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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL HEPATOLOGY
Volume 5, Issue 4, Pages 320-328Publisher
ELSEVIER - DIVISION REED ELSEVIER INDIA PVT LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jceh.2015.10.006
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nuclear magnetic resonance; magnetic resonance imaging; magnetic resonance spectroscopy; metabolomics
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- Royal College of Physicians of London
- University of London and the Trustees of St Mary's Hospital, Paddington
- Fellowship from the Wellcome Trust (London, United Kingdom)
- Fellowship from the Sir Halley Stewart Trust (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
- United Kingdom Medical Research Council
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Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) provides a non-invasive 'window' on biochemical processes within the body. Its use is no longer restricted to the field of research, with applications in clinical practice increasingly common. MRS can be conducted at high magnetic field strengths (typically 11-14 T) on body fluids, cell extracts and tissue samples, with new developments in whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) allowing clinical MRS at the end of a standard MRI examination, obtaining functional information in addition to anatomical information. We discuss the background physics the busy clinician needs to know before considering using the technique as an investigative tool. Some potential applications of hepatic and cerebral MRS in chronic liver disease are also discussed.
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