Reproducibility of short TE STEAM .sup.1./sup.H MR spectra from frontal,occipital and parietal brain regions acquired without outer volume suppression

0205458 - UPT-D 20020008 RIV GB eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Starčuk jr., Zenon - Krupa, P. - Horký, Jaroslav - Starčuk, Zenon
Reproducibility of short TE STEAM ¹H MR spectra from frontal,occipital and parietal brain regions acquired without outer volume suppression.
Proceedings of the international society for magnetic resonance in medicine. Honolulu: ISMRM, 2002, s. 966. ISSN 1524-6965.
[Scientific meeting and exhibition. Honolulu (US), 18.05.2002-24.05.2002]
R&D Projects: GA AV ČR IAA4065901
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z2065902
Keywords : proton MR spectra * short-TE localisation * water suppression efficiency
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The aim of this communication is to show the variations observed in proton MR spectra acquired from various brain regions on a 1.5 T MR scanner (Symphony, SIEMENS) from 3x3x2 cm³ VOIs by short-TE (20-30 ms) STEAM localization, with short TR (1500 ms), and no outer volume suppression.Both inter- and intra-subject reproducibility of the MR spectra was followed on 18 healthy volunteers (age 20-70 years) under the condition of low water suppression efficiency (50-250x). In this case, the residual water signal can serve as an internal standard for quantitation and compensation of various types of artifacts in the acquired MR spectra.
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