Abstract #1098

1H-MRS of the myocardium at 3T applying a 60-channel body array coil – initial experiences

Jürgen Machann¹, Malte Niklas Bongers², Andreas Fritsche³, Hans-Ulrich Häring³, Mike Notohamiprodjo⁴, Andreas Greiser⁵, Konstantin Nikolaou⁴, and Fritz Schick²

¹Section on Experimental Radiology, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases (IDM) of the Helmholtz Center Munich, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Tübingen, Germany, ²Section on Experimental Radiology, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, ³Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Angiology, Nephrology and Clinical Chemistry, Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases (IDM) of the Helmholtz Center Munich, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Tübingen, Germany, ⁴Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, ⁵Siemens Healthcare, Erlangen, Germany

¹H-MRS is increasingly applied in many organs for non-invasive tissue characterization, e.g. for quantification of ectopic lipids. Spectroscopic examinations of the myocardium often suffer from limited spectral dispersion, thus limiting the metabolic information content. Applying a new 60-channel body-array receive coil, high quality spectra with superior dispersion as compared to previous setups are shown in this work. A single voxel PRESS technique was applied in 10 subjects. After higher-order shimming, linewidths of <20 Hz were obtained with high SNR in a clinically acceptable measuring time. High reproducibility and performance of the method may promote 1H-MRS applications in metabolic research and sports medicine.

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