A practical guide to in vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy at high magnetic fields

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 529, Issue , 2017, Pages 30-39

  Xin, Lijing ^a   Tkáč, Ivan ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Localization; Metabolites; MRS; Spectral quality

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCINE;

ARTICLE; DATA PROCESSING; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MACROMOLECULE; MAGNETIC FIELD; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RELAXATION TIME; ANIMAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROTON MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 85005950067     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2016.10.019     Document Type: Article

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