Automatic repositioning of MRSI voxels in longitudinal studies: Impact on reproducibility of metabolite concentration measurements

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1188-1193

  Ratai, Eva Maria ^a   Hancu, Ileana ^b   Blezek, Daniel J ^b,c   Turk, Katherine W ^a   Halpern, Elkan ^a   González, R Gilberto ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic repositioning; Brain; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS); MR spectroscopic imaging (MRSI); Prospective realignment

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ALGORITHMS; ASPARTIC ACID; AUTOMATION; BRAIN; CHOLINE; CREATINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 42949133751     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21365     Document Type: Article

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