Quantification of the neurochemical profile using simulated macromolecule resonances at 3 T

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 593-599

  Schaller, Benoît ^a   Xin, Lijing ^b   Cudalbu, Cristina ^a   Gruetter, Rolf ^a,b,c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

in vivo 1H MRS; Macromolecule; Quantification differences; Spin echo full intensity acquired localized (SPECIAL); Spline baseline

Indexed keywords

CRAMER RAO LOWER BOUND; H NMR SPECTRA; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; IN-VIVO; INTERMEDIATE FIELDS; LCMODEL; QUANTIFICATION DIFFERENCES; SPIN ECHO;

BIOMOLECULES; CRAMER-RAO BOUNDS; METABOLITES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

MACROMOLECULES;

DRUG METABOLITE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MACROMOLECULE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SIGNAL DETECTION;

BRAIN; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MATHEMATICS;

EID: 84876796020     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.2896     Document Type: Article

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