Improved sensitivity to overlapping multiplet signals in in vivo proton spectroscopy using a multiecho volume selective (CPRESS) experiment

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 816-820

  Hennig, Jürgen ^a,b   Thiel, Thorsten ^a   Speck, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b MR Tomographie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain spectroscopy; CPRESS; PRESS; Proton spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS;

CPRESS; HUMAN BRAIN; IN-VIVO; J COUPLING; PROTON SPECTRA; SELECTION SCHEME; SELECTION TECHNIQUES;

PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS);

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0030962137     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910370603     Document Type: Article

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