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ArticleMagnetic resonance in medicine2022

Magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging of downfield proton resonances in the human brain at 3 T.

Michal Považan, Michael Schär, Joseph Gillen, Peter B Barker

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Michal PovažanRussell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5498-5162
Michael SchärRussell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7044-9941
Joseph GillenRussell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Peter B BarkerRussell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6410-7793

Funding

TRD 4: Platforms for multi-modal and multi-scale imaging dataP41EB031771 · NIBIB · HUGO W. MOSER RES INST KENNEDY KRIEGER · PI Hanzhang Lu, Peter CM Van Zijl · 2021 to 2026
$9.9M
Multi-voxel spectral editing at 3TR01EB028259 · NIBIB · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI BARKER, PETER B · 2020 to 2024
$1.6M
Simultaneous Downfield and Upfield proton MRSI at 3TR01NS134694 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI PETER B BARKER · 2024 to 2026
$1.4M
NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB031771NIBIB NIH HHS P41EB031771NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB028259NIBIB NIH HHS R01EB028259NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS134694
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo develop an MRSI technique capable of mapping downfield proton resonances in the human brain.

methodsA spectral-spatial excitation and frequency-selective refocusing scheme, in combination with 2D phase encoding, was developed for mapping of downfield resonances without any perturbation of the water magnetization. An alternative scheme using spectral-spatial refocusing was also investigated for simultaneous detection of both downfield and upfield resonances. The method was tested in 5 healthy human volunteers.

resultsDownfield metabolite maps with a nominal spatial resolution of 1.5 cm

conclusionThe developed MRSI pulse sequence was shown to be an efficient way of rapidly mapping downfield resonances in the human brain at 3 T, maximizing sensitivity through the relaxation enhancement effect. Because the MRSI approach is efficient in terms of data collection and can be readily implemented at short TE, somewhat higher spatial resolution can be achieved than has been reported in previous single-voxel downfield MRS studies. With this approach, nine downfield resonances could be mapped in a single slice for the first time using MRSI at 3 T.

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ProtonsProton TherapyBrainHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyProtonsdownfieldhuman brainMR spectroscopic imaging

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PMID34971460
PMCPMC8978590

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