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Rapid, Quantitative CEST Imaging with MRI Fingerprinting

	April 26, 2019
	Fluorescence
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Rapid, QuantitativeCEST Imaging with MRI Fingerprinting
A recently developed rapid, quantitative and efficient MRI fingerprinting method could make CEST MRI a more quantitative technique.
In this webinar, Dr. Farrar will report on initial applications of this new fingerprinting CEST MRI method. Using stroke and cancer models as examples, he will describe how the technique enables quantitative assessment of changes in underlying tissue parameters through the generation of quantitative exchange rate and exchangeable proton concentration maps.

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