Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
662-02-008 ISMRM Abstract

Proton exchange rate (kₑₓ) in CEST MRI as a surrogate imaging marker for hydroxyl radicals validated in a small metabolite

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Mehran Shaghaghi1, Kejia Cai 1,2
1University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, United States of America
2University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, United States of America
Presenting Author: Kejia Cai

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1. Tain RW, Scotti AM, Li W, Zhou XJ, Cai K. Imaging short‐lived reactive oxygen species (ROS) with endogenous contrast MRI. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2018 Jan;47(1):222-9. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmri.25763 [doi]
2. Tain RW, Scotti AM, Cai K. Improving the detection specificity of endogenous MRI for reactive oxygen species (ROS). Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2019 Aug;50(2):583-91. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmri.26629 [doi]
3. Zaiss M, Jin T, Kim SG, Gochberg DF. Theory of chemical exchange saturation transfer MRI in the context of different magnetic fields. NMR in Biomedicine. 2022 Nov;35(11):e4789. https://doi.org/10.1002/nbm.4789 [doi]
4. Shaghaghi M, Cai K. Toward in vivo MRI of the tissue proton exchange rate in humans. Biosensors. 2022 Oct 1;12(10):815. https://doi.org/10.3390/bios12100815 [doi]

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