Proton spectroscopic metabolite signal relaxation times in preterm infants: A prerequisite for quantitative spectroscopy in infant brain

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 634-640

  Kugel, Harald ^a,b   Roth, Bernhard ^a   Pillekamp, Frank ^a   Krüger, Karsten ^a   Schulte, Oliver ^a   Von Gontard, Alexander ^a   Benz Bohm, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Magnetic resonance in infants; Magnetic resonance, relaxometry; Magnetic resonance, spectroscopy; MR; Quantitative MR spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; INOSITOL; LACTIC ACID; LACTOSE; LIPID; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; TRIMETHYLAMINE;

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN METABOLISM; HUMAN; MACROMOLECULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLITE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTITATIVE MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RELAXATION TIME; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; BASAL GANGLIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; PROTONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038389085     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10315     Document Type: Article

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