Quantitative spectroscopic imaging of the human brain

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 363-369

  Pan, Jullie W ^a,c   Twieg, Donald B ^b   Hetherington, Hoby P ^c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

B1 mapping; Creatine; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; N acetylaspartate; Quantification

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLITES;

B1 MAPPING; CEREBRO SPINAL FLUIDS; CREATINE; METABOLITE CONCENTRATIONS; N-ACETYLASPARTATE; QUANTIFICATION; SECONDARY PROGRESSIVE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID;

CHOLINE; CREATINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; METABOLITE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031821719     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910400305     Document Type: Article

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