Short-TE Iocalised 1H MRS of the human brain at 3T: Quantification of the metabolite signals using two approaches to account for macromolecular signal contributions

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 507-517

  Gottschalk, Michael ^a,b   Lamalle, Laurent ^a   Segebarth, Christoph ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

3T; 1H NMR spectroscopy; Parietal white matter; Quantification; QUEST; Short TE PRESS

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; BIOMOLECULES; GLUCOSE; ISOMERS; MACROMOLECULES; SUGARS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

3T; 1H NMR SPECTROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; GLUTATHIONE; HUMAN BRAINS; IN-VIVO; METABOLITE CONCENTRATIONS; METABOLITE QUANTIFICATION; MYO-INOSITOL; N-ACETYL ASPARTATE; NULLING; PARIETAL WHITE MATTER; QUANTIFICATION; QUEST; SHORT-TE PRESS; SIGNAL CONTRIBUTION; TIME DOMAIN OCT; WATER SUPPRESSION; WHITE MATTER;

METABOLITES;

CHOLINE; CREATINE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; INOSITOL; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; DRUG DERIVATIVE; N-ACETYLASPARTATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MACROMOLECULE; MALE; METABOLITE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHITE MATTER; BODY WATER; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ASPARTIC ACID; BODY WATER; BRAIN; CHOLINE; CREATINE; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; INOSITOL; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 46049112682     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1219     Document Type: Article

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