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Report No. 078 - Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in the brain (2002) Category: Reports AAPM Magnetic Resonance Task Group #9 on proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) in the brain was formed to provide a reference document for acquiring and processing proton (1H) MRS acquired from brain tissue. MRS is becoming a common adjunct to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), especially for the differential diagnosis of tumors in the brain. Even though MR imaging is an offshoot of MR spectroscopy, clinical medical physicists familiar with MRI may not be familiar with many of the common practical issues regarding MRS. Numerous research labora- tories perform in vivo MRS on other magnetic nuclei, such as 31P, 13C, and 19F. However, most commercial MR scanners are generally only capable of spectroscopy using the signals from pro- tons. Therefore this paper is of limited scope, giving an overview of technical issues that are important to clinical proton MRS, discussing some common clinical MRS problems, and suggest- ing how they might be resolved. Some fundamental issues covered in this paper are common to many forms of magnetic resonance spectroscopy and are written as an introduction for the reader to these methods. These topics include shimming, eddy currents, spatial localization, solvent satura- tion, and post-processing methods. The document also provides an extensive review of the literature to guide the practicing medical physicist to resources that may be useful for dealing with issues not covered in the current article. ISBN:9781888340389 Medical Physics, 29, 2177-2197 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1118/1.1501822 Altmetrics for this report Keywords: MRI, Proton Head Spectrocopy, SNR, Post-Processing, PPM Scale Magnetic Resonance Task Group #9 Dick J. Drost, William R. Riddle, Geoffrey D. Clarke Committee Responsible: Magnetic Resonance Subcommittee Last Review Date: |
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