Field, coil, and echo-time influence on sensitivity and reproducibility of brain proton MR spectroscopy

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 684-688

  Inglese, M ^a   Spindler, M ^a   Babb, J S ^a   Sunenshine, P ^a   Law, M ^a   Gonen, Oded ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VOLUNTEER; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33745929919     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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