Human prostate: multisection proton MR spectroscopic imaging with a single spin-echo sequence--preliminary experience.
The authors investigated the feasibility of a multisection proton magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopic imaging technique for the acquisition of metabolic information in the human prostate. Multisection MR spectroscopic imaging was performed of a citrate phantom and of the prostates of eight adult volunteers. High-quality proton MR spectra and citrate metabolite maps of the prostate were obtained with this method.
van der Graaf
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Department of Radiology, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands. M.vanderGraaf@rdiag.azn.nl
van den Boogert
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Jager
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Barentsz
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D000328:Adult; D017352:Echo-Planar Imaging; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D011467:Prostate / Q000473:pathology*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012016:Reference Values