title: Rotating-frame intermolecular double-quantum spin-lattice relaxation T1rho, DQC-weighted magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: In this study, spin-locking techniques were added as a part of intermolecular multiple-quantum experiments, thereby introducing the concept of rotating-frame intermolecular double-quantum spin-lattice relaxation, T(1rho, DQC). A novel magnetic resonance imaging methodology based on intermolecular multiple-quantum coherences is demonstrated on a 7.05-T microimaging scanner. The results clearly reveal that the intermolecular double-quantum coherence T(1rho, DQC)-weighted imaging technique provides an alternative contrast mechanism to conventional imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, and Institute of Atomic and Molecular Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Bingwen
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Dennis W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Zhong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Lian-Pin
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Hwang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013552:Swine; D013623:Tail / Q000033:anatomy & histology