Subechhya Pradhan1,2,3, Sudeepta Basu4, Kushal Kapse1, Devon Fisher1, Stephanie Norman1, and Catherine Limperopoulos1,2,3
1Developing Brain Institute, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, United States, 2Radiology, Pediatrics, George Washinton University, Washington, DC, United States, 3Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, United States, 4Neonatalogy, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, United States
1Developing Brain Institute, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, United States, 2Radiology, Pediatrics, George Washinton University, Washington, DC, United States, 3Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, United States, 4Neonatalogy, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, United States
Evaluation of reproducibility of metabolite measurements in the preterm infants using 4 MRS pulse sequences/ parameters showed good reproducibility for the largest number of metabolites using MEGA-PRESS sequence at TE = 68 ms and editing pulses at 1.9 and 7.8 ppm.
Figure 2. Bar graph showing coefficient of variations for different metabolites measurements made using different pulse sequences
Figure 1. Representative spectra showing spectra acquired from right basal ganglia using different pulse sequences.
