Respiratory Self-Gating for Free-Breathing Magnetization Transfer MRI of the Abdomen

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abdomen abdominal accurate acknowledge acquisition added adjacent alternative amplitude amplitudes another apparent application applications approaches approximate array artifacts assessment assumed audience authors avoid bandwidth bellows blue body breath breathe breathing calculating carried caudal clearly clinical coil collected combining commands commonly comply consent consistently coverage delay derived deterioration device diagnosis diagram dots duration effectively eliminate encoded encoding enrolled equation evaluate experiment expiration feasibility females fibrosis field foundation free frequency future gating generated gradient grant healthy holding inclusion informed institutional instructed intensity lead least length limit limited liver local magnetization males maps matrix medical motion next northwestern organs original overall patient patients permit pilot position potential principle prior proceeding providing pulse quality radiologists radiology readout reconstructed reconstruction recorded reduce repeated represent representative required requisite resolution respiratory saturation scanning segment segmented selected selective self seven severely slice slices software solutions spatial spinal studies sufficient target though threshold transfer typical useful view volunteer volunteers wish