Magnetization transfer effect on the creatine methyl resonance studied by CW off-resonance irradiation in human skeletal muscle on a clinical MR system

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 468-473

  Renema, W Klaas Jan ^a   Klomp, Dennis W J ^a   Philippens, Mariëlle E P ^a   Van den Bergh, Adrianus J ^a   Wieringa, Bé ^a   Heerschap, Arend ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Continuous wave; Creatine; Human; Magnetization transfer; Proton spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CHROMIUM; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; LAKES; MAGNETIZATION; SCANNING;

CONTINUOUS WAVE; CONTINUOUS WAVES; CREATINE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER; OFF-RESONANCE IRRADIATION; SATURATION METHOD;

MUSCLE;

CREATINE; METHYLCREATINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS WAVE OFF RESONANCE IRRADIATION; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; IRRADIATION; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0042817831     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10564     Document Type: Article

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