Quantum-mechanical simulations for in vivo MR spectroscopy: Principles and possibilities demonstrated with the program NMRScopeB

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 529, Issue , 2017, Pages 79-97

  Starčuk, Zenon ^a   Starčuková, Jana ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

In vivo spectroscopy; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Metabolite concentration quantitation; Quantum mechanical simulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CALIBRATION; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; EXCITATION; IN VIVO STUDY; METABOLITE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIMULATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROCEDURES; QUANTUM THEORY; SOFTWARE;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUANTUM THEORY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 85006035901     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2016.10.007     Document Type: Article

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