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 4 (2008), Issue 8 (August)

1. Aerosol delivery in ventilated newborn pigs: an MRI evaluation.
   Pediatr Res, 64(2): 159-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Gene expression patterns and tumor uptake of 18F-FDG, 18F-FLT, and 18F-FEC in PET/MRI of an orthotopic mouse xenotransplantation model of pancreatic cancer.
   J Nucl Med, 49(8): 1362-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. PET/MRI dual-modality tumor imaging using arginine-glycine-aspartic (RGD)-conjugated radiolabeled iron oxide nanoparticles.
   J Nucl Med, 49(8): 1371-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Automatic detection of regional heart rejection in USPIO-enhanced MRI.
   IEEE Trans Med Imaging, 27(8): 1095-106. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Semiautomated segmentation of myocardial contours for fast strain analysis in cine displacement-encoded MRI.
   IEEE Trans Med Imaging, 27(8): 1084-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. A new non-invasive method to assess synovitis severity in relation to symptoms and cartilage volume loss in knee osteoarthritis patients using MRI.
   Osteoarthritis Cartilage. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Standardized uptake values of uterine leiomyoma with 18F-FDG PET/CT: variation with age, size, degeneration, and contrast enhancement on MRI.
   Ann Nucl Med, 22(6): 505-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Folate-functionalized polymeric micelle as hepatic carcinoma-targeted, MRI-ultrasensitive delivery system of antitumor drugs.
   Biomed Microdevices, 10(5): 693-700. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Antemortem MRI based STructural Abnormality iNDex (STAND)-scores correlate with postmortem Braak neurofibrillary tangle stage.
   Neuroimage, 42(2): 559-67. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. MRI thermometry: Fast mapping of RF-induced heating along conductive wires.
    Magn Reson Med, 60(2): 457-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. The validity of the face-selective ERP N170 component during simultaneous recording with functional MRI.
    Neuroimage, 42(2): 778-86. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. JNCL patients show marked brain volume alterations on longitudinal MRI in adolescence.
    J Neurol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Small vessel versus large vessel vascular dementia : Risk factors and MRI findings.
    J Neurol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Identification of different heart tissues from MRI C-SENC images using an unsupervised multi-stage fuzzy clustering technique.
    J Magn Reson Imaging, 28(2): 519-26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Intracoronary MR imaging using a 0.014-inch MR imaging-guidewire: toward MRI-guided coronary interventions.
    J Magn Reson Imaging, 28(2): 515-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Diffusion MRI in ischemic epiphysis of the femoral head: an experimental study.
    J Magn Reson Imaging, 28(2): 471-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Transit delay and flow quantification in muscle with continuous arterial spin labeling perfusion-MRI.
    J Magn Reson Imaging, 28(2): 445-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. MRI vs. ultrasound for suspected appendicitis during pregnancy.
    J Magn Reson Imaging, 28(2): 428-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Automatic image-driven segmentation of the ventricles in cardiac cine MRI.
    J Magn Reson Imaging, 28(2): 366-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Comparison of the reproducibility of quantitative cardiac left ventricular assessments in healthy volunteers using different MRI scanners: a multicenter simulation.
    J Magn Reson Imaging, 28(2): 359-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Quantifying cerebral changes in adolescence with MRI and deformation based morphometry.
    J Magn Reson Imaging, 28(2): 320-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. A survey of the potential impact of the European Union Physical Agents Directive (EU PAD) on electromagnetic fields (EMF) on MRI research practice in the United Kingdom.
    J Magn Reson Imaging, 28(2): 486-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Single breath-hold multiarterial dynamic MRI of the liver at 3T using a 3D fat-suppressed keyhole technique.
    J Magn Reson Imaging, 28(2): 396-402. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Characterization of hepatocellular carcinoma and colorectal liver metastasis by means of perfusion MRI.
    J Magn Reson Imaging, 28(2): 390-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. MR susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI) complements conventional contrast enhanced T1 weighted MRI in characterizing brain abnormalities of Sturge-Weber Syndrome.
    J Magn Reson Imaging, 28(2): 300-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Heschl gyrus and its included primary auditory cortex: structural MRI studies in healthy and diseased subjects.
    J Magn Reson Imaging, 28(2): 287-99. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Modified electrocardiograph-triggered black-blood turbo spin-echo technique to improve T1-weighting in contrast-enhanced MRI of atherosclerotic carotid arteries.
    J Magn Reson Imaging, 28(2): 533-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Automatic correction of intensity inhomogeneities improves unsupervised assessment of abdominal fat by MRI.
    J Magn Reson Imaging, 28(2): 403-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Imaging pH using the chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) MRI: Correction of concomitant RF irradiation effects to quantify CEST MRI for chemical exchange rate and pH.
    Magn Reson Med, 60(2): 390-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Convertible manganese contrast for molecular and cellular MRI.
    Magn Reson Med, 60(2): 265-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Quantitative evaluation of oxygenation in venous vessels using T2-Relaxation-Under-Spin-Tagging MRI.
    Magn Reson Med, 60(2): 357-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Evaluation of MR angiography at 7.0 Tesla MRI using birdcage radio frequency coils with end caps.
    Magn Reson Med, 60(2): 330-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Asymmetric quadrature split birdcage coil for hyperpolarized 3He lung MRI at 1.5T.
    Magn Reson Med, 60(2): 431-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. A general framework for experiment design in diffusion MRI and its application in measuring direct tissue-microstructure features.
    Magn Reson Med, 60(2): 439-48. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Relaxation time measurements of bone marrow protons in the calcaneus using a compact MRI system at 0.2 Tesla field strength.
    Magn Reson Med, 60(2): 485-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Baseline blood oxygenation modulates response amplitude: Physiologic basis for intersubject variations in functional MRI signals.
    Magn Reson Med, 60(2): 364-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Evaluation of MRI models in the measurement of CMRO2 and its relationship with CBF.
    Magn Reson Med, 60(2): 380-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Spatial distribution of RF-induced E-fields and implant heating in MRI.
    Magn Reson Med, 60(2): 312-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Quantitative tractography metrics of white matter integrity in diffusion-tensor MRI.
    Neuroimage, 42(2): 568-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Diagnostic accuracy of 99mTc-MIBI-SPECT in the detection of lymph node metastases in patients with carcinoma of the tongue: comparison with computed tomography and MRI.
    Nucl Med Commun, 29(9): 803-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. MRI-based morphometry in children with multiple complex developmental disorder, a phenotypically defined subtype of pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified.
    Psychol Med, 38(9): 1361-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. (1)H-MRS profile in MRI positive- versus MRI negative patients with temporal lobe epilepsy.
    Seizure, 17(6): 490-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Differences in perfusion parameters between upper and lower lumbar vertebral segments with dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE MRI).
    Eur Radiol, 18(9): 1876-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Quantification of left ventricular function and mass in heart transplant recipients using dual-source CT and MRI: initial clinical experience.
    Eur Radiol, 18(9): 1784-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Preliminary characterization of an experimental breast cancer cells brain metastasis mouse model by MRI/MRS.
    MAGMA, 21(4): 237-49. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Are early MRI findings correlated with long-lasting symptoms following whiplash injury? A prospective trial with 1-year follow-up.
    Eur Spine J, 17(8): 996-1005. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Volume and shape in feature space on adaptive FCM in MRI segmentation.
    Ann Biomed Eng, 36(9): 1580-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Hemorrhagic transformation of ischemic brain tissue after t-PA thrombolysis as detected by MRI may be asymptomatic, but impair neurological recovery.
    J Neurol Sci, 272(1): 136-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Ex-vivo cellular MRI with b-SSFP: quantitative benefits of 3 T over 1.5 T.
    MAGMA, 21(4): 251-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Cortical changes in cerebral small vessel diseases: a 3D MRI study of cortical morphology in CADASIL.
    Brain, 131: 2201-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Signal decay due to susceptibility-induced intravoxel dephasing on multiple air-filled cylinders: MRI simulations and experiments.
    MAGMA, 21(4): 261-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Fish consumption and risk of subclinical brain abnormalities on MRI in older adults.
    Neurology, 71(6): 439-46. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Acute impairment of rat renal function by L: -NAME as measured using dynamic MRI.
    MAGMA, 21(4): 291-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Synthesis and Relaxometric Studies of a Dendrimer-Based pH-Responsive MRI Contrast Agent.
    Chemistry, 14(24): 7250-7258. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. MRI-based Visualization of Iron-labeled CD133(+) Human Endothelial Progenitor Cells.
    Biol Trace Elem Res. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. MRI in the classical MM1 and the atypical MV2 subtypes of sporadic CJD: an inter-observer agreement study.
    Eur J Neurol, 15(8): 762-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. Metabolic MRI of myocardial and hepatic triglyceride content in response to nutritional interventions.
    Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care, 11(5): 573-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. Neck muscles' cross-sectional area in adolescents with and without headache - MRI study.
    Eur J Pain, 12(7): 952-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Bone marrow-derived stromal cells home to and remain in the infarcted rat heart but fail to improve function: an in vivo cine-MRI study.
    Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 295(2): H533-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. Diffusion-negative MRI in acute ischemic stroke: a case report.
    Cases J, 1(1): 65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. Triethylenetetramine penta- and hexa-acetamide ligands and their ytterbium complexes as paraCEST contrast agents for MRI.
    Dalton Trans. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. 10B-editing 1H-detection and 19F MRI strategies to optimize boron neutron capture therapy.
    Magn Reson Imaging, 26(7): 987-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
63. 3-T MRI with phased-array coil in local staging of prostatic cancer.
    Acad Radiol, 15(9): 1118-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
64. Use of neuromelanin-sensitive MRI to distinguish schizophrenic and depressive patients and healthy individuals based on signal alterations in the substantia nigra and locus ceruleus.
    Biol Psychiatry, 64(5): 401-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
65. Management of retinoblastoma with proximal optic nerve enhancement on MRI at diagnosis.
    Pediatr Blood Cancer, 51(4): 479-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
66. Contrast-enhanced MRI-guided photodynamic cancer therapy with a pegylated bifunctional polymer conjugate.
    Pharm Res, 25(9): 2002-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
67. Functional MRI study of brain activation alterations in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder after symptom improvement.
    Psychiatry Res, 163(3): 236-47. [Abstract] [Full-text]
68. Development of a solenoid RF coil for animal imaging in 3 T high-magnetic-field MRI.
    Scanning. [Abstract] [Full-text]
69. Tumor-targeted drug delivery and MRI contrast enhancement by chlorotoxin-conjugated iron oxide nanoparticles.
    Nanomed, 3(4): 495-505. [Abstract] [Full-text]
70. MRI in predicting a major clinical response to anti-tumour necrosis factor treatment in ankylosing spondylitis.
    Ann Rheum Dis, 67(9): 1276-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
71. Acceptance test of a commercially available software for automatic image registration of computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and 99mTc-methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI) single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) brain images.
    J Digit Imaging, 21(3): 329-37. [Abstract] [Full-text]
72. Brief report: methods for acquiring structural MRI data in very young children with autism without the use of sedation.
    J Autism Dev Disord, 38(8): 1581-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
73. An MRI study of age-related white and gray matter volume changes in the rhesus monkey.
    Neurobiol Aging, 29(10): 1563-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
74. Clinical assessment techniques for detecting ligament and membrane injuries in the upper cervical spine region--a comparison with MRI results.
    Man Ther, 13(5): 397-403. [Abstract] [Full-text]
75. Why cold water delays the onset of vestibular vertigo--an functional MRI study.
    Eur J Radiol, 67(3): 459-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
76. Potential of dose optimisation in MRI-based PDR brachytherapy of cervix carcinoma.
    Radiother Oncol, 88(2): 217-26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
77. Functional MRI of the brain detects neuropathic pain in experimental spinal cord injury.
    Pain, 138(2): 292-300. [Abstract] [Full-text]
78. Prevalence of bone attrition on knee radiographs and MRI in a community-based cohort.
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage, 16(9): 1005-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
79. 3T MRI: advances in brain imaging.
    Eur J Radiol, 67(3): 415-26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
80. Malignancy assessment of brain tumours with magnetic resonance spectroscopy and dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI.
    Eur J Radiol, 67(3): 427-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
81. Online MRI guidance for healthy tissue sparing in patients with cervical cancer: An IMRT planning study.
    Radiother Oncol, 88(2): 241-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
82. MRI findings of temporomandibular joints with disk perforation.
    Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod, 106(3): 419-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
83. Quantitative analysis of water proton spectral lineshape: a novel source of contrast in MRI.
    Phys Med Biol, 53(17): 4509-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
84. Gradient waveform synthesis for magnetic propulsion using MRI gradient coils.
    Phys Med Biol, 53(17): 4639-49. [Abstract] [Full-text]
85. Two cases of dilated cardiomyopathy with right ventricular wall degeneration demonstrated by late gadolinium enhanced MRI.
    Int J Cardiol, 129(1): e21-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
86. MRI-detected bone marrow edema in early rheumatoid arthritis.
    Nat Clin Pract Rheumatol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
87. 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) scintigraphy for the detection of adrenal and extra-adrenal phaeochromocytomas: CT and MRI correlation.
    Clin Endocrinol (Oxf), 69(2): 181-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
88. Normal pancreatic exocrine function does not exclude MRI/MRCP chronic pancreatitis findings.
    J Clin Gastroenterol, 42(8): 950-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
89. Qualitative comparison of 3-T and 1.5-T MRI in the evaluation of epilepsy.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 191(3): 890-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
90. MRI of cardiac sarcoidosis: basal and subepicardial localization of myocardial lesions and their effect on left ventricular function.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 191(3): 862-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
91. MRI of HAGL lesions: four arthroscopically confirmed cases of false-positive diagnosis.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 191(3): 730-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
92. In vivo trabecular bone morphologic and mechanical relationship using high-resolution 3-T MRI.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 191(3): 721-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
93. Pure ductal carcinoma in situ: a range of MRI features.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 191(3): 689-99. [Abstract] [Full-text]
94. Evaluation of MRI findings after polyacrylamide gel injection for breast augmentation.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 191(3): 677-88. [Abstract] [Full-text]
95. In vitro assessment of a 3D segmentation algorithm based on the belief functions theory in calculating renal volumes by MRI.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 191(3): W127-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
96. Flow-induced permeation of non-occlusive blood clots: an MRI study and modelling.
    Eur Biophys J, 37(7): 1229-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
97. MRI detects therapeutic effects in weanling Niemann-Pick type C mice.
    J Neurosci Res, 86(12): 2802-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
98. Microtesla MRI of the human brain combined with MEG.
    J Magn Reson, 194(1): 115-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
99. Upright positional MRI of the lumbar spine.
    Clin Radiol, 63(9): 1035-48. [Abstract] [Full-text]
100. Solid pseudopapillary carcinoma of the pancreas: differentiation from benign solid pseudopapillary tumour using CT and MRI.
     Clin Radiol, 63(9): 1006-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
101. Improving head growth in preterm infants--a randomised controlled trial II: MRI and developmental outcomes in the first year.
     Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed, 93(5): F342-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
102. Studying connections in the living human brain with diffusion MRI.
     Cortex, 44(8): 936-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
103. Localization of neurosurgically implanted electrodes via photograph-MRI-radiograph coregistration.
     J Neurosci Methods, 174(1): 106-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
104. Executive functions with different motor outputs in somatosensory Go/Nogo tasks: An event-related functional MRI study.
     Brain Res Bull. [Abstract] [Full-text]
105. Temporal MRI assessment of intracerebral hemorrhage in rats.
     Stroke, 39(9): 2596-602. [Abstract] [Full-text]
106. Accuracy and Distortion of Deep Brain Stimulation Electrodes on Postoperative MRI and CT.
     Zentralbl Neurochir, 69(3): 144-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
107. Perivascular spaces--MRI marker of inflammatory activity in the brain?
     Brain, 131: 2332-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
108. Gadofluorine M enhancement allows more sensitive detection of inflammatory CNS lesions than T2-w imaging: a quantitative MRI study.
     Brain, 131: 2341-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
109. Recovery from Welding-Fume-Exposure-Induced MRI T1 Signal Intensities after Cessation of Welding-Fume Exposure in Brains of Cynomolgus Monkeys.
     Inhal Toxicol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
110. Ischemic Findings of T(2)*-Weighted 3-Tesla MRI in Acute Stroke Patients.
     Cerebrovasc Dis, 26(4): 367-375. [Abstract] [Full-text]
111. Recurrent leukoencephalopathy with microhemorrhages: gradient-echo MRI study diagnostic value in CNS primary angiitis.
     Mult Scler, 14(8): 1139-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
112. Phase gradient mapping as an aid in the analysis of object-induced and system-related phase perturbations in MRI.
     Phys Med Biol, 53(18): N349-58. [Abstract] [Full-text]
113. Discrepancies of MRI findings between recumbent and upright positions in atlantoaxial lesion. Report of two cases.
     Eur Spine J, 17: S304-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
114. Founder's lecture of the ISS 2006: borderlands of normal and early pathological findings in MRI of the foot and ankle.
     Skeletal Radiol, 37(10): 875-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
115. Correlation of MRI findings with clinical findings of trochanteric pain syndrome.
     Skeletal Radiol, 37(10): 903-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
116. Prenatal sonographic and MRI findings in a pregnancy complicated by uterine sacculation: case report and review of the literature.
     Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol, 32(4): 582-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
117. Fast joint reconstruction of dynamic R2* and field maps in functional MRI.
     IEEE Trans Med Imaging, 27(9): 1177-88. [Abstract] [Full-text]
118. Treatment of chronic achilles tendinopathy and ruptures with flexor hallucis tendon transfer: clinical outcome and MRI findings.
     Foot Ankle Int, 29(8): 794-802. [Abstract] [Full-text]
119. Decreased hippocampal volume on MRI is associated with increased extracellular glutamate in epilepsy patients.
     Epilepsia, 49(8): 1358-66. [Abstract] [Full-text]
120. Language lateralization in temporal lobe epilepsy using functional MRI and probabilistic tractography.
     Epilepsia, 49(8): 1367-76. [Abstract] [Full-text]
121. Use of preoperative functional MRI to predict verbal memory decline after temporal lobe epilepsy surgery.
     Epilepsia, 49(8): 1377-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
122. Functionalized magnetonanoparticles for MRI diagnosis and localization in epilepsy.
     Epilepsia, 49(8): 1419-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
123. MRI findings in aphasic status epilepticus.
     Epilepsia, 49(8): 1465-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
124. Good surgical outcome in discordant ictal EEG-MRI unilateral mesial temporal sclerosis patients.
     Epilepsia, 49(8): 1324-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
125. Multifunctional yolk-shell nanoparticles: a potential MRI contrast and anticancer agent.
     J Am Chem Soc, 130(35): 11828-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
126. Acute encephalopathy with biphasic seizures and late restricted diffusion on MRI in a Japanese child living in the USA.
     Dev Med Child Neurol, 50(9): 717-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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