On the reliability of quantitative clinical magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the human brain

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 28-36

  Schirmer, Timo ^a,b   Auer, Dorothee P ^b  

^a GE Medical Systems   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human brain; In vivo; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; PRESS; Reliability

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CHOLINE; CREATINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; INOSITOL; LACTIC ACID; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

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EID: 0034055660     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1492(200002)13:1<28::AID-NBM606>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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