Saturation transfer MR fingerprinting for magnetization transfer contrast and chemical exchange saturation transfer quantification.

Journal: Magnetic resonance in medicine
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Abstract

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to develop a saturation transfer MR fingerprinting (ST-MRF) technique using a biophysics model-driven deep learning approach.

Authors

  • Munendra Singh
    Division of MR Research, Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
  • Beomgu Kang
    Department of Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea.
  • Sultan Z Mahmud
    Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
  • Peter van Zijl
    Division of MR Research, Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
  • Jinyuan Zhou
    Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Harbin Medical University, Heilongjiang, Harbin 150000, China.
  • Hye-Young Heo
    Division of MR Research, Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA; F.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: hheo1@jhmi.edu.