Absolute metabolite concentrations calibrated using the total water signal in brain 1H MRS

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 349-354

  Brief, Elana E ^a   Moll, R ^a   Li, D K B ^a   MacKay, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absolute metabolite concentrations; Brain; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Multi echo imaging; Proton; Quantification; Quantitation; Water content

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE METABOLITE CONCENTRATIONS; ACQUISITION MODES; CEREBRO SPINAL FLUIDS; CR CONCENTRATION; DISEASED TISSUES; ECHO IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; IMAGE-BASED; IMAGING SEQUENCE; LCMODEL; LEAST SQUARES ALGORITHM; METABOLITE CONCENTRATIONS; MULTI-ECHO IMAGING; N-ACETYL ASPARTATE; PARIETAL WHITE MATTER; QUANTIFICATION; QUANTITATION; RELAXATION LOSS; WATER AREAS; WATER SIGNALS; WHITE MATTER;

BIOMOLECULES; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PROTONS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

WATER CONTENT;

CHOLINE; CREATININE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN WATER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; METABOLITE; MYELIN SHEATH; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; CALIBRATION; METABOLISM; METABOLOME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ADULT; BRAIN; CALIBRATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLOME; WATER;

EID: 64949132814     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1349     Document Type: Article

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