High-resolution mapping of human brain metabolites by free induction decay 1H MRSI at 7T

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 873-882

  Bogner, W ^a   Gruber, S ^a   Trattnig, S ^a   Chmelik, M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

7T; Brain; Chemical shift imaging; Free induction decay; Glutamate; Neurotransmitter; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

7T; CHEMICAL SHIFT IMAGING; FREE INDUCTION DECAY; GLUTAMATE; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

BIOMOLECULES; BRAIN; CHEMICAL SHIFT; DECAY (ORGANIC); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ERRORS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAPPING; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; SPECTROSCOPY; VISUALIZATION;

BRAIN MAPPING;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; GLUTAMINE; GLYCEROPHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; GLYCINE; N ACETYLASPARTYLGLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; SCYLLO INOSITOL; TAURINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FREE INDUCTION DECAY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; PROTONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84860607967     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1805     Document Type: Article

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