Field strength dependence of PRESS timings for simultaneous detection of glutamate and glutamine from 1.5 to 7 T

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 66-72

  Snyder, Jeff ^a,b   Wilman, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glutamate; Glutamine; High field MRS; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; PRESS; PRESS timings; Spectral editing; Strong coupling

Indexed keywords

BRAIN METABOLITES; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FIELD STRENGTHS; GLUTAMATE; HIGH FIELD; IN-VIVO; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES; PRODUCT OPERATOR; SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION; SPECTRAL EDITING; STRONG COUPLING; T2 RELAXATION;

AMINO ACIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE DETECTORS; SIGNAL DETECTION;

PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS);

GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR;

EID: 75749120149     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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