title: In vivo 1H NMR spectroscopy of individual human brain metabolites at moderate field strengths.
abstract: This article reviews spectral editing techniques for in vivo 1H NMR spectroscopy of human brain tissue at moderate field strengths of 1.5-3 Tesla. Various aspects of 1H NMR spectroscopy are discussed with regard to in vivo applications. The parameter set [delta, J, n] (delta being the relative chemical shift, J the scalar coupling constant and n the number of coupled spins) is used to characterize the spin systems under investigation and to classify the editing techniques that are used in in vivo 1H NMR spectroscopy.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Andreas H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Trabesinger
authors.forename: Dieter
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Meier
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boesiger
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000378:metabolism*; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods