|
|
||||||||
Radiology, Vol 150, 441-446, Copyright © 1984 by Radiological Society of North America
ARTICLES |
PA Bottomley, HR Hart Jr, WA Edelstein, JF Schenck, LS Smith, WM Leue, OM Mueller and RW Redington
Proton magnetic resonance (MR) images were obtained of the human head in magnetic fields as high as 1.5 Tesla (T) using slotted resonator high radio-frequency (RF) detection coils. The images showed no RF field penetration problems and exhibited an 11 (+/- 1)-fold improvement in signal-to-noise ratio over a .12-T imaging system. The first localized phosphorus 31, carbon 13, and proton MR chemical shift spectra recorded with surface coils from the head and body in the same instrument showed relative concentrations of phosphorus metabolites, triglycerides, and, when correlated with proton images, negligible lipid (-CH2-) signal from brain tissue on the time scale of the imaging experiment. Sugar phosphate and phosphodiester concentrations were significantly elevated in the head compared with muscle. This method should allow the combined assessment of anatomy, metabolism, and biochemistry in both the normal and diseased brain.
This article has been cited by other articles:
![]() |
A. Holdcroft, L. Hall, G. Hamilton, S. J. Counsell, G. M. Bydder, and J. D. Bell Phosphorus-31 Brain MR Spectroscopy in Women During and After Pregnancy Compared with Nonpregnant Control Subjects AJNR Am. J. Neuroradiol., February 1, 2005; 26(2): 352 - 356. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
M. T. M. Hu, S. D. Taylor-Robinson, K. R. Chaudhuri, J. D. Bell, C. Labbe, V. J. Cunningham, M. J. Koepp, A. Hammers, R. G. Morris, N. Turjanski, et al. Cortical dysfunction in non-demented Parkinson's disease patients: A combined 31P-MRS and 18FDG-PET study Brain, February 1, 2000; 123(2): 340 - 352. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
R. MATHUR, I. JANE COX, A. OATRIDGE, D. T. SHEPHARD, R. J. SHAW, and S. D. TAYLOR-ROBINSON Cerebral Bioenergetics in Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., December 1, 1999; 160(6): 1994 - 1999. [Abstract] [Full Text] |
||||
![]() |
T. Nishimura, S. Imakita, H. Naito, M. Takamiya, H. Matsuo, and R. Nakayama 31P in-Vivo Spectroscopic Study by High-Field Whole-Body MR System An Application to a Case with Arteriosclerosis Obliterans Angiology, August 1, 1987; 38(8): 609 - 613. [Abstract] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
P. Bottomley Noninvasive study of high-energy phosphate metabolism in human heart by depth-resolved 31P NMR spectroscopy Science, August 23, 1985; 229(4715): 769 - 772. [Abstract] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
T. Budinger and P. Lauterbur Nuclear magnetic resonance technology for medical studies Science, October 19, 1984; 226(4672): 288 - 298. [Abstract] [PDF] |
||||
| HOME | HELP | FEEDBACK | SUBSCRIPTIONS | ARCHIVE | SEARCH | TABLE OF CONTENTS |
| RADIOLOGY | RADIOGRAPHICS | RSNA JOURNALS ONLINE |