Quantitation of automated single-voxel proton MRS using cerebral water as an internal reference

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 335-339

  Soher, Brian J ^a   Hurd, Ralph E ^b   Sailasuta, Napapon ^b   Barker, Peter B ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

proton MR spectroscopy; quantitation

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROBES;

MEDICAL SYSTEMS; METABOLITE CONCENTRATIONS; N-ACETYL ASPARTATE; PARIETAL WHITE MATTER; PROTON MR SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTITATION; STANDARD DEVIATION; TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT;

METABOLITES;

CHOLINE; CREATINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN TISSUE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEURORADIOLOGY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REFERENCE VALUE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0029781023     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910360302     Document Type: Article

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