Improvements in high-field localized MRS of the medial temporal lobe in humans using new deformable high-dielectric materials

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 873-879

  Snaar, J E M ^a   Teeuwisse, W M ^a   Versluis, M J ^a   van Buchem, M A ^a   Kan, H E ^a   Smith, N B ^a   Webb, A G ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dielectrics; Localized spectroscopy; RF transmit field

Indexed keywords

ACQUISITION MODES; CRAMER RAO LOWER BOUND; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HIGH FIELD; LCMODEL; LINE BROADENING; LOCALIZED SPECTROSCOPY; LOW SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; METABOLITE CONCENTRATIONS; NON-UNIFORMITIES; RADIO-FREQUENCY FIELDS; RF TRANSMIT FIELD; SIGNAL LOSS; SIGNAL TO NOISE; SPECTRAL LINE WIDTH; TEMPORAL LOBES; VOLUME RESONATOR;

AMINO ACIDS; CRAMER-RAO BOUNDS; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTROSCOPY;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; LIPID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATERIALS; METABOLITE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960805414     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1638     Document Type: Article

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