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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-11-30
pubmed:abstractText
Studies have been performed to evaluate the reproducibility of longitudinal acquisitions with short TE spectroscopic magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of human brain. In healthy volunteers, the ratios of N-acetyl-aspartate (NAA) and choline (Cho) with respect to total creatine (Cr) (creatine and phosphocreatine) have been examined in terms of voxel-to-voxel, acquisition-to-acquisition, and subject-to-subject variation. Overall coefficients of variation for NAA/Cr ratios and Cho/Cr ratios were 18% and 16%, respectively. The interacquisition variation was not statistically significant (P = .05) for either ratio. In terms of F ratios, the dominant source of variation in the NAA/Cr ratio was intersubject variability, whereas for the Cho/Cr ratio the dominant source of variation was intervoxel variability. Consequences of spectroscopic processing with spatial apodization and postacquisition water suppression and resolution enhancement were also examined. Such reproducibility studies are crucial if longitudinal spectroscopic evaluations are to be performed in a clinical setting to follow the natural course of disease states or the effects of therapy.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1053-1807
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
545-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7949679-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:7949679-Aspartic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:7949679-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:7949679-Choline, pubmed-meshheading:7949679-Creatine, pubmed-meshheading:7949679-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7949679-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7949679-Hydrogen, pubmed-meshheading:7949679-Image Enhancement, pubmed-meshheading:7949679-Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, pubmed-meshheading:7949679-Longitudinal Studies, pubmed-meshheading:7949679-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:7949679-Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, pubmed-meshheading:7949679-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7949679-Phosphocreatine, pubmed-meshheading:7949679-Reproducibility of Results, pubmed-meshheading:7949679-Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted, pubmed-meshheading:7949679-Tissue Distribution
pubmed:articleTitle
Short TE hydrogen-1 spectroscopic MR imaging of normal human brain: reproducibility studies.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, University of Texas Medical School, Houston.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't