期刊
NMR IN BIOMEDICINE
卷 25, 期 1, 页码 152-160出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1727
关键词
MRS; B1+shimming; short TE; transceiver array coil; neurochemical profile; single voxel
资金
- Dana Foundation
- National Institute on Aging research [R21 AG029582]
- National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) [P41 RR008079, S10 RR026783]
- Neuroscience Center [P30 NS057091]
- Keck Foundation
- National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering [R01 EB006835]
Increased sensitivity and chemical shift dispersion at ultra-high magnetic fields enable the precise quantification of an extended range of brain metabolites from 1H MRS. However, all previous neurochemical profiling studies using single-voxel MRS at 7T have been limited to data acquired from the occipital lobe with half-volume coils. The challenges of 1H MRS of the human brain at 7T include short T2 and complex B1 distribution that imposes limitations on the maximum achievable B1 strength. In this study, the feasibility of acquiring and quantifying short-echo (TE=8ms), single-voxel 1H MR spectra from multiple brain regions was demonstrated by utilizing a 16-channel transceiver array coil with 16 independent transmit channels, allowing local transmit B1 (B1+) shimming. Spectra were acquired from volumes of interest of 18mL in brain regions that are of interest for various neurological disorders: frontal white matter, posterior cingulate, putamen, substantia nigra, pons and cerebellar vermis. Local B1+ shimming substantially increased the transmit efficiency, especially in the peripheral and ventral brain regions. By optimizing a STEAM sequence for utilization with a 16-channel coil, artifact-free spectra were acquired with a small chemical shift displacement error (<5% /ppm/direction) from all regions. The high signal-to-noise ratio enabled the quantification of neurochemical profiles consisting of at least nine metabolites, including gamma-aminobutyric acid, glutamate and glutathione, in all brain regions. Significant differences in neurochemical profiles were observed between brain regions. For example, gamma-aminobutyric acid levels were highest in the substantia nigra, total creatine was highest in the cerebellar vermis and total choline was highest in the pons, consistent with the known biochemistry of these regions. These findings demonstrate that single-voxel 1H MRS at ultra-high field can reliably detect region-specific neurochemical patterns in the human brain, and has the potential to objectively detect alterations in neurochemical profiles associated with neurological diseases. Copyright (c) 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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