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ArticleMagnetic resonance in medicine2016

HERMES: Hadamard encoding and reconstruction of MEGA-edited spectroscopy.

Kimberly L Chan, Nicolaas A J Puts, Michael Schär, Peter B Barker, Richard A E Edden

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Article in Magnetic resonance in medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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57 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 91 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kimberly L ChanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Nicolaas A J PutsF. M. Kirby Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Michael SchärRussell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Peter B BarkerF. M. Kirby Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Richard A E EddenF. M. Kirby Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Johns Hopkins University · USKennedy Krieger Institute · US

Funding

TR&D 4: Algorithms for functional and anatomical brain analysisP41EB015909 · NIBIB · HUGO W. MOSER RES INST KENNEDY KRIEGER · PI MORI, SUSUMU · 2012 to 2020
$13.1M
Translational Neuroscience CoreU54HD079123 · NICHD · HUGO W. MOSER RES INST KENNEDY KRIEGER · PI FATEMI, S. ALI, SCHLAGGAR, BRADLEY L · 2014 to 2019
$7.9M
Universal GABA-edited MRS at 3TR01EB016089 · NIBIB · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Richard Anthony Edward Edden · 2013 to 2026
$5.4M
A Multimodal Investigation of Inhibitory Dysfunction in Autism Spectrum DisorderK99MH107719 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI PUTS, NICOLAAS · 2016 to 2017
$165k
NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB015909NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB016089NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD079123NIMH NIH HHS K99 MH107719
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo investigate a novel Hadamard-encoded spectral editing scheme and evaluate its performance in simultaneously quantifying N-acetyl aspartate (NAA) and N-acetyl aspartyl glutamate (NAAG) at 3 Tesla.

methodsEditing pulses applied according to a Hadamard encoding scheme allow the simultaneous acquisition of multiple metabolites. The method, called HERMES (Hadamard Encoding and Reconstruction of MEGA-Edited Spectroscopy), was optimized to detect NAA and NAAG simultaneously using density-matrix simulations and validated in phantoms at 3T. In vivo data were acquired in the centrum semiovale of 12 normal subjects. The NAA:NAAG concentration ratio was determined by modeling in vivo data using simulated basis functions. Simulations were also performed for potentially coedited molecules with signals within the detected NAA/NAAG region.

resultsSimulations and phantom experiments show excellent segregation of NAA and NAAG signals into the intended spectra, with minimal crosstalk. Multiplet patterns show good agreement between simulations and phantom and in vivo data. In vivo measurements show that the relative peak intensities of the NAA and NAAG spectra are consistent with a NAA:NAAG concentration ratio of 4.22:1 in good agreement with literature. Simulations indicate some coediting of aspartate and glutathione near the detected region (editing efficiency: 4.5% and 78.2%, respectively, for the NAAG reconstruction and 5.1% and 19.5%, respectively, for the NAA reconstruction).

conclusionThe simultaneous and separable detection of two otherwise overlapping metabolites using HERMES is possible at 3T. Magn Reson Med 76:11-19, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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AlgorithmsAdultAspartic AcidBrainDipeptidesFemaleHumansMaleMolecular ImagingPhantoms, ImagingProton Magnetic Resonance SpectroscopyReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificityAspartic AcidDipeptidesisospaglumic acidN-acetylaspartatebrainedited MRSHadamardNAANAAG

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PMID27089868
PMCPMC5385137
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