MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT BY NUCLEAR MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER METHOD

The review deals with theoretical aspects of methods of magnetic resonance imaging contrast enhancement based on nuclear magnetization transfer between systems containing free and bound molecules of water in molecular-cellular structures. Two different methods of observation of a nuclear magnetization transfer effects are compared: off resonance irradiation of being investigated object and resonance saturation by means of exposure to it especially organized series of radiofrequency pulses on resonance frequency of free water protons.

Authors: Yu. V. Bogachev, Ya. Yu. Marchenko, A. N. Naumova, V. V. Frolov, Yu. S. Chernenko

Direction: Physics Solid Body and Electronics

Keywords: Nuclear magnetization transfer, off resonance saturation, resonance saturation, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), MRI contrast, binomial pulses

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