Localized Spectroscopy from Anatomically Matched Compartments: Improved Sensitivity and Localization for Cardiac 31P MRS in Humans

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 287-299

  Löffler, Ralf ^a,b,c   Sauter, Rolf ^b   Kolem, Heinrich ^b   Haase, Axel ^a   Von Kienlin, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac spectroscopy; High energy phosphates; Quantification; SLOOP; Spatial response function

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART; HEART VENTRICLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LIVER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHOCREATINE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0032185771     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmre.1998.1497     Document Type: Article

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