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Spectroscopy can be done in various tissues and body parts. It has high potential in follow-up studies for disease diagnosis and treatment, drug monitoring, energy and membrane metabolism. The nuclei 1H, 31P, 13C and 19F can be used in routine examinations. The main target organs are brain, liver, muscle and implanted tumors. The results of a spectroscopic examination are very helpful in combination to an imaging session before.
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It is not possible to separate the signals of adenosine from all other nucleobases, therefore NTP is the general term.
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Circular polarized coils are often named as quadrature coils.
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After all these steps it is possible to measure. The final processed spectrum is usuable in most of the cases and gives the missing information about the tissue composition. Washout of contrast media in animals is much faster than in humans resulting in no interference with a following spectroscopy exam.
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Becker, M. (2011). MR Spectroscopy. In: Kiessling, F., Pichler, B. (eds) Small Animal Imaging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12945-2_14
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