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Nils M. J. Plähn, Simone Poli, Eva S. Peper, Berk C. Açikgöz, Roland Kreis, Carl Ganter, and Jessica A. M. Bastiaansen.
Getting the phase consistent: The importance of phase description in balanced steady-state free precession MRI of multi-compartment systems. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 92:215-225, 2024. (DOI)

Carl Ganter.
Approximate B1+ scaling of the SSFP steady state. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 89:2264-2269, June 2023. (DOI) (code)

Jessica Schäper, Grzegorz Bauman, Carl Ganter, and Oliver Bieri.
Pure balanced steady-state free precession imaging (pure bSSFP). Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 87:1886-1893, 2022. (DOI)

Oliver Bieri, Carl Ganter, and Klaus Scheffler.
On the fluid-tissue contrast behavior of high-resolution steady-state sequences: Fluid-Tissue Contrast Behavior of High-Resolution SSFP. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 68:1586-1592, 2012. (DOI)

Oliver Bieri, Carl Ganter, Goetz H. Welsch, Siegfried Trattnig, Tallal C. Mamisch, and Klaus Scheffler.
Fast diffusion-weighted steady state free precession imaging of in vivo knee cartilage. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 67:691-700, 2012. (DOI)

Carl Ganter.
Analytical solution to the transient phase of steady-state free precession sequences. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 62:149-164, July 2009. (DOI) (Erratum: (DOI))

Carl Ganter.
Steady state of echo-shifted sequences with radiofrequency phase cycling. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 56:923-926, 2006. (DOI)

Carl Ganter.
Static susceptibility effects in balanced SSFP sequences. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 56:687-691, 2006. (DOI)

Carl Ganter.
Steady state of gradient echo sequences with radiofrequency phase cycling: Analytical solution, contrast enhancement with partial spoiling. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 55:98-107, 2006. (DOI)

Carl Ganter.
Off-resonance effects in the transient response of SSFP sequences. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 52:368-375, 2004. (DOI)

Oliver Bieri, Claudia Weidensteiner, and Carl Ganter.
Robust T2 estimation with balanced steady state free precession. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 91:2257-2265, June 2024. (DOI)

Santhosh Iyyakkunnel, Matthias Weigel, Carl Ganter, and Oliver Bieri.
Complex B1+ mapping with Carr-Purcell spin echoes and its application to electrical properties tomography. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 87:1250-1260, 2022. (DOI)

Rahel Heule, Carl Ganter, and Oliver Bieri.
Variable flip angle T1 mapping in the human brain with reduced T2 sensitivity using fast radiofrequency-spoiled gradient echo imaging. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 75:1413-1422, 2016. (DOI)

Rahel Heule, Carl Ganter, and Oliver Bieri.
Triple echo steady-state (TESS) relaxometry. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 71:230-237, 2014. (DOI)

Rahel Heule, Carl Ganter, and Oliver Bieri.
Rapid estimation of cartilage T2 with reduced T1 sensitivity using double echo steady state imaging. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 71:1137-1143, 2014. (DOI)

Carl Ganter, Marcus Settles, Isabel Dregely, Francesco Santini, Klaus Scheffler, and Oliver Bieri.
B1+B_1^+-mapping with the transient phase of unbalanced steady-state free precession. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 70:1515-1523, February 2013. (DOI)

Oliver Bieri, Carl Ganter, and Klaus Scheffler.
Quantitative in vivo diffusion imaging of cartilage using double echo steady-state free precession. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 68:720-729, 2012. (DOI)

Oliver Bieri, Klaus Scheffler, Goetz H. Welsch, S. Trattnig, Tallal C. Mamisch, and Carl Ganter.
Quantitative mapping of T2 using partial spoiling. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 66:410-418, 2011. (DOI)

Edzard Wiener, Marcus Settles, and Carl Ganter.
The quantification of ΔR2\Delta R_2^\ast under brain activation: Dependence on relaxation rate at rest and significance threshold. Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 19:649-657, 2001. (DOI)

Carl Ganter.
Configuration space representation of MRI sequences. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 87:2034-2043, 2022. (DOI) (preprint) (code)
in progress
Nico Sollmann, Dominik Weidlich, Elisabeth Klupp, Barbara Cervantes, Carl Ganter, Claus Zimmer, Ernst J. Rummeny, Thomas Baum, Jan S. Kirschke, and Dimitrios C. Karampinos.
T2 mapping of the distal sciatic nerve in healthy subjects and patients suffering from lumbar disc herniation with nerve compression. Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics Biology and Medicine, 33:713-724, 2020. (DOI)

Nico Sollmann, Dominik Weidlich, Barbara Cervantes, Elisabeth Klupp, Carl Ganter, Hendrik Kooijman, Ernst J. Rummeny, Claus Zimmer, Jan S. Kirschke, and Dimitrios C. Karampinos.
High Isotropic Resolution T2 Mapping of the Lumbosacral Plexus with T2-Prepared 3D Turbo Spin Echo. Clinical Neuroradiology, 29:223-230, 2019. (DOI)

Nico Sollmann, Dominik Weidlich, Barbara Cervantes, Elisabeth Klupp, Carl Ganter, Hendrik Kooijman, Claus Zimmer, Ernst J. Rummeny, Bernhard Meyer, Thomas Baum, Jan S. Kirschke, and Dimitrios C. Karampinos.
T2 mapping of lumbosacral nerves in patients suffering from unilateral radicular pain due to degenerative disc disease. Journal of Neurosurgery-spine, 30:750-758, 2019. (DOI)

Nico Sollmann, Nina Mathonia, Dominik Weidlich, Michaela Bonfert, Sebastian A. Schroeder, Katharina A. Badura, Tabea Renner, Florian Trepte-Freisleder, Carl Ganter, Sandro M. Krieg, Claus Zimmer, Ernst J. Rummeny, Dimitrios C. Karampinos, Thomas Baum, Mirjam N. Landgraf, and Florian Heinen.
Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging of the upper trapezius muscles - assessment of myofascial trigger points in patients with migraine. Journal of Headache and Pain, 20, Article number: 8, 2019. (DOI)

Isabel Dregely, Tobias Koppara, Stephan G. Nekolla, Joerg Naehrig, Kristin Kuhs, Nicolas Langwieser, Marijana Dzijan-Horn, Carl Ganter, Michael Joner, Karl-Ludwig Laugwitz, Markus Schwaiger, and Tareq Ibrahim.
Observations With Simultaneous 18F-FDG PET and MR Imaging in Peripheral Artery Disease. Jacc-cardiovascular Imaging, 10:709-711, 2017. (DOI)

Monika Probst, Vivien Richter, Jochen Weitz, Jan Stefan Kirschke, Carl Ganter, Matthias Troeltzsch, Mathias Nittka, Carl-Peter Cornelius, Claus Zimmer, and Florian Andreas Probst.
Magnetic resonance imaging of the inferior alveolar nerve with special regard to metal artifact reduction. Journal of Cranio-maxillofacial Surgery, 45:558-569, 2017. (DOI)

Christina Brei, Lynne Stecher, Daniela Much, Marie-Theres Karla, Ulrike Amann-Gassner, Jun Shen, Carl Ganter, Dimitrios C. Karampinos, Stefanie Brunner, and Hans Hauner.
Reduction of the n-6:n-3 long-chain PUFA ratio during pregnancy and lactation on offspring body composition: follow-up results from a randomized controlled trial up to 5 y of age. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 103:1472-1481, 2016. (DOI)

Pia M. Jungmann, Thomas Baum, Christoph Schaeffeler, Martin Sauerschnig, Peter U. Brucker, Alexander Mann, Carl Ganter, Oliver Bieri, Ernst J. Rummeny, Klaus Woertler, and Jan S. Bauer.
3.0 T MR imaging of the ankle: Axial traction for morphological cartilage evaluation, quantitative T2 mapping and cartilage diffusion imaging-A preliminary study. European Journal of Radiology, 84:1546-1554, 2015. (DOI)

Stephan Metz, Carl Ganter, Sylvie Lorenzen, Sandra van Marwick, Konstantin Holzapfel, Ken Herrmann, Ernst J. Rummeny, Hans-Juergen Wester, Markus Schwaiger, Stephan G. Nekolla, and Ambros J. Beer.
Multiparametric MR and PET Imaging of Intratumoral Biological Heterogeneity in Patients with Metastatic Lung Cancer Using Voxel-by-Voxel Analysis. PLOS One, 10, Article number: e0132386, 2015. (DOI)

Pia M. Jungmann, Carl Ganter, Christoph J. Schaeffeler, Jan S. Bauer, Thomas Baum, Reinhard Meier, Mathias Nittka, Florian Pohlig, Hans Rechl, Ruediger von Eisenhart-Rothe, Ernst J. Rummeny, and Klaus Woertler.
View-Angle Tilting and Slice-Encoding Metal Artifact Correction for Artifact Reduction in MRI: Experimental Sequence Optimization for Orthopaedic Tumor Endoprostheses and Clinical Application. PLOS One, 10, Article number: e0124922, 2015. (DOI)

Isabel Rauscher, Matthias Eiber, Carl Ganter, Petros Martirosian, Wajima Safi, Andreas Umgelter, Ernst J. Rummeny, and Konstantin Holzapfel.
Evaluation of T1ρT_{1\rho} as a potential MR biomarker for liver cirrhosis: Comparison of healthy control subjects and patients with liver cirrhosis. European Journal of Radiology, 83:900-904, 2014. (DOI)

Reinhard Meier, Klaus Thuermel, Peter B. Noel, Philipp Moog, Matti Sievert, Carmen Ahari, Radin A. Nasirudin, Daniel Golovko, Bernhard Haller, Carl Ganter, Moritz Wildgruber, Christoph Schaeffeler, Simone Waldt, and Ernst J. Rummeny.
Synovitis in Patients with Early Inflammatory Arthritis Monitored with Quantitative Analysis of Dynamic Contrast-enhanced Optical Imaging and MR Imaging. Radiology, 270:176-185, 2014. (DOI)

Reinhard Meier, Klaus Thuermel, Philipp Moog, Peter B. Noel, Carmen Ahari, Matti Sievert, Franziska Dorn, Simone Waldt, Christoph Schaeffeler, Daniel Golovko, Bernhard Haller, Carl Ganter, Sabine Weckbach, Klaus Woertler, and Ernst J. Rummeny.
Detection of synovitis in the hands of patients with rheumatologic disorders: Diagnostic performance of optical imaging in comparison with magnetic resonance imaging. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 64:2489-2498, 2012. (DOI)

Peter B. Noel, Jan S. Bauer, Carl Ganter, C. Markus, Ernst J. Rummeny, Hans Hauner, and Hans P. Engels.
Clinical Pilot Study for the Automatic Segmentation and Recognition of Abdominal Adipose Tissue Compartments from MRI Data. Rofo, 184:548-555, 2012. (DOI)

Alexander Drzezga, Michael Souvatzoglou, Matthias Eiber, Ambros J. Beer, Sebastian Fuerst, Axel Martinez-Moeller, Stephan G. Nekolla, Sibylle Ziegler, Carl Ganter, Ernst J. Rummeny, and Markus Schwaiger.
First Clinical Experience with Integrated Whole-Body PET/MR: Comparison to PET/CT in Patients with Oncologic Diagnoses. Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 53:845-855, 2012. (DOI)

Isabel Dregely, Iina Laitinen, Christine Baumgartner, Eliane Weidl, Carl Ganter, Jaroslav Pelisek, Martina Rudelius, Holger Poppert, Stephan Nekolla, and Markus Schwaiger.
Characterization of atherosclerotic plaques with simultaneous PET/MR: Preliminary results in a rabbit model. Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 53, 2012.

Gaspar Delso, Sebastian Fuerst, Bjoern Jakoby, Ralf Ladebeck, Carl Ganter, Stephan G. Nekolla, Markus Schwaiger, and Sibylle I. Ziegler.
Performance Measurements of the Siemens mMR Integrated Whole-Body PET/MR Scanner. Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 52:1914-1922, 2011. (DOI)

Matthias Eiber, Konstantin Holzapfel, Carl Ganter, Kathrin Epple, Stephan Metz, Hans Geinitz, Hubert Kuebler, Jochen Gaa, Ernst J. Rummeny, and Ambros J. Beer.
Whole-Body MRI Including Diffusion-Weighted Imaging (DWI) for Patients With Recurring Prostate Cancer: Technical Feasibility and Assessment of Lesion Conspicuity in DWI. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 33:1160-1170, 2011. (DOI)

Ambros J. Beer, Matthias Eiber, Michael Souvatzoglou, Konstantin Holzapfel, Carl Ganter, Gregor Weirich, Tobias Maurer, Hubert Kuebler, Hans-Juergen Wester, Jochen Gaa, and Bernd J. Krause.
Restricted Water Diffusibility as Measured by Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging and Choline Uptake in <SUP>11</SUP>C-Choline PET/CT are Correlated in Pelvic Lymph Nodes in Patients with Prostate Cancer. Molecular Imaging and Biology, 13:352-361, 2011. (DOI)

Stephan Metz, Carl Ganter, Sylvie Lorenzen, Sandra van Marwick, Ken Herrmann, Florian Lordick, Stephan G. Nekolla, Ernst J. Rummeny, Hans-Juergen Wester, Gunnar Brix, Markus Schwaiger, and Ambros J. Beer.
Phenotyping of Tumor Biology in Patients by Multimodality Multiparametric Imaging: Relationship of Microcirculation, α<sub>v</sub>β<sub>3</sub> Expression, and Glucose Metabolism. Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 51:1691-1698, 2010. (DOI)

Konstantin Holzapfel, Melanie Bruegel, Matthias Eiber, Carl Ganter, Tibor Schuster, Petra Heinrich, Ernst J. Rummeny, and Jochen Gaa.
Characterization of small (≤10 mm) focal liver lesions: Value of respiratory-triggered echo-planar diffusion-weighted MR imaging. European Journal of Radiology, 76:89-95, 2010. (DOI)

Matthias Eiber, Ambros J. Beer, Kionstantin Holzapfel, Robert Tauber, Carl Ganter, Gregor Weirich, Bernd J. Krause, Ernst J. Rummeny, and Jochen Gaa.
Preliminary Results for Characterization of Pelvic Lymph Nodes in Patients With Prostate Cancer by Diffusion-Weighted MR-Imaging. Investigative Radiology, 45:15-23, 2010. (DOI)

S. Lorenzen, K. Holzapfel, C. Ganter, C. Peschel, E. Rummeny, and S. Metz.
PREDICTION OF CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC RESPONSE IN METASTATIC ADENOCARCINOMAS: VALUE OF PRETREATMENT APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT AND KTRANS: INITIAL RESULTS. Annals of Oncology, 20:55-55, 2009.

E. J. Rummeny, M. Bruegel, K. Holzapfel, C. Ganter, C. Mayer zum Baschenfelde, and J. Gaa.
Detection and characterization of liver lesions in patients with colorectal cancer with diffusion weighted MR imaging. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 26, 2008. (DOI)

Melanie Bruegel, Konstantin Holzapfel, Jochen Gaa, Klaus Woertler, Simone Waldt, Berthold Kiefer, Alto Stemmer, Carl Ganter, and Ernst J. Rummeny.
Characterization of focal liver lesions by ADC measurements using a respiratory triggered diffusion-weighted single-shot echo-planar MR imaging technique. European Radiology, 18:477-485, 2008. (DOI)

E. Ruckhaeberle, S. G. Nekolla, C. Ganter, K. T. M. Schneider, A. Peter, A. Raidt, L. Kovacs, S. J. Brockmeier, M. Schwaiger, R. Oberhoffer, and N. A. Papadopulos.
In vivo intrauterine sound pressure and temperature measurements during magnetic resonance imaging (1.5 T) in pregnant ewes. Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy, 24:203-210, 2008. (DOI)

Melanie Bruegel, Jochen Gaa, Klaus Woertler, Carl Ganter, Simone Waldt, Claudia Hillerer, and Ernst J. Rummeny.
MRI of the lung: Value of different turbo spin-echo, single-shot turbo spin-echo, and 3D gradient-echo pulse sequences for the detection of pulmonary metastases. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 25:73-81, 2007. (DOI)

JH Fromm, I Sautter, D Matthies, J Kremer, P Schumacher, and C Ganter.
Xylem water content and wood density in spruce and oak trees detected by high-resolution computed tomography. Plant Physiology, 127:416-425, 2001. (DOI)

U Hess, J Harms, A Schneider, M Schleef, C Ganter, and C Hannig.
Assessment of gunshot bullet injuries with the use of magnetic resonance imaging. Journal of Trauma-injury Infection and Critical Care, 49:704-709, 2000. (DOI)

Walter Schirmacher, Viola Folli, Carl Ganter, and Giancarlo Ruocco.
Self-consistent Euclidean-random-matrix theory. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 52:464002, 2019. (DOI)

Carl Ganter and Walter Schirmacher.
Euclidean random matrix theory: Low-frequency non-analyticities and Rayleigh scattering. Philosophical Magazine, 91:1894-1909, 2011. (DOI)

Carl Ganter and Walter Schirmacher.
Rayleigh scattering, long-time tails, and the harmonic spectrum of topologically disordered systems. Physical Review B, 82, 2010. (DOI)

Carl Ganter and Walter Schirmacher.
Generalizated effective-medium approximation for hopping transport in topologically disordered systems. Philosophical Magazine B, 81:915-924, 2001. (DOI)

Walter Schirmacher, Gregor Diezemann, and Carl Ganter.
Model calculations for the vibrational anomalies of a disordered Lennard-Jones solid. Physica B: Condensed Matter, 284-288:1147-1148, 2000. (DOI)

C Ganter, and W Schirmacher.
Generalization of the effective-medium approximation for hopping transport in amorphous materials. Physica Status Solidi B-basic Research, 218:71-74, 2000. (DOI)

W Schirmacher, G Diezemann, and C Ganter.
Harmonic vibrational excitations in disordered solids and the "boson peak". Physical Review Letters, 81:136-139, 1998. (DOI)


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