Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9587596 | Journal of Magnetic Resonance | 2005 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
A single-shot multiple quantum filtering method is developed that uses two double-band frequency selective pulses for enhanced spectral selectivity in combination with a slice-selective 90°, a slice-selective universal rotator 90°, and a spectral-spatial pulse composed of two slice-selective universal rotator 45° pulses for single-shot three-dimensional localization. The use of this selective multiple quantum filtering method for C3 and C4 methylene protons of GABA resulted in improved spectral selectivity for GABA and effective suppression of overlapping signals such as creatine and glutathione in each single scan, providing reliable measurements of the GABA doublet in all subjects. The concentration of GABA was measured to be 0.7 ± 0.2 μmol/g (means ± SD, n = 15) in the fronto-parietal region of the human brain in vivo.
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Authors
In-Young Choi, Sang-Pil Lee, Jun Shen,