PRO-QUEST: a rapid assessment method based on progressive saturation for quantifying exchange rates using saturation times in CEST

To develop a new MRI technique to rapidly measure exchange rates in CEST MRI.A novel pulse sequence for measuring chemical exchange rates through a progressive saturation recovery process, called PRO-QUEST (progressive saturation for quantifying exchange rates using saturation times), has been developed. Using this method, the water magnetization is sampled under non-steady-state conditions, and off-resonance saturation is interleaved with the...