Keywords: Data Processing, Spectroscopy
Motivation: The accuracy of absolute quantitation of metabolites by 1H MRS in grey-matter is compromised in the presence of partial volumes of CSF
Goal(s): To develop a linear model of metabolite concentration estimates as a function of partial volumes
Approach: The effects of varying tissue fractions and relaxation times on metabolite concentrations were modelled to investigate how they affected the variability in metabolite concentration estimates
Results: A general linear model with parameters relating to tissue partial volume as covariates enables statistical comparisons of absolute metabolite levels between patient sub-groups without a priori knowledge of tissue relaxation times.
Impact: A General Linear Model statistical approach enables robust comparison of cortical grey matter metabolite concentrations between patient groups, and minimises the propagation of errors that occurs when the tissue partial volume properties are inaccurately estimated.
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