Multi-center reproducibility of neurochemical profiles in the human brain at 7T

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 306-316

  van de Bank, B L ^a   Emir, U E ^b,c   Boer, V O ^d   van Asten, J J A ^a   Maas, M C ^a   Wijnen, J P ^d,e   Kan, H E ^e   Oz, G ^b   Klomp, D W J ^d   Scheenen, T W J ^a,f  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

7T; MRS; Neurochemical profiling; Reproducibility; Semi LASER; Test retest; Ultra high field strength

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; AMINO ACIDS; BIOMOLECULES; BRAIN; DATA ACQUISITION; POLYOLS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SUGARS;

MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER; METABOLITE CONCENTRATIONS; NEUROCHEMICAL PROFILING; PARTIAL VOLUME EFFECT; REPRODUCIBILITIES; ULTRA-HIGH FIELDS; ULTRA-HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS; VARIANCE COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

METABOLITES;

CHOLINE; CREATINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; INOSITOL; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ADIABATICITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METABOLITE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; BRAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; METABOLISM; METABOLOME; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

RADIATA;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; METABOLOME; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84924040649     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3252     Document Type: Article

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