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ArticleMagnetic resonance in medicine2014

N-acetyl-aspartyl-glutamate detection in the human brain at 7 Tesla by echo time optimization and improved Wiener filtering.

Li An, Shizhe Li, Emily T Wood, Daniel S Reich, Jun Shen

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Article in Magnetic resonance in medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Li AnNational Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Shizhe Li
Emily T Wood
Daniel S Reich
Jun Shen
National Institute of Mental Health · USJohns Hopkins University · USNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · US

Funding

Multimodal MRI in Multiple SclerosisZIANS003119 · NINDS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI REICH, DANIEL · 2010 to 2025
$53.4M
MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007309 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI COX, ANDREA L · 1985 to 2019
$43.2M
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Imaging Studies of Brain FunctionsZIAMH002803 · NIMH · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH · PI SHEN, JUN · 2009 to 2025
$24.9M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 MH999999Intramural NIH HHS ZIA MH002803NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007309
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo report enhanced signal detection for measuring N-acetyl-aspartyl-glutamate (NAAG) in the human brain at 7 Tesla by echo time (TE) -optimized point-resolved spectroscopy (PRESS) and improved Wiener filtering.

methodsUsing a highly efficient in-house developed numerical simulation program, a PRESS sequence with (TE1 , TE2 ) = (26, 72) ms was found to maximize the NAAG signals relative to the overlapping Glu signals. A new Wiener filtering water reference deconvolution method was developed to reduce broadening and distortions of metabolite peaks caused by B0 inhomogeneity and eddy currents.

resultsMonte Carlo simulation results demonstrated that the new Wiener filtering method offered higher spectral resolution, reduced spectral artifacts, and higher accuracy in NAAG quantification compared with the original Wiener filtering method. In vivo spectra and point spread functions of signal distortion confirmed that the new Wiener filtering method lead to improved spectral resolution and reduced spectral artifacts.

conclusionTE-optimized PRESS in combination with a new Wiener filtering method made it possible to fully use both the NAAG singlet signal at 2.05 ppm and the NAAG multiplet signal at 2.18 ppm in the quantification of NAAG. A more accurate characterization of lineshape distortion for Wiener filtering needs B0 field maps and segmented anatomical images to exclude contribution from cerebral spinal fluid.

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AlgorithmsSignal Processing, Computer-AssistedAdultBrainDipeptidesFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMaleMolecular ImagingNeurotransmitter AgentsReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificityYoung AdultDipeptidesisospaglumic acidNeurotransmitter AgentsGAMMA simulationNAAGTE optimizationWiener filter

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PMID24243344
PMCPMC4020995
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