Quantitative proton MR spectroscopic imaging of the human brain

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 356-363

  Soher, Brian J ^a   Van Zijl, Peter C M ^a   Duyn, Jeffrey H ^b   Barker, Peter B ^a,c  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

proton MR spectroscopy; quantitation

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ENVIRONMENTS; LOCALIZATION TECHNIQUE; MR SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING; N-ACETYLASPARTATE; PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; PROTON MR SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTITATION; SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGES;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 0030050039     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910350313     Document Type: Article

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