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Magnetisation Transfer Ratio

Magnetisation Transfer Ratio (MTR) is an MRI method that measures the exchange of magnetization between free water protons and protons bound to macromolecules (primarily myelin lipids and proteins). Introduced by Wolff and Balaban in 1989, MTR reflects tissue macromolecular content and is particularly sensitive to myelination, providing a non-invasive estimate of myelin density.

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Magnetisation Transfer Ratio (MTR)
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / neuroimaging
  • Wolff, S. D., & Balaban, R. S. (1989). Magnetization transfer contrast (MTC) and tissue water proton relaxation in vivo. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 10(2), 135–148. · DOI 10.1002/mrm.1910100113
  • Henkelman, R. M., Huang, X., Lago, A., & Stanisz, G. J. (1993). Quantitative interpretation of magnetization transfer. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 29(6), 759–766. · DOI 10.1002/mrm.1910290607
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