Effects of muscle fiber orientation to main magnetic field on muscle metabolite profiles for magnetic resonance spectroscopy acquisition

Figure 2 Original proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy spectra at different angles. Muscle spectra at 0° are shown with spectra oriented at 30°, 60°, and 90° multiplied by a factor of 2. The spectrum at 0° showed the most-well defined lipid peaks IMCL (CH₃), EMCL (CH₃), IMCL (CH₂), and EMCL (CH₂). EMCL: Extramyocellular lipids; IMCL: Intramyocellular lipids.