High-resolution MRS in the presence of field inhomogeneity via intermolecular double-quantum coherences on a 3-T whole-body scanner

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 303-311

  Lin, Yanqin ^a,d   Gu, Tianliang ^a   Chen, Zhong ^d   Kennedy, Scott ^c   Jacob, Mathews ^a,b   Zhong, Jianhui ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b University of Rochester   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

High resolution; Human cerebellum; Inhomogeneous broadening; Intermolecular double quantum coherences (iDQCs); Localized spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; BRAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM THEORY; SCANNING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

FIELD INHOMOGENEITY; HIGH RESOLUTION; HUMAN CEREBELLUM; INHOMOGENEOUS BROADENING; INHOMOGENEOUS FIELDS; INTERMOLECULAR DOUBLE-QUANTUM COHERENCES; POINT RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPIES; WHOLE BODY SCANNER;

METABOLITES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHANTOM; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VOLUNTEER; WHOLE BODY SCANNER;

EID: 75749125330     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22224     Document Type: Article

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