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Abstract #4060

In vivo phase-incrementing SEE-HSelMQC method to resolve tumor biomarker images by synchronizing RF phase increments and phase-encoding steps

Qiuhong He1,2, Hong Yuan2,3, and Yen-Yu Ian Shih1,2,4
1Center for Animal MRI, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, 2Biomedical Research Imaging Center (BRIC), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, 3Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, 4Department of Neurology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Synopsis

We have developed the phase-incrementing MRSI (pi-MRSI) method to resolve overlapping biomarker images in the presence of a frequency encoding gradient during acquisition time. We report here the pi-SEE-HSelMQC experiments on a pre-clinical Bruker 9.4T spectrometer. The choline-selective and lactate CH-selective RF pulses in the pulse sequence were phase incremented by 10° in opposite signs in synchronization with the phase-encoding steps. In vivo two-dimensional pi-SEE-HSelMQC imaging of lactate and choline acquired from the PC3 human prostate cancer xenograft in a nude mouse showed opposite image offsets, shifted away from spurious signals. The pi-SEE-HSelMQC method completely suppresses lipid and water.

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