Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
451-02-008 / 451-02-008 ISMRM Abstract

Characterizing Metabolic and Compositional Heterogeneity of Calf Muscle using CEST MRI at 3 T

Primary: Contrast Mechanisms - CEST / APT / NOE
Secondary: Musculoskeletal - Muscle
451-02-008 · Advances in Contrast Mechanisms · Tuesday, 12 May, 1:40 PM–3:16 PM · Power Pitch Theatre 1
451-02-008 · Advances in Contrast Mechanisms · Tuesday, 12 May, 1:40 PM–3:16 PM · Power Pitch Theatre 1
Keywords: Human calf muscle CEST MRI Double-Step Multi-Pool Lorentzian Fitting
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Huabin Zhang1,2, Kangli Pi1, Ziyan Wang 1, Fan Huang1, Juan Wei3, Patrick Liebig4, Yi Zhang5, Varut Vardhanabhuti1, Jianpan Huang1,6
1Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2Medical Imaging Center, Department of Electronic Engineering and Information Science, University of Science and Technology of China(USTC), Hefei, China
3MR Collaborations, Siemens Healthineers Ltd., Beijing, China
4MR Advanced Systems, Siemens Healthineers AG, Erlangen, Germany
5Key Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
6Tam 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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