Vol 4, No 1 (February 25, 2014): Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery (Parallel and sparse MR imaging: methods and instruments——Part 1)

Editorial

Parallel and sparse MR imaging: methods and instruments—Part 1

Xiaoliang Zhang, Jim X. Ji

PDF Pages: 1-3 Full Text (3343) Open Access

Technical Note

Mitigating transmit B₁ inhomogeneity in the liver at 7T using multispoke parallel transmit RF pulse design

Xiaoping Wu, Sebastian Schmitter, Edward J. Auerbach, Kâmil Uğurbil, Pierre-François Van de Moortele

PDF Pages: 4-10 Full Text (8833) Open Access

Original Article

Quadrature transmit array design using single-feed circularly polarized patch antenna for parallel transmission in MR imaging

Yong Pang, Baiying Yu, Daniel B. Vigneron, Xiaoliang Zhang

PDF Pages: 11-18 Full Text (6928) Open Access

Improving multi-channel compressed sensing MRI with reweighted l₁ minimization

Ching-Hua Chang, Jim X. Ji

PDF Pages: 19-23 Full Text (5410) Open Access

Kinetic and perfusion modeling of hyperpolarized ¹³C pyruvate and urea in cancer with arbitrary RF flip angles

Naeim Bahrami, Christine Leon Swisher, Cornelius Von Morze, Daniel B. Vigneron, Peder E. Z. Larson

PDF Pages: 24-32 Full Text (4174) Open Access

Parallel imaging performance investigation of an 8-channel common-mode differential-mode (CMDM) planar array for 7T MRI

Xiaoqing Hu, Xiao Chen, Xin Liu, Hairong Zheng, Ye Li, Xiaoliang Zhang

PDF Pages: 33-42 Full Text (5105) Open Access

In vivo evaluation of optic nerve aging in adult rhesus monkey by diffusion tensor imaging

Yumei Yan, Longchuan Li, Todd M. Preuss, Xiaoping Hu, James G. Herndon, Xiaodong Zhang

PDF Pages: 43-49 Full Text (6496) Open Access

Design and numerical evaluation of a volume coil array for parallel MR imaging at ultrahigh fields

Yong Pang, Ernest W.H. Wong, Baiying Yu, Xiaoliang Zhang

PDF Pages: 50-56 Full Text (6992) Open Access

Accelerated MRI with CIRcular Cartesian UnderSampling (CIRCUS): a variable density Cartesian sampling strategy for compressed sensing and parallel imaging

Jing Liu, David Saloner

PDF Pages: 57-67 Full Text (8166) Open Access

Disclosure:

This focused issue “Parallel and sparse MR imaging: methods and instruments” was commissioned by the editorial office, Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery without any sponsorship or funding. Xiaoliang Zhang and Jim X. Ji served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the focused issue.