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    Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Volume 30, Issue 1

    1-248
    July 2009
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Original Research

Automatic glioma characterization from dynamic susceptibility contrast imaging: Brain tumor segmentation using knowledge-based fuzzy clustering†

Kyrre E. Emblem MSc,  Baard Nedregaard MD,  John K. Hald MD, PhD,  Terje Nome MD,  Paulina Due-Tonnessen MD,  Atle Bjornerud PhD, 
  • Pages: 1-10
  • First Published: 25 June 2009

Impact of cerebrospinal fluid contamination on brain metabolites evaluation with 1H-MR spectroscopy: A single voxel study of the cerebellar vermis in patients with degenerative ataxias

Laura Guerrini MD PhD,  Giacomo Belli MS,  Lorenzo Mazzoni MS,  Silvia Foresti MD,  Andrea Ginestroni MD,  Riccardo Della Nave MD, PhD,  Stefano Diciotti PhD,  Mario Mascalchi MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 11-17
  • First Published: 25 June 2009

Inhomogeneous sodium accumulation in the ischemic core in rat focal cerebral ischemia by 23Na MRI

Victor E. Yushmanov PhD,  Alexander Kharlamov MD, PhD,  Boris Yanovski MD,  George LaVerde MD, PhD,  Fernando E. Boada PhD,  Stephen C. Jones PhD, 
  • Pages: 18-24
  • First Published: 25 June 2009

A diffusion tensor imaging group study of the spinal cord in multiple sclerosis patients with and without T2 spinal cord lesions

Wim Van Hecke PhD,  Guy Nagels MD, PhD,  Griet Emonds MSc,  Alexander Leemans PhD,  Jan Sijbers PhD,  Johan Van Goethem MD, PhD,  Paul M. Parizel MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 25-34
  • First Published: 25 June 2009

Contrast-enhanced MRI of carotid atherosclerosis: Dependence on contrast agent

William S. Kerwin PhD,  Xihai Zhao MD,  Chun Yuan PhD,  Thomas S. Hatsukami MD,  Kenneth R. Maravilla MD,  Hunter R. Underhill MD,  Xueqiao Zhao MD, 
  • Pages: 35-40
  • First Published: 25 June 2009

Combining spatial and temporal information to explore function-guide action of acupuncture using fMRI

Peng Liu PhD,  Wei Qin PhD,  Yi Zhang PhD,  Jie Tian PhD,  Lijun Bai PhD,  Guangyu Zhou MS,  Jixin Liu PhD,  Peng Chen MD,  Jianping Dai MD,  Karen M. von Deneen MD,  Yijun Liu PhD, 
  • Pages: 41-46
  • First Published: 25 June 2009

MR study of postnatal development of myocardial structure and left ventricular function

Yin Wu PhD,  Ed X. Wu PhD, 
  • Pages: 47-53
  • First Published: 22 May 2009

Improving computation of cardiovascular relative pressure fields from velocity MRI

Tino Ebbers PhD,  Gunnar Farnebäck PhD, 
  • Pages: 54-61
  • First Published: 25 June 2009

Multicenter validation of the magnetic resonance t2* technique for segmental and global quantification of myocardial iron

Anna Ramazzotti PhD,  Alessia Pepe MD, PhD,  Vincenzo Positano MSc,  Giuseppe Rossi MSc,  Daniele De Marchi RT,  Maria Gabriella Brizi MD,  Antongiulio Luciani MD,  Massimo Midiri MD,  Giuseppina Sallustio MD,  Gianluca Valeri MD,  Vincenzo Caruso MD,  Michele Centra MD,  Paolo Cianciulli MD,  Vincenzo De Sanctis MD,  Aurelio Maggio MD,  Massimo Lombardi MD, 
  • Pages: 62-68
  • First Published: 25 June 2009

Persistent decline in longitudinal and radial strain after coronary microembolization detected on velocity encoded phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging

Demetrius L. Dicks MD,  Marcus Carlsson MD, PhD,  Einar Heiberg PhD,  Alastair Martin PhD,  David Saloner PhD,  Hakan Arheden MD, PhD,  Maythem Saeed DVM, PhD, 
  • Pages: 69-76
  • First Published: 25 June 2009

Three-dimensional analysis of segmental wall shear stress in the aorta by flow-sensitive four-dimensional-MRI

Alex Frydrychowicz MD,  Aurélien F. Stalder MSc,  Maximilian F. Russe,  Jelena Bock MSc,  Simon Bauer MSc,  Andreas Harloff MD,  Alexander Berger,  Mathias Langer MD, MBA,  Jürgen Hennig PhD,  Michael Markl PhD, 
  • Pages: 77-84
  • First Published: 25 June 2009

Study of reproducibility of human arterial plaque reconstruction and its effects on stress analysis based on multispectral in vivo magnetic resonance imaging

Hao Gao MSc,  Quan Long PhD,  Martin Graves PhD,  Jonathan H. Gillard MD,  Zhi-Yong Li PhD, 
  • Pages: 85-93
  • First Published: 25 June 2009

Cine cardiac imaging using black-blood steady-state free precession (BB-SSFP) at 3T

Tamer A. Basha MSE,  El-Sayed H. Ibrahim PhD,  Robert G. Weiss MD,  Nael F. Osman PhD, 
  • Pages: 94-103
  • First Published: 25 June 2009

Quantitative contrast-enhanced perfusion measurements of the human lung using the prebolus approach

Markus Oechsner MS,  Matti Mühlhäusler MS,  Christian O. Ritter MD,  Markus Weininger MD,  Matthias Beissert MD,  Peter M. Jakob PhD,  Meinrad Beer MD,  Dietbert Hahn MD,  Herbert Köstler PhD, 
  • Pages: 104-111
  • First Published: 25 June 2009

MR prediction of postnatal outcomes in left-sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia using right lung signal intensity: Comparison with that using right lung volume

Akihiro Nishie MD,  Tsuyoshi Tajima MD,  Yoshiki Asayama MD,  Kousei Ishigami MD,  Masakazu Hirakawa MD,  Tomohiro Nakayama MD,  Yasuhiro Ushijima MD,  Daisuke Kakihara MD,  Daisuke Okamoto MD,  Takashi Yoshiura MD,  Kouji Masumoto MD,  Tomoaki Taguchi MD,  Kiyomi Tsukimori MD,  Shoji Tokunaga PhD,  Hiroyuki Irie MD,  Kengo Yoshimitsu MD,  Hiroshi Honda MD, 
  • Pages: 112-120
  • First Published: 25 June 2009

Temporal sampling requirements for reference region modeling of DCE-MRI data in human breast cancer

Catherine R. Planey BS,  E. Brian Welch PhD,  Lei Xu PhD,  A. Bapsi Chakravarthy MD,  J. Christopher Gatenby PhD,  Darla Freehardt BS,  Ingrid Mayer MD,  Ingrid Meszeoly MD,  Mark Kelley MD,  Julie Means-Powell MD,  John C. Gore PhD,  Thomas E. Yankeelov PhD, 
  • Pages: 121-134
  • First Published: 25 June 2009

Pilot study of improved lesion characterization in breast MRI using a 3D radial balanced SSFP technique with isotropic resolution and efficient fat-water separation

Catherine J. Moran MS,  Frederick Kelcz MD, PhD,  Youngkyoo Jung PhD,  Ethan K. Brodsky PhD,  Sean B. Fain PhD,  Walter F. Block PhD, 
  • Pages: 135-144
  • First Published: 25 June 2009

Effect of PRESS and STEAM sequences on magnetic resonance spectroscopic liver fat quantification

Gavin Hamilton PhD,  Michael S. Middleton MD, PhD,  Mark Bydder PhD,  Takeshi Yokoo MD, PhD,  Jeffrey B. Schwimmer MD,  Yuko Kono MD, PhD,  Heather M. Patton MD,  Joel E. Lavine MD,  Claude B. Sirlin MD, 
  • Pages: 145-152
  • First Published: 25 June 2009

Added value of diffusion-weighted imaging in the MRI assessment of perilesional tumor recurrence after chemoembolization of hepatocellular carcinomas

Jeong-Sik Yu MD,  Joo Hee Kim MD,  Jae-Joon Chung MD,  Ki Whang Kim MD, 
  • Pages: 153-160
  • First Published: 25 June 2009

Computerized characterization of prostate cancer by fractal analysis in MR images

Dongjiao Lv PhD,  Xuemei Guo MD,  Xiaoying Wang MD,  Jue Zhang PhD,  Jing Fang PhD, 
  • Pages: 161-168
  • First Published: 25 June 2009

MRI-guided cryoablation: In vivo assessment of focal canine prostate cryolesions

Sonal Josan PhD,  Donna M. Bouley DVM, PhD,  Maurice van den Bosch MD, PhD,  Bruce L. Daniel MD,  Kim Butts Pauly PhD, 
  • Pages: 169-176
  • First Published: 25 June 2009

DCE-MRI pixel-by-pixel quantitative curve pattern analysis and its application to osteosarcoma

Jun-Yu Guo PhD,  Wilburn E. Reddick PhD, 
  • Pages: 177-184
  • First Published: 25 June 2009

Automated assessment of whole-body adipose tissue depots from continuously moving bed MRI: A feasibility study

Joel Kullberg PhD,  Lars Johansson PhD,  Håkan Ahlström MD, PhD,  Frederic Courivaud PhD,  Peter Koken MS,  Holger Eggers PhD,  Peter Börnert PhD, 
  • Pages: 185-193
  • First Published: 25 June 2009

SAR and power implications of different RF shimming strategies in the pelvis for 7T MRI

Bob van den Bergen MSc,  Cornelis A.T. van den Berg PhD,  Dennis W.J. Klomp PhD,  Jan J.W. Lagendijk PhD, 
  • Pages: 194-202
  • First Published: 25 June 2009

Improved myelin water quantification using spatially regularized non-negative least squares algorithm

Dosik Hwang PhD,  Yiping P. Du PhD, 
  • Pages: 203-208
  • First Published: 25 June 2009

Technical Notes

Characterization of low-grade gliomas using RGB color maps derived from ADC histograms

Inas S. Khayal BS,  Sarah J. Nelson Dr rer Nat, 
  • Pages: 209-213
  • First Published: 25 June 2009

Time-resolved three-dimensional magnetic resonance digital subtraction angiography without contrast material in the brain: Initial investigation

Masaaki Hori MD,  Nobuyuki Shiraga MD,  Yasushi Watanabe RT,  Shigeki Aoki MD,  Sachiko Isono BS,  Masao Yui MS,  Kuni Ohtomo MD,  Tsutomu Araki MD, 
  • Pages: 214-218
  • First Published: 22 May 2009

Sodium time course using 23Na MRI in reversible focal brain ischemia in the monkey

George C. LaVerde MD, PhD,  Charles A. Jungreis MD,  Edwin Nemoto PhD,  Fernando E. Boada PhD, 
  • Pages: 219-223
  • First Published: 25 June 2009

Reproducibility of dGEMRIC in assessment of hip joint cartilage: A prospective study

Bernd Bittersohl MD,  Harish S. Hosalkar MD, MBMS, FCPS, DNB,  Tanja Haamberg MD,  Young-Jo Kim MD,  Stefan Werlen MD,  Klaus A. Siebenrock MD,  Tallal C. Mamisch MD, 
  • Pages: 224-228
  • First Published: 25 June 2009

Direct MR arthrography of the shoulder at 3 tesla: Optimization of gadolinium concentration

Yao Shang MD,  Zhuo-zhao Zheng MD,  Xuan Li MD, 
  • Pages: 229-235
  • First Published: 25 June 2009

Automated estimation of regional mean transition times and radial velocities from cine magnetic resonance images: Evaluation in normal subjects

Racha El-Berbari PhD,  Nadjia Kachenoura PhD,  Alban Redheuil MD,  Alain Giron PhD,  Elie Mousseaux PhD, MD,  Alain Herment PhD,  Isabelle Bloch PhD,  Frédérique Frouin PhD, 
  • Pages: 236-242
  • First Published: 25 June 2009

High B-value apparent diffusion-weighted images from CURVE-ball DTI

Sharon Peled PhD,  Stephen Whalen BA,  Ferenc A. Jolesz MD,  Alexandra J. Golby MD, 
  • Pages: 243-248
  • First Published: 25 June 2009