In vivo localized 1H MR spectroscopy of rat testes: Stimulated echo acquisition mode (STEAM) combined with short TI inversion recovery (STIR) improves the detection of metabolite signals

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 749-754

  Yamaguchi, Masayuki ^a,b   Mitsumori, Fumiyuki ^a   Watanabe, Hidehiro ^a   Takaya, Nobuhiro ^a   Minami, Manabu ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

In vivo localized 1H MR spectroscopy; Lipid suppression; NMR; Rat testes; STEAM

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOMOLECULES; CHEMICAL SHIFT; METABOLITES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RATS; SIGNAL RECONSTRUCTION; STEAM;

1H NMR SPECTROSCOPY; ACQUISITION MODES; INVERSION RECOVERY; LIPID SUPPRESSIONS; MR SPECTROSCOPY; NMR TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVE DETECTION; STIMULATED ECHOS;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

CHOLINE; CREATINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; LACTIC ACID; LACTIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; ISCHEMIA; MALE; METABOLITE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SHORT TI INVERSION RECOVERY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPECTROMETER; STIMULATED ECHO ACQUISITION MODE; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS FUNCTION; TIME; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; TESTIS; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CHOLINE; CREATINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; LACTATES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTIS;

EID: 33645767889     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20829     Document Type: Article

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