Reliable gamma aminobutyric acid measurement using optimized PRESS at 3 T

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1528-1533

  Napolitano, Antonio ^a,b   Kockenberger, Walter ^a   Auer, Dorothee P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

coefficient of Variation; GABA; MEGA PRESS; PRESS; reproducibility; spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLITES; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTICES; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; GABA; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; NONINVASIVE MEASUREMENTS; POINT RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPIES; REPRODUCIBILITIES;

PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS);

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETERS OF A STANDARD POINT RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY SEQUENCE; PRECUNEUS; SIMULATION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; THALAMUS;

EID: 84878110721     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24397     Document Type: Article

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