Clinical routine acquisition protocol for 3D relaxation‐compensated APT and rNOE CEST‐MRI of the human brain at 3T

Purpose The value of relaxation‐compensated amide proton transfer (APT) and relayed nuclear Overhauser effect (rNOE) chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST)‐MRI has already been demonstrated in various neuro‐oncological clinical applications. Recently, we translated the approach from 7T to a clinically relevant magnetic field strength of 3T. However, the overall acquisition time was still too long for a broad application in the clinical...