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  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Radiology

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  • Chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) MRI is an emerging technique for noninvasive imaging of local tissue properties like pH and temperature.
  • Routine CEST MRI methods suffer from high specific absorption rates, limited spatial resolution, and image distortions due to long saturation pulses and echo planar imaging (EPI) readouts.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate magnetization transfer (MT) prepared gradient echo (GRE) MRI as an alternative for CEST imaging.
  • To optimize the MT-prepared GRE sequence for improved CEST imaging performance.
  • To demonstrate the feasibility of endogenous amide proton CEST imaging in a preclinical stroke model.

Main Methods:

  • Feasibility was established through numerical simulations and in vitro/in vivo experiments.
  • Sequence optimization involved evaluating parameters such as saturation steps, MT saturation power (B1), GRE readout flip angle (FA), and repetition time (TR).
  • Endogenous amide proton CEST imaging was performed in rats with induced middle cerebral artery occlusion.

Main Results:

  • The MT-prepared GRE sequence was proven feasible and CEST-sensitive.
  • Optimized sequence parameters improved CEST MRI performance.
  • CEST images successfully identified ischemic lesions within 3 hours after middle cerebral artery occlusion in rats.

Conclusions:

  • Magnetization transfer prepared gradient echo MRI is a viable and optimized approach for chemical exchange saturation transfer imaging.
  • This technique overcomes key limitations of conventional CEST MRI, showing potential for translational applications.
  • MT-prepared GRE MRI demonstrates promise for early detection of ischemic lesions in stroke.