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- Title
The apparent dependence of the diffusion coefficient of N-acetylaspartate upon magnetic field strength: evidence of an interaction with NMR methodology.
- Authors
David N. Guilfoyle; Raymond F. Suckow; Morris H. Baslow
- Abstract
An inverse relationship between applied magnetic field strength and the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) of several important brain metabolites including N-acetyl-l-aspartate (NAA), choline and creatine, measured in vivo using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), has been reported. In this investigation, using phantom studies of NAA at magnetic field strengths of 3 and 7 T, these observations have been verified under controlled MRS conditions in vitro, and the ADC of NAA has been found to vary inversely with magnetic field strength, decreasing at a rate of 2.5%/T at 20°C. We have also assessed whether the effect is a function of a systemic bias in methodology, or if the effect is actually on the rate of molecular diffusion. This was done using an MRS-independent method for measurement of molecular diffusion in NAA phantoms at 0, 0.025 and 7 T applied magnetic field strengths. As a result, it has been demonstrated that the observed apparent magnetic field dependence of the ADC of NAA is a consequence of the NMR measurement and is apparently not a real effect on molecular diffusion. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
MAGNETIC fields; METABOLITES; DIFFUSION; MAGNETIC resonance; NUCLEAR magnetic resonance
- Publication
NMR in Biomedicine, 2003, Vol 16, Issue 8, p468
- ISSN
0952-3480
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/nbm.849