Stephenson MC, Gunner F, Napolitano A, Greenhaff PL, MacDonald IA, Saeed N, Vennart W, Francis ST, Morris PG. Applications of multi-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy at 7T. World J Radiol 2011; 3(4): 105-113 [PMID: 21532871 DOI: 10.4329/wjr.v3.i4.105]
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Mary C Stephenson, PhD, The Sir Peter Mansfield Magnetic Resonance Centre, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom. mary.stephenson@nottingham.ac.uk
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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
NAA
Glu
Gln
mI
GABA
Cr
Cho
7T short
2 (0)
2 (0)
6 (1)
5 (1)
9 (2)
3 (2)
2 (0)
3T short
3 (1)
8 (2)
24 (8)
6 (1)
24 (10)
12 (3)
7 (7)
7T long
2 (1)
8 (1)
28 (13)
10 (3)
26 (9)
2 (0)
2 (0)
3T long
3 (1)
16 (5)
40 (15)
13 (6)
50 (20)
12 (5)
5 (1)
Table 2 Mean % coefficients of variation (SD) averaged across all subjects
NAA
Glu
Gln
mI
GABA
Cr
Cho
Uncorrected
7T short
3 (2)
4 (2)
10 (6)
9 (3)
10 (6)
3 (2)
5 (4)
3T short
5 (3)
8 (6)
29 (11)
8 (4)
21 (14)
10 (4)
16 (16)
7T long
6 (6)
10 (6)
29 (19)
19 (10)
16 (8)
7 (6)
8 (6)
3T long
6 (6)
16 (9)
32 (30)
22 (10)
36 (25)
22 (13)
8 (7)
Tissue corrected
7T short
4 (3)
5 (2)
10 (5)
9 (4)
10 (6)
4 (2)
6 (3)
3T short
6 (4)
8 (6)
29 (12)
8 (5)
22 (15)
10 (5)
17 (16)
7T long
6 (6)
10 (7)
29 (19)
20 (10)
15 (6)
6 (6)
8 (6)
3T long
7 (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
NAA
Glu
Gln
mI
GABA
Cr
Cho
CRLB ACC
2 (0)
2 (0)
6 (1)
5 (1)
9 (2)
3 (2)
2 (0)
CRLB Ins
3 (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
NAA
Glu
Gln
mI
GABA
Cr
Cho
%CV
ACC
4 (3)
5 (2)
10 (5)
9 (4)
10 (6)
4 (2)
6 (3)
Ins
6 (6)
8 (6)
12 (9)
10 (6)
21 (11)
7 (7)
6 (4)
%LV
ACC
6 (3)
8 (7)
11 (9)
13 (13)
16 (13)
8 (9)
9 (10)
Ins
6 (5)
8 (10)
18 (18)
18 (11)
20 (24)
6 (6)
6 (6)
Table 5 Mean (SD) metabolite levels (AU)
NAA
Glu
Gln
mI
GABA
Cr
Cho
ACC
6.3 (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)
Ins
7.1 (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)
Citation: Stephenson MC, Gunner F, Napolitano A, Greenhaff PL, MacDonald IA, Saeed N, Vennart W, Francis ST, Morris PG. Applications of multi-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy at 7T. World J Radiol 2011; 3(4): 105-113