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MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE
卷 72, 期 4, 页码 941-948出版社
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.25009
关键词
edited MRS; GABA; frequency drift; subtraction artifact; editing efficiency
资金
- NIH [R21 NS077300, R01 MH096263, R01 EB016089, P41 EB015909]
- DFG [SFB 874 TP A1]
PurposeTo investigate the quantitative impact of frequency drift on Gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA+)-edited MRS of the human brain at 3 Tesla (T). MethodsThree sequential GABA+-edited MEGA-PRESS acquisitions were acquired in fifteen sessions; in ten of these, MRS was preceded by functional MRI (fMRI) to induce frequency drift, which was estimated from the creatine resonance at 3.0 ppm. Simulations were performed to examine the effects of frequency drift on the editing efficiency of GABA and co-edited macromolecules (MM) and of subtraction artifacts on GABA+ quantification. The efficacy of postprocessing frequency correction was also investigated. ResultsGradient-induced frequency drifts affect GABA+ quantification for at least 30 min after imaging. Average frequency drift was low in control sessions and as high as -2 Hz/min after fMRI. Uncorrected frequency drift has an approximately linear effect on GABA+ measurements with a -10 Hz drift resulting in a 16% decrease in GABA+, primarily due to subtraction artifacts. ConclusionImaging acquisitions with high gradient duty cycles can impact subsequent GABA+ measurements. Postprocessing can address subtraction artifacts, but not changes in editing efficiency or GABA:MM signal ratios; therefore, protocol design should avoid intensive gradient sequences before edited MRS Magn Reson Med 72:941-948, 2014. (c) 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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