Spatial effects in the detection of γ-aminobutyric acid: Improved sensitivity at high fields using inner volume saturation

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1276-1282

  Edden, Richard A E ^a,b   Barker, Peter B ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

3 Tesla; Brain; GABA; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; MEGA PRESS

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BRAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

3 TESLA; AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; DELETERIOUS EFFECTS; FOUR-COMPARTMENT MODEL; FREQUENCY-SELECTIVE; GABA; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; POINT RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPIES;

PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS);

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 36849036793     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21383     Document Type: Article

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