Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
451-02-006 / 451-02-006 ISMRM Abstract

Guanidinium CEST from Double-Step Multi-Pool Lorentzian Fitting Correlates with Creatine Measured by MRS in the Human Brain

Primary: Contrast Mechanisms - CEST / APT / NOE
Secondary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Spectroscopy and spectroscopic imaging
451-02-006 · Advances in Contrast Mechanisms · Tuesday, 12 May, 1:40 PM–3:16 PM · Power Pitch Theatre 1
451-02-006 · Advances in Contrast Mechanisms · Tuesday, 12 May, 1:40 PM–3:16 PM · Power Pitch Theatre 1
Keywords: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Chemical exchange saturation transfer Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Guanidinium Double-Step Multi-Pool Lorentzian Fitting
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Ziyan Wang 1, Huabin Zhang1,2, Jiawen Wang1, Jianpan Huang1,3
1Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
2Medical Imaging Center, Department of Electronic Engineering and Information Science, University of Science and Technology of China, He Fei, China
3Tam Wing Fan Neuroimaging Research Laboratory, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Presenting Author: Ziyan Wang

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