Application of LCModel for quality control and quantitative in vivo 1H MR spectroscopy by short echo time STEAM sequence

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 6-17

  Hájek, Milan ^a   Burian, Martin ^a   Dezortová, Monika ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy; LCModel; Quality control; Quantitation; Shewhart control charts; Short echo time STEAM sequence

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETIC ACID; ALANINE; CHOLINE; CREATINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; INOSITOL; LACTIC ACID; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; N ACETYLASPARTYLGLUTAMIC ACID; TAURINE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; METABOLITE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WHITE MATTER;

ACETATES; ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN; CALIBRATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; LACTATES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0038329478     PISSN: 13528661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-8661(99)00069-1     Document Type: Article

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