title: Saturation effects in phosphorus-31 magnetic resonance spectra of the human liver.
abstract: Phosphorus-31 liver spectra were recorded from 6 controls and 12 patients with liver disease using TR values of 0.5 and 5 s and a pulse angle of 45 degrees. One of the control subjects was also examined at seven TR values ranging from 0.5 to 20 s. Spectra from one additional patient were collected at TRs of 0.5, 1, and 2 s only. There was a significant increase in the mean ratio of peak areas phosphomonoesters (PME)/beta-ATP in 9 of the 13 patients and a decrease in phosphodiesters (PDE)/beta-ATP in 3 of the patients, compared with controls, at the longer TR values. The saturation factors for PME and PDE were greater than those for Pi and beta-ATP, and spectral abnormalities in disease were often more evident as the TR value was increased from 0.5 to 5 s. Acquisition parameters need to be chosen with a knowledge of the impact that saturation effects have on metabolite quantification and spectral contrast.
authors.affiliation: NMR Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: I J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Coutts
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Gadian
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sargentoni
authors.forename: I R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000032:analysis; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000378:metabolism*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010755:Organophosphates / Q000032:analysis; D010710:Phosphates / Q000032:analysis; D010758:Phosphorus
chemical_list: D010755:Organophosphates; D010710:Phosphates; D010758:Phosphorus; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate