TY  - JOUR
A1  - Herzwurm, Georg
A1  - Krams, Benedikt
A1  - Pietsch, Wolfram
A1  - Schockert, Sixten
T1  - Report from the 3rd international workshop on requirements prioritization for customer oriented software development (RePriCo’12)
JF  - ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes
N2  - Prioritization is an essential task within requirements engineering to cope with complexity and to establish focus properly. The 3rd Workshop on Requirements Prioritization for customer oriented Software Development (RePriCo’12) focused on requirements prioritization and adjacent themes in the context of customer oriented development of bespoke and standard software. Five submissions have been accepted for the proceedings and for presentation. The report summarizes and points out key findings.
KW  - Requirements relations
KW  - Discourse ethics
KW  - Tool support
KW  - Consensus
KW  - Requirements prioritization
Y1  - 2012
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2237796.2237817
SN  - 0163-5948
VL  - 37
IS  - 4
SP  - 32
EP  - 34
PB  - Association for Computing Machinery
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Czarnecki, Christian
A1  - Spiliopoulou, Myra
T1  - A holistic framework for the implementation of a next generation network
JF  - International Journal of Business Information Systems
N2  - As the potential of a next generation network (NGN) is recognised, telecommunication companies consider switching to it. Although the implementation of an NGN seems to be merely a modification of the network infrastructure, it may trigger or require changes in the whole company, because it builds upon the separation between service and transport, a flexible bundling of services to products and the streamlining of the IT infrastructure. We propose a holistic framework, structured into the layers ‘strategy’, ‘processes’ and ‘information systems’ and incorporate into each layer all concepts necessary for the implementation of an NGN, as well as the alignment of these concepts. As a first proof-of-concept for our framework we have performed a case study on the introduction of NGN in a large telecommunication company; we show that our framework captures all topics that are affected by an NGN implementation.
KW  - next generation network
KW  - telecommunication
KW  - NGN
KW  - IP-based networks
KW  - product bundling
Y1  - 2012
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJBIS.2012.046291
SN  - 1746-0972
VL  - 9
IS  - 4
SP  - 385
EP  - 401
PB  - Inderscience Enterprises
CY  - Olney, Bucks
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Loeb, Horst Wolfgang
A1  - Schartner, Karl-Heinz
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Ohndorf, Andreas
A1  - Seboldt, Wolfgang
T1  - Interstellar heliopause probe
JF  - Труды МАИ
N2  - There is common agreement within the scientific community that in order to understand our local galactic environment it will be necessary to send a spacecraft into the region beyond the solar wind termination shock. Considering distances of 200 AU for a new mission, one needs a spacecraft traveling at a speed of close to 10 AU/yr in order to keep the mission duration in the range of less than 25 yrs, a transfer time postulated by European Space Agency (ESA). Two propulsion options for the mission have been proposed and discussed so far: the solar sail propulsion and the ballistic/radioisotope-electric propulsion (REP). As a further alternative, we here investigate a combination of solar-electric propulsion (SEP) and REP. The SEP stage consists of six 22-cms diameter RIT-22 ion thrusters working with a high specific impulse of 7377 s corresponding to a positive grid voltage of 5 kV. Solar power of 53 kW at begin of mission (BOM) is provided by a lightweight solar array.
Y1  - 2012
IS  - 60
SP  - 2
EP  - 2
PB  - Moskauer Staatliches Luftfahrtinstitut (МАИ)
CY  - Moskau
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Mansurov, Z.
A1  - Digel, Ilya
A1  - Biisenbaev, M.
A1  - Savistkaya, I.
A1  - Kistaubaeva, A.
A1  - Akimbekov, N.
A1  - Zhubanova, A.
T1  - Bio-composite material on the basis of carbonized rice husk in biomedicine and environmental applications
JF  - Eurasian Chemico-Technological Journal
Y1  - 2012
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.18321/ectj105
SN  - 2522-4867
VL  - 14
IS  - 2
SP  - 115
EP  - 131
PB  - Institute of Combustion Problems
CY  - Almaty
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Lempiäinen, Harri
A1  - Couttet, Philippe
A1  - Bolognani, Federico
A1  - Müller, Arne
A1  - Dubost, Valérie
A1  - Luisier, Raphaëlle
A1  - Rio-Espinola, Alberto del
A1  - Vitry, Veronique
A1  - Unterberger, Elif B.
A1  - Thomson, John P.
A1  - Treindl, Fridolin
A1  - Metzger, Ute
A1  - Wrzodek, Clemens
A1  - Hahne, Florian
A1  - Zollinger, Tulipan
A1  - Brasa, Sarah
A1  - Kalteis, Magdalena
A1  - Marcellin, Magali
A1  - Giudicelli, Fanny
A1  - Braeuning, Albert
A1  - Morawiec, Laurent
A1  - Zamurovic, Natasa
A1  - Längle, Ulrich
A1  - Scheer, Nico
A1  - Schübeler, Dirk
A1  - Goodman, Jay
A1  - Chibout, Salah-Dine
A1  - Marlowe, Jennifer
A1  - Theil, Dietlinde
A1  - Heard, David J.
A1  - Grenet, Olivier
A1  - Zell, Andreas
A1  - Templin, Markus F.
A1  - Meehan, Richard R.
A1  - Wolf, Roland C.
A1  - Elcombe, Clifford R.
A1  - Schwarz, Michael
A1  - Moulin, Pierre
A1  - Terranova, Rémi
A1  - Moggs, Jonathan G.
T1  - Identification of Dlk1-Dio3 imprinted gene cluster non-coding RNAs as novel candidate biomarkers for liver tumor promotion
JF  - Toxicological Sciences
N2  - The molecular events during nongenotoxic carcinogenesis and their temporal order are poorly understood but thought to include long-lasting perturbations of gene expression. Here, we have investigated the temporal sequence of molecular and pathological perturbations at early stages of phenobarbital (PB) mediated liver tumor promotion in vivo. Molecular profiling (mRNA, microRNA [miRNA], DNA methylation, and proteins) of mouse liver during 13 weeks of PB treatment revealed progressive increases in hepatic expression of long noncoding RNAs and miRNAs originating from the Dlk1-Dio3 imprinted gene cluster, a locus that has recently been associated with stem cell pluripotency in mice and various neoplasms in humans. PB induction of the Dlk1-Dio3 cluster noncoding RNA (ncRNA) Meg3 was localized to glutamine synthetase-positive hypertrophic perivenous hepatocytes, sug- gesting a role for β-catenin signaling in the dysregulation of Dlk1-Dio3 ncRNAs. The carcinogenic relevance of Dlk1-Dio3 locus ncRNA induction was further supported by in vivo genetic dependence on constitutive androstane receptor and β-catenin pathways. Our data identify Dlk1-Dio3 ncRNAs as novel candidate early biomarkers for mouse liver tumor promotion and provide new opportunities for assessing the carcinogenic potential of novel compounds.
Y1  - 2012
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/toxsci/kfs303
SN  - 1094-2025
VL  - 131
IS  - 2
SP  - 375
EP  - 386
PB  - Oxford University Press
CY  - Oxford
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Scheer, Nico
A1  - Kapelyukh, Yury
A1  - McEwan, Jillian
A1  - Beuger, Vincent
A1  - Stanley, Lesley A.
A1  - Rode, Anja
A1  - Wolf, C. Roland
T1  - Modeling Human Cytochrome P450 2D6 Metabolism and Drug-drug Interaction by a Novel Panel of Knockout and Humanized Mouse Lines
JF  - Molecular Pharmacology
N2  - The highly polymorphic human cytochrome P450 2D6 enzyme is involved in the metabolism of up to 25% of all marketed drugs and accounts for significant individual differences in response to CYP2D6 substrates. Because of the differences in the multiplicity and substrate specificity of CYP2D family members among species, it is difficult to predict pathways of human CYP2D6-dependent drug metabolism on the basis of animal studies. To create animal models that reflect the human situation more closely and that allow an in vivo assessment of the consequences of differential CYP2D6 drug metabolism, we have developed a novel straightforward approach to delete the entire murine Cyp2d gene cluster and replace it with allelic variants of human CYP2D6. By using this approach, we have generated mouse lines expressing the two frequent human protein isoforms CYP2D6.1 and CYP2D6.2 and an as yet undescribed variant of this enzyme, as well as a Cyp2d cluster knockout mouse. We demonstrate that the various transgenic mouse lines cover a wide spectrum of different human CYP2D6 metabolizer phenotypes. The novel humanization strategy described here provides a robust approach for the expression of different CYP2D6 allelic variants in transgenic mice and thus can help to evaluate potential CYP2D6-dependent interindividual differences in drug response in the context of personalized medicine.
Y1  - 2012
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1124/mol.111.075192
SN  - 1521-0111
VL  - 81
IS  - 1
SP  - 63
EP  - 72
PB  - ASPET
CY  - Bethesda, Md.
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Scheer, Nico
A1  - Kapelyukh, Yury
A1  - Rode, Anja
A1  - Buechel, Sandra
A1  - Wolf, C. Roland
T1  - Generation and characterization of novel cytochrome P450 Cyp2c gene cluster knockout and CYP2C9 humanized mouse lines
JF  - Molecular Pharmacology
N2  - Compared with rodents and many other animal species, the human cytochrome P450 (P450) Cyp2c gene cluster varies significantly in the multiplicity of functional genes and in the substrate specificity of its enzymes. As a consequence, the use of wild-type animal models to predict the role of human CYP2C enzymes in drug metabolism and drug-drug interactions is limited. Within the human CYP2C cluster CYP2C9 is of particular importance, because it is one of the most abundant P450 enzymes in human liver, and it is involved in the metabolism of a wide variety of important drugs and environmental chemicals. To investigate the in vivo functions of cytochrome P450 Cyp2c genes and to establish a model for studying the functions of CYP2C9 in vivo, we have generated a mouse model with a deletion of the murine Cyp2c gene cluster and a corresponding humanized model expressing CYP2C9 specifically in the liver. Despite the high number of functional genes in the mouse Cyp2c cluster and the reported roles of some of these proteins in different biological processes, mice deleted for Cyp2c genes were viable and fertile but showed certain phenotypic alterations in the liver. The expression of CYP2C9 in the liver also resulted in viable animals active in the metabolism and disposition of a number of CYP2C9 substrates. These mouse lines provide a powerful tool for studying the role of Cyp2c genes and of CYP2C9 in particular in drug disposition and as a factor in drug-drug interaction.
Y1  - 2012
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1124/mol.112.080036
SN  - 1521-0111
VL  - 82
IS  - 6
SP  - 1022
EP  - 1029
PB  - ASPET
CY  - Bethesda, Md.
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Scheer, Nico
A1  - Balimane, Praveen
A1  - Hayward, Michael D.
A1  - Buechel, Sandra
A1  - Kauselmann, Gunther
A1  - Wolf, C. Roland
T1  - Generation and Characterization of a Novel Multidrug Resistance Protein 2 Humanized Mouse Line
JF  - Drug Metabolism and Disposition
N2  - The multidrug resistance protein (MRP) 2 is predominantly expressed in liver, intestine, and kidney, where it plays an important role in the excretion of a range of drugs and their metabolites or endogenous compounds into bile, feces, and urine. Mrp knockout [Mrp2(−/−)] mice have been used recently to study the role of MRP2 in drug disposition. Here, we describe the first generation and initial characterization of a mouse line humanized for MRP2 (huMRP2), which is nulled for the mouse Mrp2 gene and expresses the human transporter in the organs and cell types where MRP2 is normally expressed. Analysis of the mRNA expression for selected cytochrome P450 and transporter genes revealed no major changes in huMRP2 mice compared with wild-type controls. We show that human MRP2 is able to compensate functionally for the loss of the mouse transporter as demonstrated by comparable bilirubin levels in the humanized mice and wild-type controls, in contrast to the hyperbilirubinemia phenotype that is observed in MRP2(−/−) mice. The huMRP2 mouse provides a model to study the role of the human transporter in drug disposition and in assessing the in vivo consequences of inhibiting this transporter by compounds interacting with human MRP2.
Y1  - 2012
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1124/dmd.112.047605
SN  - 1521-0111
VL  - 40
IS  - 11
SP  - 2212
EP  - 2218
PB  - ASPET
CY  - Bethesda, Md.
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kroll-Ludwigs, Kathrin
T1  - Ein optionales Vertragsrecht für Europa: Motor oder Hemmnis für den Binnenmarkt?
JF  - GPR : Zeitschrift für Gemeinschaftsprivatrecht
Y1  - 2018
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/gpr.2012.9.4.181
SN  - 2193-9519
VL  - 9
IS  - 4
SP  - 181
EP  - 188
PB  - Verlag Dr. Otto Schmidt
CY  - Köln
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Chludek, Astrid
A1  - Tran, Duc Hung
T1  - Der Reformvorschlag des IAS 12 gem. ED/2009/2 - Ein Plädoyer für die Einführung der valuation allowance
JF  - KoR Zeitschrift für kapitalmarktorientierte Rechnungslegung
Y1  - 2018
SN  - 1617-8084
IS  - 1
SP  - 4
EP  - 8
PB  - Fachmedien Otto Schmidt
CY  - Düsseldorf
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Olbertz, Klaus
A1  - Fahrig, Stephan
T1  - Offshoring als Betriebs(teil)übergang gemäß § 613a BGB
JF  - ZIP Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht
Y1  - 2018
SN  - 0723-9416
N1  - gedruckt in der Bereichsbibliothek Eupener Str. unter der Signatur 43 Z 548 vorhanden
IS  - 42
SP  - 2045
PB  - Verlag Dr. Otto Schmidt
CY  - Köln
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Olbertz, Klaus
T1  - Übergang von Leiharbeitnehmern bei Übertragung des Entleiherbetriebs - Entscheidung des EuGH zum Recht des Betriebsübergangs
JF  - NWB - Steuer- und Wirtschaftsrecht
N2  - Wieder einmal hat eine Entscheidung des Europäischen Gerichtshofs (EuGH) das bisherige nationale Verständnis zu einer Frage des Rechts des Betriebsübergangs erheblich ins Wanken gebracht. Bisher entsprach es allgemeiner Auffassung, dass die Arbeitsverhältnisse von Zeit- bzw. Leiharbeitnehmern bei einem Betriebs(teil)übergang des die Leiharbeitnehmer entleihenden Betriebs nicht auf den Betriebserwerber übergehen. Der EuGH hat in der Rechtssache Albron Catering mit Urteil vom 21.10.2010 jedoch entschieden, dass auch Leiharbeitnehmer von einem Betriebs(teil)übergang erfasst sein können. Folglich kann der Erwerber eines Betriebs oder Betriebsteils gem. § 613a BGB zukünftig verpflichtet sein, auch die an den Betriebsveräußerer verliehenen Leiharbeitnehmer zu übernehmen. Die Entscheidung des EuGH hat somit zur Konsequenz, dass der Übergang von Leiharbeitsverhältnissen auf den Erwerber eines Betriebs jedenfalls nicht mehr pauschal ausgeschlossen werden kann. Dies gilt es bei künftigen Betriebs(teil)übertragungen zu berücksichtigen, um unliebsame Überraschungen zu vermeiden.
Y1  - 2018
SN  - 1860-9449
IS  - 5
SP  - 398
EP  - 403
PB  - NWB-Verlag
CY  - Herne
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Becker, Jörg
A1  - Delfmann, Patrick
A1  - Eggert, Mathias
A1  - Schwittay, Sebastian
T1  - Generalizability and Applicability of Model-Based Business Process Compliance-Checking Approaches — A State-of-the-Art Analysis and Research Roadmap
JF  - Business Research : BuR
N2  - With a steady increase of regulatory requirements for business processes, automation support of compliance management is a field garnering increasing attention in Information Systems research. Several approaches have been developed to support compliance checking of process models. One major challenge for such approaches is their ability to handle different modeling techniques and compliance rules in order to enable widespread adoption and application. Applying a structured literature search strategy, we reflect and discuss compliance-checking approaches in order to provide an insight into their generalizability and evaluation. The results imply that current approaches mainly focus on special modeling techniques and/or a restricted set of types of compliance rules. Most approaches abstain from real-world evaluation which raises the question of their practical applicability. Referring to the search results, we propose a roadmap for further research in model-based business process compliance checking.
Y1  - 2012
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF03342739
SN  - 1866-8658
VL  - 5
IS  - 2
SP  - 221
EP  - 247
PB  - Springer
CY  - Heidelberg
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wilke, Thomas
T1  - Architekturzeichnung als Instrument der Theoriebildung. Lineamenta vs. Portraicture – Architekturdarstellung zwischen Wissenschaft und Öffentlichkeit. Tagung des DFG-Netzwerks-Schnittstelle Bild in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Lehrstuhl für Kunstgeschichte der Universität Regensburg, 28.4.2012.
JF  - Kunstchronik
Y1  - 2012
SN  - 0023-5474
VL  - 65
IS  - 9/10
SP  - 494
EP  - 499
PB  - Fachverlag Hans Carl
CY  - Nürnberg
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Paulßen, Elisabeth
A1  - Ngyugen, Hung Huy
A1  - Kahlcke, Nils
A1  - Deflon, Victor M.
A1  - Abram, Ulrich
T1  - Tricarbonyltechnetium(I) and -rhenium(I) complexes with N′-thiocarbamoylpicolylbenzamidines
JF  - Polyhedron
N2  - N,N-Dialkylamino(thiocarbonyl)-N′-picolylbenzamidines react with (NEt4)2[M(CO)3X3] (M = Re, X = Br; M = Tc, X = Cl) under formation of neutral [M(CO)3L] complexes in high yields. The monoanionic NNS ligands bind in a facial coordination mode and can readily be modified at the (CS)NR1R2 moiety. The complexes [99Tc(CO)3(LPyMor)] and [Re(CO)3(L)] (L = LPyMor, LPyEt) were characterized by X-ray diffraction. Reactions of [99mTc(CO)3(H2O)3]+ with the N′-thiocarbamoylpicolylbenzamidines give the corresponding 99mTc complexes. The ester group in HLPyCOOEt allows linkage between biomolecules and the metal core.
Y1  - 2012
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2012.04.008
SN  - 0277-5387
VL  - 40
IS  - 1
SP  - 153
EP  - 158
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Paulßen, Elisabeth
A1  - Kong, Shushu
A1  - Arciszewski, Pawel
A1  - Wielbalck, Swantje
A1  - Abram, Ulrich
T1  - Aryl and NHC Compounds of Technetium and Rhenium
JF  - Journal of the American Chemical Society
N2  - Air- and water-stable phenyl complexes with nitridotechnetium(V) cores can be prepared by straightforward procedures. [TcNPh2(PPh3)2] is formed by the reaction of [TcNCl2(PPh3)2] with PhLi. The analogous N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) compound [TcNPh2(HLPh)2], where HLPh is 1,3,4-triphenyl-1,2,4-triazol-5-ylidene, is available from (NBu4)[TcNCl4] and HLPh or its methoxo-protected form. The latter compound allows the comparison of different Tc–C bonds within one compound. Surprisingly, the Tc chemistry with such NHCs does not resemble that of corresponding Re complexes, where CH activation and orthometalation dominate.
Y1  - 2012
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja3033718
SN  - 1520-5126
VL  - 134
IS  - 22
SP  - 9118
EP  - 9121
PB  - ACS Publications
CY  - Washington, DC
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Yazdanbakhsh, Pedram
A1  - Solbach, Klaus
A1  - Bitz, Andreas
T1  - Variable power combiner for RF mode shimming in 7-T MR imaging
JF  - IEEE Transaction on Biomedical Engineering
N2  - This contribution discusses the utilization of RF power in an MRI system with RF mode shimming which enables the superposition of circularly polarized modes of a transmit RF coil array driven by a Butler matrix. Since the required power for the individual modes can vary widely, mode-shimming can result in a significant underutilization of the total available RF power. A variable power combiner (VPC) is proposed to improve the power utilization: it can be realized as a reconfiguration of the MRI transmit system by the inclusion of one additional matrix network which receives the power from all transmit amplifiers at its input ports and provides any desired (combined) power distribution at its output ports by controlling the phase and amplitude of the amplifiers’ input signals. The power distribution at the output ports of the VPC is then fed into the “mode” ports of the coil array Butler matrix in order to superimpose the spatial modes at the highest achievable power utilization. The VPC configuration is compared to the standard configuration of the transmit chain of our MRI system with 8 transmit channels and 16 coils. In realistic scenarios, improved power utilization was achieved from 17% to 60% and from 14% to 55% for an elliptical phantom and a region of interest in the abdomen, respectively, and an increase of the power utilization of 1 dB for a region of interest in the upper leg. In general, it is found that the VPC allows significant improvement in power utilization when the shimming solution demands only a few modes to be energized, while the technique can yield loss in power utilization in cases with many modes required at high power level.
Y1  - 2012
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2012.2205926
SN  - 1558-2531
VL  - 59
IS  - 9
SP  - 2549
EP  - 2557
PB  - IEEE
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kobus, Thiele
A1  - Bitz, Andreas
A1  - Uden, Mark J. van
A1  - Lagemaat, Miram W.
A1  - Rothgang, Eva
A1  - Orzada, Stephan
A1  - Heerschap, Arend
A1  - Scheenen, Tom W. J.
T1  - In vivo 31P MR spectroscopic imaging of the human prostate at 7 T: safety and feasibility
JF  - Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
N2  - 31P MR spectroscopic imaging of the human prostate provides information about phosphorylated metabolites that could be used for prostate cancer characterization. The sensitivity of a magnetic field strength of 7 T might enable 3D 31P MR spectroscopic imaging with relevant spatial resolution in a clinically acceptable measurement time. To this end, a 31P endorectal coil was developed and combined with an eight-channel 1H body-array coil to relate metabolic information to anatomical location. An extensive safety validation was performed to evaluate the specific absorption rate, the radiofrequency field distribution, and the temperature distribution of both coils. This validation consisted of detailed Finite Integration Technique simulations, confirmed by MR thermometry and Burn:x-wiley:07403194:media:MRM24175:tex2gif-stack-1 measurements in a phantom and in vivo temperature measurements. The safety studies demonstrated that the presence of the 31P endorectal coil had no influence on the specific absorption rate levels and temperature distribution of the external eight-channel 1H array coil. To stay within a 10 g averaged local specific absorption rate of 10 W/kg, a maximum time-averaged input power of 33 W for the 1H array coil was allowed. For transmitting with the 31P endorectal coil, our safety limit of less than 1°C temperature increase in vivo during a 15-min MR spectroscopic imaging experiment was reached at a time-averaged input power of 1.9 W. With this power setting, a second in vivo measurement was performed on a healthy volunteer. Using adiabatic excitation, 3D 31P MR spectroscopic imaging produced spectra from the entire prostate in 18 min with a spatial resolution of 4 cm3. The spectral resolution enabled the separate detection of phosphocholine, phosphoethanolamine, inorganic phosphate, and other metabolites that could play an important role in the characterization of prostate cancer.
Y1  - 2012
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrm.24175
SN  - 1522-2594
VL  - 68
IS  - 6
SP  - 1683
EP  - 1695
PB  - Wiley-Liss
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Orzada, S.
A1  - Maderwald, S.
A1  - Poser, B. A.
A1  - Johst, S.
A1  - Kannengiesser, S.
A1  - Ladd, M. E.
A1  - Bitz, Andreas
T1  - Time-interleaved acquisition of modes: an analysis of SAR and image contrast implications
JF  - Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
N2  - s the magnetic field strength and therefore the operational frequency in MRI are increased, the radiofrequency wavelength approaches the size of the human head/body, resulting in wave effects which cause signal decreases and dropouts. Especially, whole-body imaging at 7 T and higher is therefore challenging. Recently, an acquisition scheme called time-interleaved acquisition of modes has been proposed to tackle the inhomogeneity problems in high-field MRI. The basic premise is to excite two (or more) different Burn:x-wiley:07403194:media:MRM23081:tex2gif-stack-1 modes using static radiofrequency shimming in an interleaved acquisition, where the complementary radiofrequency patterns of the two modes can be exploited to improve overall signal homogeneity. In this work, the impact of time-interleaved acquisition of mode on image contrast as well as on time-averaged specific absorption rate is addressed in detail. Time-interleaved acquisition of mode is superior in Burn:x-wiley:07403194:media:MRM23081:tex2gif-stack-2 homogeneity compared with conventional radiofrequency shimming while being highly specific absorption rate efficient. Time-interleaved acquisition of modes can enable almost homogeneous high-field imaging throughout the entire field of view in PD, T2, and T2*-weighted imaging and, if a specified homogeneity criterion is met, in T1-weighted imaging as well.
Y1  - 2012
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrm.23081
SN  - 1522-2594
VL  - 67
IS  - 4
SP  - 1033
EP  - 1041
PB  - Wiley-Liss
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Staat, Manfred
T1  - Limit and shakedown analysis under uncertainty
JF  - Tap chi Khoa hoc & ung dung - Dai hoc Ton Duc Thang
Y1  - 2012
N1  - = Journal of Applied Sciences - Ton Duc Thang University
VL  - 19
SP  - 45
EP  - 47
ER  -