Measurement of glutathione in human brain at 3T using an improved double quantum filter in vivo

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 160-166

  Choi, Changho ^a   Zhao, Chenguang ^a   Dimitrov, Ivan ^a,b   Douglas, Deborah ^a   Coupland, Nicholas J ^c   Kalra, Sanjay ^c   Hawesa, Halima ^a   Davis, Jeannie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Double quantum filtering; Dual DQC encoding; Glutathione; Human brain

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION OF; DOUBLE QUANTUM FILTERING; DOUBLE QUANTUM FILTERS; DOUBLE-QUANTUM; DUAL DQC ENCODING; ECHO TIME; ENCODING METHODS; FILTERING PERFORMANCE; GLUTATHIONE; HEALTHY HUMANS; HUMAN BRAIN; IN-VIVO; N-ACETYLASPARTATE; PEAK AREAS; PHANTOM MEASUREMENTS; PHANTOM TESTS; PROTON NMR; QUANTUM COHERENCES; RELAXATION TIME; RF PULSE; SINGLE VOXEL; TARGET SIGNALS; YIELD ENHANCEMENTS;

BRAIN;

ENCODING (SYMBOLS);

AMINO ACID; CYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; WATER;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PARIETAL LOBE; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACIDS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CYSTEINE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REFERENCE VALUES; WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349280879     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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