title: A simple method for processing NMR spectra in which acquisition is delayed: applications to in vivo localized 31P NMR spectra acquired using the DRESS technique.
abstract: It is a requirement of many localized NMR spectroscopy experiments, such as DRESS, that collection of the free induction decay be delayed a significant time after the middle of the last pulse. This leads to distortion of the spectra and seriously impedes the retrieval of quantitative information from these spectra. A technique is described in which a correction function is derived from the convoluted spectrum and is used to produce a spectrum with much reduced distortion from which quantitative information may easily be obtained by conventional techniques.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Allman
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Holland
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Lenkinski
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Charles
mesh_terms: D001923:Brain Chemistry; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000032:analysis; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors