PURPOSE To present a method for estimating the local arterial input function (AIF) within a dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI scan, based on the alternating minimization with model (AMM) method. MATERIALS AND METHODS This method clusters a subset of data into representative curves, which are then input to the AMM algorithm to return a parameterized AIF and pharmacokinetic parameters. Computer sim...

We report 27Al NMR and magnetic susceptibility measurements of Zr and ZrHf-based bulk metallic glasses (BMGs). 27Al NMR Knight shift shows that there exists a clear correlation between the local electronic properties at Al sites and mechanical properties. In addition, magnetic susceptibility measurements also provide clues on the influence of the electronic states, especially the strong influen...

Flexible biphenyls have been applied as efficient and practical chiroptical probes for absolute configuration assignment to chiral primary amines. The mechanism of the central-to-axial chirality transfer from the amine moiety to the conformationally flexible biphenyl system has been determined by NMR and computational studies. This allowed proposing a general non-empirical rule in order to esta...

primary breast sarcoma is a rare disease of the breast that comprises a heterogeneous group of malignant mesenchymal neoplasms, including angiosarcoma, liposarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, fibrosarcoma, sarcomas with bone and cartilage, and malignant fibrous histiocytoma. yet the exact incidence of primary breast sarcoma has not been reported, but it approximately accounts for less than 1% of all breas...

Taking advantage of the high NMR detection sensitivity and the large chemical shift dispersion offered by ultra-high field strength of 7 T, the effect of magnetization transfer on inorganic phosphate (Pi) resonance during saturation of gamma-ATP resonance, mediated by the ATP synthesis reaction, was observed noninvasively in the human primary visual cortex by using in vivo 31P magnetic resonanc...

BACKGROUND This study presents magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of both the anterior and posterior types of persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous (PHPV) to facilitate the differential diagnosis from other intraocular abnormalities. METHODS Seventeen patients with PHPV who were evaluated using non-contrast and contrast-enhanced T1- and T2-weighted images were retrospectively review...

OBJECTIVE To describe the clinical, neurophysiological, and MRI findings in 10 patients with primary lateral sclerosis (PLS). RESULTS The course of the disease was very slowly progressive. Spasticity due to upper motor neuron dysfunction was the most prominent sign, but EMG showed slight lower motor neuron signs, such as a mixed pattern on maximal voluntary contraction and enlarged motor unit...

An abnormal opacity was found incidentally on chest radiography in a 19-year-old Japanese man with lumbago. Chest computed tomography (CT) revealed a 55 x 40 mm well-defined mass with smooth margins in the lower lobe of the right lung (S6). Contrast-enhanced dynamic CT showed that the lesion was not enhanced, suggesting a cystic lesion, such as a bronchogenic cyst. However, contrast-enhanced dy...