Brief Article
Copyright ©2011 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Radiol. Apr 28, 2011; 3(4): 105-113
Published online Apr 28, 2011. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v3.i4.105
Table 1 Mean Cramer-Rao lower bounds (SD) from LCModel averaged across all subjects
NAAGluGlnmIGABACrCho
7T short2 (0)2 (0)6 (1)5 (1)9 (2)3 (2)2 (0)
3T short3 (1)8 (2)24 (8)6 (1)24 (10)12 (3)7 (7)
7T long2 (1)8 (1)28 (13)10 (3)26 (9)2 (0)2 (0)
3T long3 (1)16 (5)40 (15)13 (6)50 (20)12 (5)5 (1)
Table 2 Mean % coefficients of variation (SD) averaged across all subjects
NAAGluGlnmIGABACrCho
Uncorrected
7T short3 (2)4 (2)10 (6)9 (3)10 (6)3 (2)5 (4)
3T short5 (3)8 (6)29 (11)8 (4)21 (14)10 (4)16 (16)
7T long6 (6)10 (6)29 (19)19 (10)16 (8)7 (6)8 (6)
3T long6 (6)16 (9)32 (30)22 (10)36 (25)22 (13)8 (7)
Tissue corrected
7T short4 (3)5 (2)10 (5)9 (4)10 (6)4 (2)6 (3)
3T short6 (4)8 (6)29 (12)8 (5)22 (15)10 (5)17 (16)
7T long6 (6)10 (7)29 (19)20 (10)15 (6)6 (6)8 (6)
3T long7 (6)16 (10)32 (30)23 (10)38 (25)22 (14)9 (7)
Table 3 Mean Cramer-Rao lower bounds (SD) from LCModel averaged across all subjects
NAAGluGlnmIGABACrCho
CRLB ACC2 (0)2 (0)6 (1)5 (1)9 (2)3 (2)2 (0)
CRLB Ins3 (1)3 (1)9 (3)7 (1)11 (3)2 (0)2 (1)
Table 4 Mean % coefficients of variation (SD) and % longitudinal variation (SD) averaged across all subjects
NAAGluGlnmIGABACrCho
%CV
ACC4 (3)5 (2)10 (5)9 (4)10 (6)4 (2)6 (3)
Ins6 (6)8 (6)12 (9)10 (6)21 (11)7 (7)6 (4)
%LV
ACC6 (3)8 (7)11 (9)13 (13)16 (13)8 (9)9 (10)
Ins6 (5)8 (10)18 (18)18 (11)20 (24)6 (6)6 (6)
Table 5 Mean (SD) metabolite levels (AU)
NAAGluGlnmIGABACrCho
ACC6.3 (0.7)11.0 (1.4)2.3 (0.4)3.8 (0.3)1.7 (0.4)6.1 (0.6)1.6 (0.2)
Ins7.1 (0.6)12.1 (1.3)2.5 (0.5)3.8 (0.5)1.9 (0.4)6.5 (0.4)1.7 (0.2)