
of myelin with MRI. Nulling of the unwanted long T2 signals can be achieved with an …

Whole knee joint T1 values measured in vivo at 3T by combined 3D ultrashort echo time cones actual flip angle and variable flip angle methods

YJ Ma, W Zhao, L Wan, T Guo… - Magnetic resonance …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To measure T1 relaxations for the major tissues in whole knee joints on a clinical
3T scanner. Methods The 3D UTE‐Cones actual flip angle imaging (AFI) method was used …

Protein aggregation linked to Alzheimer's disease revealed by saturation transfer MRI

L Chen, Z Wei, KWY Chan, S Cai, G Liu, H Lu… - Neuroimage, 2019 - Elsevier
The goal of this study was to develop a molecular biomarker for the detection of protein
aggregation involved in Alzheimer's disease (AD) by exploiting the features of the water …

3D adiabatic T prepared ultrashort echo time cones sequence for whole knee imaging

YJ Ma, M Carl, A Searleman, X Lu… - Magnetic resonance …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To develop a 3D adiabatic T1ρ prepared ultrashort echo time cones (3D AdiabT1ρ
UTE‐Cones) sequence for whole knee imaging on a clinical 3T scanner. Methods A train of …