For the past forty years, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been one of the most common methods for obtaining volume images of human organs. However, some organs in the human body, such as the lungs, are resistant to these techniques, due to their lack of protons. In 1994, hyperpolarized noble gas MRI was introduced, and today is viewed as the best solution to the MR imaging dilemma. The dif...

Methods A 3D data set containing heart and thoracic vessels was acquired in 8 swine (37-42 kg) using a 1.5T MR-scanner and a breath hold 3D-whole-heart-sequence. An advanced MR-EP-platform (iSuite, Philips Research Hamburg) created auto-registered 3D-models of all cardiac chambers. Two MRI conditional steerable diagnostic and ablation catheters (Vision, Imricor Medical Systems) were inserted vi...

Adjustment of the static magnetic field homogeneity, commonly known as the B0 shimming or simply shimming, is essential for magnetic resonance spectroscopy because it determines the spectral resolution which is critical for reliable metabolite quantification. Inhomogeneities in the B0 field, resulting primarily from susceptibility differences between air and tissue, are scaled with the B0 field...

Tumor detection prior to invasion through the muscularis propria and before lymph node metastases appear offers the best prognosis and permits more limited surgery.2 Anterior or abdominoperineal resection is the standard treatment for rectal tumors, although a greater proportion of resections are now sphincter-saving or involve local excision.3,4 Despite surgical advances, local recurrence rate...

Introduction: High-performance MRI systems demand the use of digitally controlled switching gradient amplifiers (SGAs) that need complex electronic circuits and control algorithms to achieve not only good image quality but also good power efficiency [1-2]. Moreover, the imaging capabilities of clinical MRI system may be improved by the use of gradient insert coils that achieve gradient amplitud...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The endosaccular occlusion by using BPC has been useful in the treatment of intracranial aneurysms, but its limited durability remains a deep-seated drawback. The Matrix² coil, one of the bioactive-coated coils, had been developed to improve this limited durability. To evaluate durability of Matrix² coils after embolization of intracranial aneurysms, we retrospectively co...

Research in pathologies of the brain, heart and kidney have gained immensely from the plethora of studies that have helped shape new methods in magnetic resonance (MR) for characterizing preclinical disease models. Methodical probing into preclinical animal models by MR is invaluable since it allows a careful interpretation and extrapolation of data derived from these models to human disease. I...

Artifacts in magnetic resonance (MR) imaging result from the complex interaction of contemporary imager subsystems, including the main magnet, gradient coils, radiofrequency (RF) transmitter and receiver, and reconstruction algorithm used. An understanding of the sources of artifacts enables optimization of the MR imaging system performance. The increasing clinical use of very high magnetic fie...

SUMMARY Fifteen patients with neuropathic leg pain referable to the lumbosacral plexus or sciatic nerve underwent high-resolution MR neurography. Thirteen of the patients also underwent routine MR imaging of the lumbar segments of the spinal cord before undergoing MR neurography. Using phased-array surface coils, we performed MR neurography with T1-weighted spin-echo and fat-saturated T2-weight...