APT‐weighted MRI: techniques, current neuro applications, and challenging issues

J Zhou, HY Heo, L Knutsson… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Amide proton transfer‐weighted (APTw) imaging is a molecular MRI technique that
generates image contrast based predominantly on the amide protons in mobile cellular …

Magnetization transfer contrast and chemical exchange saturation transfer MRI. Features and analysis of the field-dependent saturation spectrum

PCM Van Zijl, WW Lam, J Xu, L Knutsson, GJ Stanisz - Neuroimage, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Magnetization Transfer Contrast (MTC) and Chemical Exchange Saturation
Transfer (CEST) experiments measure the transfer of magnetization from molecular protons …

Clinical applications of chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) MRI

KM Jones, AC Pollard, MD Pagel - Journal of Magnetic …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has
been developed and employed in multiple clinical imaging research centers worldwide …

Chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST): what is in a name and what isn't?

PCM Van Zijl, NN Yadav - Magnetic resonance in medicine, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
Chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) imaging is a relatively new magnetic
resonance imaging contrast approach in which exogenous or endogenous compounds …

Amide proton transfer imaging of adult diffuse gliomas: correlation with histopathological grades

O Togao, T Yoshiura, J Keupp, A Hiwatashi… - Neuro …, 2014‏ - academic.oup.com
Background Amide proton transfer (APT) imaging is a novel molecular MRI technique to
detect endogenous mobile proteins and peptides through chemical exchange saturation …

Tumor pH and its measurement

X Zhang, Y Lin, RJ Gillies - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2010‏ - jnm.snmjournals.org
Studies over the last few decades have demonstrated that the intracellular pH of solid
tumors is maintained within a range of 7.0–7.2, whereas the extracellular pH is acidic. A low …

Differentiation between glioma and radiation necrosis using molecular magnetic resonance imaging of endogenous proteins and peptides

J Zhou, E Tryggestad, Z Wen, B Lal, T Zhou… - Nature medicine, 2011‏ - nature.com
It remains difficult to distinguish tumor recurrence from radiation necrosis after brain tumor
therapy. Here we show that these lesions can be distinguished using the amide proton …

Nuclear Overhauser enhancement (NOE) imaging in the human brain at 7 T

CK Jones, A Huang, J Xu, RAE Edden, M Schär, J Hua… - Neuroimage, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) is a magnetization transfer (MT) technique to
indirectly detect pools of exchangeable protons through the water signal. CEST MRI has …

Natural D‐glucose as a biodegradable MRI contrast agent for detecting cancer

KWY Chan, MT McMahon, Y Kato, G Liu… - Magnetic resonance …, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Modern imaging technologies such as CT, PET, SPECT, and MRI employ contrast
agents to visualize the tumor microenvironment, providing information on malignancy and …

CEST: from basic principles to applications, challenges and opportunities

E Vinogradov, AD Sherry, RE Lenkinski - Journal of magnetic resonance, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (CEST) offers a new type of contrast for MRI that is
molecule specific. In this approach, a slowly exchanging NMR active nucleus, typically a …