An MR fingerprinting approach for quantitative inhomogeneous magnetization transfer imaging.
Daniel J WestGastao José Lima da CruzRui Pedro A G TeixeiraTorben SchneiderJacques-Donald TournierJoseph V HajnalClaudia PrietoShaihan J MalikPublished in: Magnetic resonance in medicine (2021)
By cycling between multiband and single-band pulses, an entirely MT-mediated fingerprinting method was demonstrated. This proof-of-concept approach can be used to generate semiquantitative maps and quantitatively estimate some macromolecular-specific tissue parameters.