Vol 7, No 2 (April 25, 2017): Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery (Medical Engineering and Magnetic Resonance Physics special issue)

Original Article

Sensitivity enhancement of traveling wave MRI using free local resonators: an experimental demonstration
Xiaoliang Zhang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2017;
7
(2)
:170-176
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Quantification of regional deformation of the lungs by non-rigid registration of three-dimensional contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging
Jiaxin Shao, Peng Hu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2017;
7
(2)
:177-186
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Design of catheter radio frequency coils using coaxial transmission line resonators for interventional neurovascular MR imaging
Xiaoliang Zhang, Alastair Martin, Caroline Jordan, Prasheel Lillaney, Aaron Losey, Yong Pang, Jeffrey Hu, Mark Wilson, Daniel Cooke, Steven W. Hetts
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2017;
7
(2)
:187-194
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Exploration of highly accelerated magnetic resonance elastography using high-density array coils
John C. Bosshard, Naresh Yallapragada, Mary P. McDougall, Steven M. Wright
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2017;
7
(2)
:195-204
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Image quality assessment of a 1.5T dedicated magnetic resonance-simulator for radiotherapy with a flexible radio frequency coil setting using the standard American College of Radiology magnetic resonance imaging phantom test
Oi Lei Wong, Jing Yuan, Siu Ki Yu, Kin Yin Cheung
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2017;
7
(2)
:205-214
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Prospective cardiac motion self-gating
Fei Han, Stanislas Rapacchi, Peng Hu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2017;
7
(2)
:215-226
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Image interpolation improves the zonal analysis of cartilage T2 relaxation in MRI
Farid Badar, Yang Xia
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2017;
7
(2)
:227-237
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Analysis of phase error effects in multishot diffusion-prepared turbo spin echo imaging
Anh T. Van, Barbara Cervantes, Hendrik Kooijman, Dimitrios C. Karampinos
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2017;
7
(2)
:238-250
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Towards MRI temperature mapping in real time—the proton resonance frequency method with undersampled radial MRI and nonlinear inverse reconstruction
Zhongshuai Zhang, Thomas Michaelis, Jens Frahm
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2017;
7
(2)
:251-258
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Brief Report

Evaluation of MR thermometry with proton resonance frequency method at 7T
Ping Wang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2017;
7
(2)
:259-266
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Whole body MRI of the non-human primate using a clinical 3T scanner: initial experiences
Chun-Xia Li, Xiaodong Zhang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2017;
7
(2)
:267-275
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Letter to the Editor

Implication of pulmonary-systemic flow information in the management of complex presentation of pulmonary arterial hypertension: exploring role of phase contrast MRI technique
Karthik Gadabanahalli, Venkatraman Bhat, Pradeep Kumar, Murali Mohan
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2017;
7
(2)
:276-280
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Disclosure:

This focused issue “Medical Engineering and Magnetic Resonance Physics” was commissioned by the editorial office, Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery without any sponsorship or funding. Weitian Chen and Xiaoliang Zhang served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the focused issue.