B1 and T1 insensitive water and lipid suppression using optimized multiple frequency-selective preparation pulses for whole-brain 1H spectroscopic imaging at 3T

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 462-466

  Gu, Meng ^a,b   Spielman, Daniel M ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lipid suppression; Magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging; Metabolite maps; Water suppression

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLITES;

LIPID SUPPRESSIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING; MULTIPLE FREQUENCY; N-ACETYL ASPARTATE; RADIO FREQUENCIES; SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING; WATER SUPPRESSION; YIELD SUPPRESSION;

CHROMIUM METALLOGRAPHY;

CHOLINE; CREATINE; LIPID; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; PROTON; WATER;

ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; IN VIVO STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SIMULATION;

EID: 60549097727     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21843     Document Type: Article

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