Quantification of glutathione in the human brain by MR spectroscopy at 3 Tesla: Comparison of PRESS and MEGA-PRESS

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1257-1266

  Sanaei Nezhad, Faezeh ^a   Anton, Adriana ^a   Parkes, Laura M ^a   Deakin, Bill ^a   Williams, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

glutathione; MEGA PRESS; PRESS; quantification

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CELL PROLIFERATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLITES; PEPTIDES; PHANTOMS;

ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTICES; GLUTATHIONES; GSH CONCENTRATIONS; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONCENTRATIONS; QUANTIFICATION;

PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS);

BRAIN PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MESCHER GARWOOD POINT RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLITE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PHANTOM; POINT RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RELIABILITY; VOLUNTEER; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING PHANTOM; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84998673847     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.26532     Document Type: Article

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