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Abstract #2270

Evaluation of a selective homonuclear multiple quantum coherence transfer CSI (SelMQC-CSI) sequence for lactate measurement in abdominal tumours

Lisa M Harris 1 , Nina Tunariu 1 , Nandita M deSouza 1 , Sharon Giles 1 , Veronica Morgan 1 , Alison MacDonald 1 , Martin O Leach 1 , and Geoffrey S Payne 1

1 CRUK and EPSRC Cancer Imaging Centre, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom

Lactate is an important metabolite in the assessment of malignant tissue detectable by magnetic resonance spectroscopy. It is often difficult to clinically detect the lactate methyl resonance, as the peak at 1.3 ppm is frequently obscured by intense lipid resonances. In this study we have successfully evaluated a selective homonuclear multiple quantum coherence transfer CSI (SelMQC-CSI) sequence in a small test group of patients with abdominal lesions. It was possible to detect and measure lactate in three patients (mean sd = 16.5 1.7 mM, not corrected for T1 or T2, CRLB < 1.4) with abdominal lesions at 1.5T.

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