Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 459-465 , May 2010

Fast volumetric spatial-spectral MR imaging of hyperpolarized 13C-labeled compounds using multiple echo 3D bSSFP

  • William H. Perman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, PO Box 15250, St. Louis, MO 63110-0250, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 314 268 5782; fax: +1 314 268 5782.
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  • Pratip Bhattacharya

      Affiliations

    • Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Section, Pasadena, CA 91105, USA
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  • Jochen Leupold

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Medical Physics, University Hospital Freiburg, Hugstetter Str. 55, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany
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  • Alexander P. Lin

      Affiliations

    • Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Section, Pasadena, CA 91105, USA
    • Rudi Schulte Research Institute, PO Box 3130, Santa Barbara, CA 93130-3130, USA
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  • Kent C. Harris

      Affiliations

    • Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Section, Pasadena, CA 91105, USA
    • A.A. Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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  • Valerie A. Norton

      Affiliations

    • A.A. Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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  • Jan-Bernd Hövener

      Affiliations

    • Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Section, Pasadena, CA 91105, USA
    • A.A. Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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  • Brian D. Ross

      Affiliations

    • Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Section, Pasadena, CA 91105, USA
    • Rudi Schulte Research Institute, PO Box 3130, Santa Barbara, CA 93130-3130, USA

Received 26 March 2009 ,Accepted 6 December 2009.

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☆ This work was supported by the Rudi Schulte Research Institute (RSRI), NIH 1R21 CA118509, NIH/NCI 5R01CA122513-03, TRDRP 16KT-0044, American Heart Association, American Brain Tumor Association, NARSAD: The Mental Healthcare Research Association.

PII: S0730-725X(09)00295-1

doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2009.12.003

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 459-465 , May 2010

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