A practical guide to robust detection of GABA in human brain by J-difference spectroscopy at 3 T using a standard volume coil

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1032-1038

  Waddell, Kevin W ^a   Avison, Malcolm J ^a   Joers, James M ^a   Gore, John C ^a,b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Difference spectroscopy; Editing; Frequency variations; Frontal lobe; GABA; In vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy; MEGA PRESS; Phase variations; Susceptibility effects

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; EQUIPMENT; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; J DIFFERENCE SPECTROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; VOLUME COIL;

BRAIN CHEMISTRY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 34547745850     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2006.11.026     Document Type: Article

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