MRI Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about MRI, including details on magnetic resonance imaging, neuroimaging, brain tumors.

Volume 2 (2006), Issue 6 (June)

1. MRI and clinical studies of facial and bulbar muscle involvement in MuSK antibody-associated myasthenia gravis.
   Brain, 129: 1481-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Direct MRI detection of neuronal magnetic fields in the brain: theoretical modeling.
   Neuroimage, 31(2): 550-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. A novel quantitative cross-validation of different cortical surface reconstruction algorithms using MRI phantom.
   Neuroimage, 31(2): 572-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Longitudinal stability of MRI for mapping brain change using tensor-based morphometry.
   Neuroimage, 31(2): 627-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. MRI diagnosis of spontaneous uterine rupture of an unscarred uterus.
   Emerg Radiol, 12(4): 186-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Increased number of subcortical hyperintensities on MRI in children and adolescents with Tourette's syndrome, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
   Am J Psychiatry, 163(6): 1106-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Improved anatomic delineation of the antidepressant response to partial sleep deprivation in medial frontal cortex using perfusion-weighted functional MRI.
   Psychiatry Res, 146(3): 213-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. MRI findings and Axis I and II psychiatric disorders after traumatic brain injury: a 30-year retrospective follow-up study.
   Psychiatry Res, 146(3): 263-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. The benefits of aesthetic orthodontic brackets in patients requiring multiple MRI scanning.
   J Orthod, 33(2): 90-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. MRI of menisci repaired with bioabsorbable arrows.
    Skeletal Radiol, 35(7): 515-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Whole-body MRI and PET-CT in the management of cancer patients.
    Eur Radiol, 16(6): 1216-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Lumbar spine MRI in the elite-level female gymnast with low back pain.
    Skeletal Radiol, 35(7): 503-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. The optimal use of contrast agents at high field MRI.
    Eur Radiol, 16(6): 1280-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Primary pleomorphic liposarcoma of bone: MRI findings and review of the literature.
    Skeletal Radiol, 35(7): 536-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Can pacemakers, neurostimulators, leads, or guide wires be MRI safe? Technological concerns and possible resolutions.
    Minim Invasive Ther Allied Technol, 15(2): 114-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Ultrasound imaging and contrast agents: a safe alternative to MRI?
    Minim Invasive Ther Allied Technol, 15(2): 93-100. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. MRI-induced heating of selected thin wire metallic implants-- laboratory and computational studies-- findings and new questions raised.
    Minim Invasive Ther Allied Technol, 15(2): 76-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Safety of MRI-guided vascular interventions.
    Minim Invasive Ther Allied Technol, 15(2): 65-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Intraoperative and interventional MRI: recommendations for a safe environment.
    Minim Invasive Ther Allied Technol, 15(2): 53-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. MRI of combination treatment of embolic stroke in rat with rtPA and atorvastatin.
    J Neurol Sci, 246(1): 139-47. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Multi-nuclear MRS and 19F MRI of 19F-labelled and 10B-enriched p-boronophenylalanine-fructose complex to optimize boron neutron capture therapy: phantom studies at high magnetic fields.
    Phys Med Biol, 51(12): 3141-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Imaging breast adipose and fibroglandular tissue molecular signatures by using hybrid MRI-guided near-infrared spectral tomography.
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 103(23): 8828-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Serial MRI of limbic encephalitis.
    Neuroradiology, 48(6): 380-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Three-dimensional relation of skin markers to lumbar vertebrae of healthy subjects in different postures measured by open MRI.
    Eur Spine J, 15(6): 742-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Open stand-up MRI: a new instrument for positional neuroimaging.
    J Spinal Disord Tech, 19(2): 151-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Measurement of the cervical spinal cord volume on MRI.
    J Spinal Disord Tech, 19(2): 125-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Brains with different degrees of dysplasia show different patterns of neurodegenerative changes following pilocarpine-induced seizures. Histologic evidence of tissue damage correlated with MRI data.
    Neurol Res, 28(4): 453-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Determination of pharmacokinetic parameters in DCE MRI: Consequence of nonlinearity between contrast agent concentration and signal intensity.
    Invest Radiol, 41(6): 536-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Local arterial infusion of superparamagnetic iron oxide particles in hepatocellular carcinoma: A feasibility and 3.0 T MRI study.
    Invest Radiol, 41(6): 527-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. A hybrid region-boundary model for cerebral cortical segmentation in MRI.
    Comput Med Imaging Graph, 30(3): 197-208. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Intermuscular cavernous lymphangioma presenting with overgrowth of fat: MRI findings.
    Comput Med Imaging Graph, 30(3): 209-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Coarctation of the aorta: pre and postoperative evaluation with MRI and MR angiography; correlation with echocardiography and surgery.
    Int J Cardiovasc Imaging, 22(3): 457-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Hepatic metastases of hemangiopericytoma: contrast-enhanced MRI, contrast-enhanced ultrasonography and angiography findings.
    Cancer Imaging, 6: 56-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Manganese-enhanced 3D MRI of established and disrupted synaptic activity in the developing insect brain in vivo.
    J Neurosci Methods. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Solitary pulmonary nodules: association between signal characteristics in dynamic contrast enhanced MRI and tumor angiogenesis.
    Lung Cancer, 53(1): 39-49. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Time course of acute phase in mouse spinal cord injury monitored by ex vivo quantitative MRI.
    Neurobiol Dis, 22(3): 694-701. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. CSF cytology has limited value in the evaluation of patients with ependymoma who have MRI evidence of metastasis.
    Pediatr Blood Cancer, 47(2): 169-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Prenatal detection of microtia by MRI in a fetus with trisomy 22.
    Pediatr Radiol, 36(7): 706-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Effects of growth hormone substitution therapy on cognitive functioning in growth hormone deficient patients: a functional MRI study.
    Neuroendocrinology, 83(1): 12-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Value of diffusion-weighted MRI during carotid angioplasty and stenting.
    Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 32(1): 46-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Dynamics of cerebral edema and the apparent diffusion coefficient of water changes in patients with severe traumatic brain injury. A prospective MRI study.
    Eur Radiol, 16(7): 1501-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. MRI compatible electrodes for the induction of amygdala kindling in rats.
    J Neurosci Methods, 155(1): 72-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Experimental and clinical evaluation of acromioclavicular joint structures with new scan orientations in MRI.
    Eur Radiol, 16(7): 1488-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. CT and MRI findings in KIT-weak or KIT-negative atypical gastrointestinal stromal tumors.
    Eur Radiol, 16(7): 1537-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Quantitative MRI comparison of pulmonary hemodynamics in mustard/senning-repaired patients suffering from transposition of the great arteries and healthy volunteers at rest.
    Eur Radiol, 16(7): 1442-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Atypical MRI findings in Kearns-Sayre syndrome: T2 radial stripes.
    Neuropediatrics, 37(2): 110-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Functional MRI reveals activation of a subcortical network in a 5-year-old girl with genetically confirmed myoclonus-dystonia.
    Neuropediatrics, 37(2): 79-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Leg muscle involvement in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy assessed by MRI.
    J Neurol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Hepatic mesenchymal hamartoma mimicking hemangioma on multiple-phase gadolinium-enhanced MRI.
    J Pediatr Hematol Oncol, 28(5): 322-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Correlative study of iron accumulation in liver, myocardium, and pituitary assessed with MRI in young thalassemic patients.
    J Pediatr Hematol Oncol, 28(5): 311-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Viral nanoparticles donning a paramagnetic coat: conjugation of MRI contrast agents to the MS2 capsid.
    Nano Lett, 6(6): 1160-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Multicenter assessment of reliability of cranial MRI.
    Neurobiol Aging, 27(8): 1051-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Brain lesions on MRI and endogenous sex hormones in elderly men.
    Neurobiol Aging, 27(8): 1137-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Natural course of disc morphology in patients with sciatica: an MRI study using a standardized qualitative classification system.
    Spine, 31(14): 1605-12; discussion 1613. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI of malignant pleural mesothelioma: a feasibility study of noninvasive assessment, therapeutic follow-up, and possible predictor of improved outcome.
    Chest, 129(6): 1570-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. Enhancement of brain tumors in 0.23-T low-field MRI: comparison of edema attenuated inversion recovery (EDAIR) sequences with T1-weighted sequence.
    Acad Radiol, 13(7): 885-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. Mapping anatomical correlations across cerebral cortex (MACACC) using cortical thickness from MRI.
    Neuroimage, 31(3): 993-1003. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. Functional MRI evidence for disparate developmental processes underlying intelligence in boys and girls.
    Neuroimage, 31(3): 1366-79. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Physiological noise reduction for arterial spin labeling functional MRI.
    Neuroimage, 31(3): 1104-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. An automated labeling system for subdividing the human cerebral cortex on MRI scans into gyral based regions of interest.
    Neuroimage, 31(3): 968-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. Accuracy of seed reconstruction in prostate postplanning studied with a CT- and MRI-compatible phantom.
    Radiother Oncol, 79(2): 190-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. T1rho MRI contrast in the human brain: modulation of the longitudinal rotating frame relaxation shutter-speed during an adiabatic RF pulse.
    J Magn Reson, 181(1): 135-47. [Abstract] [Full-text]
63. Rapid MRI method for mapping the longitudinal relaxation time.
    J Magn Reson, 181(1): 98-106. [Abstract] [Full-text]
64. Postmortem imaging of blood and its characteristics using MSCT and MRI.
    Int J Legal Med, 120(4): 233-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
65. Cortical damage in brains of patients with adult-form of myotonic dystrophy type 1 and no or minimal MRI abnormalities.
    J Neurol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
66. MRI protocols for whole-organ assessment of the knee in osteoarthritis.
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage, 14: A95-111. [Abstract] [Full-text]
67. MRI of articular cartilage in OA: novel pulse sequences and compositional/functional markers.
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage, 14: A76-86. [Abstract] [Full-text]
68. MRI and non-cartilaginous structures in knee osteoarthritis.
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage, 14: A87-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
69. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of articular cartilage in knee osteoarthritis (OA): morphological assessment.
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage, 14: A46-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
70. Stereotactic targeting of the ventrointermediate nucleus of the thalamus by direct visualization with high-field MRI.
    Stereotact Funct Neurosurg, 84(1): 19-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
71. Conventional MRI is inadequate to delineate the relationship between the red nucleus and subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson's disease.
    Stereotact Funct Neurosurg, 84(1): 12-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
72. Modification of MRI criteria for multiple sclerosis in patients with clinically isolated syndromes.
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 77(7): 830-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
73. Impact of scar on water-perfusable tissue index in chronic ischemic heart disease: Evaluation with PET and contrast-enhanced MRI.
    Mol Imaging Biol, 8(4): 245-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
74. Mental retadation: a MRI study of 146 Brazilian children.
    Arq Neuropsiquiatr, 64(2): 186-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
75. Inverse correlation between cerebral blood flow measured by continuous arterial spin-labeling (CASL) MRI and neurocognitive function in children with sickle cell anemia (SCA).
    Blood, 108(1): 379-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
76. Avascular bone necrosis of the hip joint after solid organ transplantation in childhood: a clinical and MRI analysis.
    Transplantation, 81(12): 1621-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
77. Accuracy of 3-T MRI using fast spin-echo technique to detect meniscal tears of the knee.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 187(1): 221-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
78. Postmortem radiology of fatal hemorrhage: measurements of cross-sectional areas of major blood vessels and volumes of aorta and spleen on MDCT and volumes of heart chambers on MRI.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 187(1): 209-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
79. High-B-value diffusion-weighted MRI in colorectal cancer.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 187(1): 181-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
80. Acute pulmonary embolism to the subsegmental level: diagnostic accuracy of three MRI techniques compared with 16-MDCT.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 187(1): W7-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
81. Numbering of lumbosacral transitional vertebrae on MRI: role of the iliolumbar ligaments.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 187(1): W59-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
82. 2D cine phase-contrast MRI for volume flow evaluation of the brain-supplying circulation in moyamoya disease.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 187(1): W107-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
83. Opposed-phase MRI for fat quantification in fat-water phantoms with 1H MR spectroscopy to resolve ambiguity of fat or water dominance.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 187(1): W103-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
84. Intraoperative MRI for interventional neurosurgical procedures and tumor resection control in children.
    Childs Nerv Syst, 22(7): 674-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
85. Low field MRI: a review of the literature and our experience in upper extremity imaging.
    Clin Sports Med, 25(3): 591-606, viii. [Abstract] [Full-text]
86. MRI of the postoperative shoulder.
    Clin Sports Med, 25(3): 445-64, vi. [Abstract] [Full-text]
87. Sports-related injuries of the wrist: an approach to MRI interpretation.
    Clin Sports Med, 25(3): 409-32, vi. [Abstract] [Full-text]
88. Sports-related injuries of the elbow: an approach to MRI interpretation.
    Clin Sports Med, 25(3): 387-408, v. [Abstract] [Full-text]
89. Real-time monitoring of radiofrequency ablation of rabbit liver by respiratory-gated quantitative temperature MRI.
    J Magn Reson Imaging, 24(1): 152-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
90. Combined diffusion-weighted and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI for prostate cancer diagnosis--correlation with biopsy and histopathology.
    J Magn Reson Imaging, 24(1): 108-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
91. Achieving plane-wise uniform B1 amplitude in a 3D volume for high-field MRI: a computer simulation study.
    J Magn Reson Imaging, 24(1): 218-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
92. Predicting and monitoring response to chemotherapy by 1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea in subcutaneously implanted 9L glioma using the apparent diffusion coefficient of water and 23Na MRI.
    J Magn Reson Imaging, 24(1): 132-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
93. Proton and sodium MRI assessment of fluid level in calf tissue.
    J Magn Reson Imaging, 24(1): 191-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
94. Comparison between intravenous and intraarterial contrast injections for dynamic 3D MRI of liver tumors in the VX2 rabbit model.
    J Magn Reson Imaging, 24(1): 242-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
95. Advanced approach for intraoperative MRI guidance and potential benefit for neurosurgical applications.
    J Magn Reson Imaging, 24(1): 140-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
96. Obstetric MRI.
    J Magn Reson Imaging, 24(1): 1-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
97. Diagnostic performance of spectroscopic and perfusion MRI for distinction of brain tumors.
    Neurology, 66(12): 1899-906. [Abstract] [Full-text]
98. Blood-oxygen-level-dependent MRI allows metabolic description of tissue at risk in acute stroke patients.
    Stroke, 37(7): 1778-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
99. Brain gray matter changes in migraine patients with T2-visible lesions: a 3-T MRI study.
    Stroke, 37(7): 1765-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
100. Asymmetric sensorineural hearing loss evaluation with T2 FSE-MRI in a public hospital.
     Acta Otolaryngol, 126(7): 705-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
101. General algorithm for automated off-center MRI.
     Magn Reson Med, 56(1): 230-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
102. Chromium(VI) as a novel MRI contrast agent for cerebral white matter: preliminary results in mouse brain in vivo.
     Magn Reson Med, 56(1): 1-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
103. Improved deconvolution of perfusion MRI data in the presence of bolus delay and dispersion.
     Magn Reson Med, 56(1): 146-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
104. Optimizing the intrinsic signal-to-noise ratio of MRI strip detectors.
     Magn Reson Med, 56(1): 157-66. [Abstract] [Full-text]
105. Cellular MRI contrast via coexpression of transferrin receptor and ferritin.
     Magn Reson Med, 56(1): 51-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
106. Histological growth patterns and genotype in oligodendroglial tumours: correlation with MRI features.
     Brain, 129: 1884-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
107. Loss of neuronal integrity: a cause of hypometabolism in patients with traumatic brain injury without MRI abnormality in the chronic stage.
     Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging, 33(7): 817-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
108. Comparison of the diagnostic performance of FDG-PET and VBM-MRI in very mild Alzheimer's disease.
     Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging, 33(7): 801-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
109. Conventional radiography requires a MRI-estimated bone volume loss of 20% to 30% to allow certain detection of bone erosions in rheumatoid arthritis metacarpophalangeal joints.
     Arthritis Res Ther, 8(3): R59. [Abstract] [Full-text]
110. Somatomotor functional MRI in a hypertensive arachnoid cyst.
     Acta Neurochir (Wien), 148(7): 801-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
111. Comprehensive dissection of the medial temporal lobe in AD: measurement of hippocampus, amygdala, entorhinal, perirhinal and parahippocampal cortices using MRI.
     J Neurol, 253(6): 794-800. [Abstract] [Full-text]
112. Non-invasive assessment of kidney oxygenation: a role for BOLD MRI.
     Kidney Int, 70(1): 10-1. [Abstract] [Full-text]
113. MRI lesions after invasive therapy of carotid artery stenosis: a risk-modeling analysis.
     Neurol Res, 28(5): 563-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
114. Intraoperative visualization for resection of gliomas: the role of functional neuronavigation and intraoperative 1.5 T MRI.
     Neurol Res, 28(5): 482-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
115. Topographic patterns of small subcortical infarcts associated with MCA stenosis: a diffusion-weighted MRI study.
     J Neuroimaging, 16(3): 266-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
116. Hematoma size in deep intracerebral hemorrhage and its correlation with dot-like hemosiderin spots on gradient echo T2*-weighted MRI.
     J Neuroimaging, 16(3): 236-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
117. BOLD-MRI for the assessment of renal oxygenation in humans: acute effect of nephrotoxic xenobiotics.
     Kidney Int, 70(1): 144-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
118. Evaluation of intra-renal oxygenation during water diuresis: a time-resolved study using BOLD MRI.
     Kidney Int, 70(1): 139-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
119. Distinct neuromuscular phenotypes in myotonic dystrophy types 1 and 2 : A whole body highfield MRI study.
     J Neurol, 253(6): 753-761. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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