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Quantitative measurement of N ‐acetyl‐aspartyl‐glutamate at 3 T using TE‐averaged PRESS spectroscopy and regularized lineshape deconvolution
Author(s) -
Zhang Yan,
Li Shizhe,
Marenco Stefano,
Shen Jun
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
magnetic resonance in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.696
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1522-2594
pISSN - 0740-3194
DOI - 10.1002/mrm.23029
Subject(s) - deconvolution , nuclear magnetic resonance , chemistry , voxel , spectroscopy , signal (programming language) , tikhonov regularization , spectral line , physics , analytical chemistry (journal) , optics , mathematics , inverse problem , mathematical analysis , artificial intelligence , computer science , quantum mechanics , astronomy , chromatography , programming language
This article introduces regularized lineshape deconvolution in conjunction with TE‐averaged PRESS spectroscopy to measure N ‐acetyl‐aspartyl‐glutamate (NAAG). Averaging different echo times suppressed the signals of multiplets from strongly coupled spin systems near 2 ppm; thus, minimizing the interfering signals to detect the acetyl proton signal of NAAG. Signal distortion was corrected by lineshape deconvolution, and Tikhonov regularization was introduced to reduce noise amplification arising from deconvolution; as a result, spectral resolution was enhanced without significantly sacrificing signal‐to‐noise ratio (SNR). This new approach was used to measure NAAG in the two regions of interest of healthy volunteers, dominated by gray matter and white matter, respectively. The acetyl proton signal of NAAG was directly quantified by fitting the deconvoluted spectra to a Voigt‐lineshape spectral model function, yielding the NAAG– N ‐acetyl‐aspartate (NAA) ratios of 0.11 ± 0.02 for the gray matter voxels ( n = 8) and 0.18 ± 0.02 for the white matter voxels ( n = 12). Magn Reson Med, 2011. © 2011 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.