Abstract
The aim of this study is to develop a novel phantom for the evaluation of clinical CEST imaging settings, e.g., B0 and B1 field inhomogeneities, CEST contrast, and post-processing. We made a phantom composed of two slice sections: a grid section for local offset frequency evaluation and a sample section for CEST effect evaluation using different concentrations of an egg white albumin solution. On a 3Tesla MR scanner, a phantom study was performed using CEST imaging; the mean B1 amplitudes were set at 1.2 and 1.9µT, and CEST images with and without B0 corrections were acquired. Next, region of interest (ROI) analysis was performed for each slice. Then, CEST images with and without B0 corrections were compared at each B1 amplitude. The B0 corrected Z-spectrums at each local region in the grid section showed a shifting of the curve bottom to 0ppm. Z-spectrum at B1 = 1.9µT showed a broader curve shape than that at 1.2 µT. Moreover, MTRasym values at 3.5ppm for each albumin sample at B1 = 1.9µT were about two times higher than those at 1.2µT. Our phantom enabled us to evaluate and optimize B0 inhomogeneity and the CEST effect at the B1 amplitude.
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