Proton spectroscopy of human brain with very short echo time using high gradient amplitudes

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-62

  Seeger, Uwe ^a   Klose, Uwe ^a   Seitz, Dietmar ^a   Nägele, Thomas ^a   Lutz, Otto ^a   Grodd, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human brain; Proton spectroscopy; Short echo time; Spoiling field gradients; Stimulated echo acquisition mode (STEAM)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CALCULATION; COUPLING FACTOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECTROSCOPY; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS;

ILEX COOKII;

EID: 0031982802     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(97)00239-7     Document Type: Article

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