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Title: Magnetization transfer imaging using non‐balanced SSFP at ultra‐low field.
Authors: Balaji, Sharada1 (AUTHOR) sbalaji@phas.ubc.ca, Wiley, Neale1 (AUTHOR), Dvorak, Adam1 (AUTHOR), Padormo, Francesco2 (AUTHOR), Teixiera, Rui P. A. G.2 (AUTHOR), Poorman, Megan E.2 (AUTHOR), MacKay, Alex1,3 (AUTHOR), Wood, Tobias4 (AUTHOR), Cassidy, Adam R.5,6 (AUTHOR), Traboulsee, Anthony7 (AUTHOR), Li, David K. B.3 (AUTHOR), Vavasour, Irene3,8 (AUTHOR), Williams, Steven C. R.4 (AUTHOR), Deoni, Sean C. L.9 (AUTHOR), Ljungberg, Emil4,10 (AUTHOR), Kolind, Shannon H.1,3,7,8 (AUTHOR)
Source: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Aug2025, Vol. 94 Issue 2, p602-614. 13p.
Subjects: Medical care, Magnetization transfer, White matter (Nerve tissue), Multiple sclerosis, Therapeutics
Abstract: Purpose: Ultra‐low field MRI scanners have the potential to improve health care delivery, both through improved access in areas where there are few MRI scanners and allowing more frequent monitoring of disease progression and treatment response. This may be particularly true in white matter disorders, including leukodystrophies and multiple sclerosis, in which frequent myelin‐sensitive imaging, such as magnetization transfer (MT) imaging, might improve clinical care and patient outcomes. Methods: We implemented an on‐resonance approach to MT imaging on a commercial point‐of‐care 64 mT scanner using a non‐balanced steady‐state free precession sequence. Phantom and in vivo experiments were used to evaluate and optimize the sequence sensitivity and reproducibility, and to demonstrate in vivo performance and inter‐site reproducibility. Results: From phantom experiments, T1 and T2 effects were determined to have a negligible effect on the differential MT weighting. MT ratio (MTR) values in white matter were 23.1 ± 1.0% from 10 healthy volunteers, with an average reproducibility coefficient of variation of 1.04%. Normal‐appearing white matter MTR values in a multiple sclerosis participant (21.5 ± 6.2%) were lower, but with a similar spread of values, compared to an age‐matched healthy volunteer (23.3 ± 6.2%). Conclusion: An on‐resonance MT imaging approach was developed at 64 mT that can be performed in as little as 4 min. A semi‐quantitative myelin‐sensitive imaging biomarker at this field strength is available for assessing both myelination and demyelination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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