波谱学杂志 ›› 2018, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (2): 188-197.doi: 10.11938/cjmr20172601

• 研究论文 • 上一篇    下一篇

在体检测γ-氨基丁酸的MEGA-PRESS序列优化设计

花蕊1, 孙钰1, 温林飞2, 刘慧2, 万遂人1   

  1. 1. 东南大学 生物科学与医学工程学院, 医学电子学实验室, 江苏 南京 210096;
    2. 上海联影医疗科技有限公司, 上海 201800
  • 收稿日期:2017-11-02 出版日期:2018-06-05 发布日期:2018-01-03
  • 通讯作者: 孙钰,Tel:18652944678,E-mail:101012202@seu.edu.cn;万遂人,Tel:13951780069,E-mail:srwan@seu.edu.cn E-mail:101012202@seu.edu.cn;srwan@seu.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然基金国家重大科研仪器设备研制专项(21327902).

Optimization of the MEGA-PRESS Sequence for Detection of γ-Aminobutyric Acid in Vivo

HUA Rui1, SUN Yu1, WEN Lin-fei2, LIU Hui2, WAN Sui-ren1   

  1. 1. Laboratory of Medical Electronics, School of Biological Sciences and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China;
    2. Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd., Shanghai 201800, China
  • Received:2017-11-02 Online:2018-06-05 Published:2018-01-03

摘要: γ-氨基丁酸(γ-aminobutyric acid,GABA)含量异常会引发一系列大脑疾病,因此在体检测人脑GABA含量成为一种十分必要的医疗技术.本文基于GABA检测常用的谱编辑方法MEGA-PRESS,引入性能更好的SLR脉冲代替常用的高斯脉冲,并使用单频带和双频带结合的方法激发特定频率的物质,在联影(United Imaging Healthcare,UIH)的uMR780磁共振系统上实现了一种优化的MEGA-PRESS序列.结果表明:SLR脉冲可以减少大分子(macromolecule,MM)信号对GABA信号的干扰;单频带和双频带结合可以更好地抑制残余水信号对GABA*信号的影响.水模实验和人体实验结果均证实优化的MEGA-PRESS序列可以更好地实现GABA*含量在体检测.

关键词: 磁共振波谱(MRS), 序列优化, MEGA-PRESS, γ-氨基丁酸(GABA)

Abstract: Abnormal metabolism γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is involved in many brain diseases, and in vivo GABA detection is important for the diagnosis of these diseases. This study optimized a commonly used spectral editing method for in vivo GABA detection, MEGA-PRESS. We used high-performance Shinnar-Le Roux (SLR) pulses to replace the commonly used Gaussian pulses. Single-band pulse and dual-band pulse were combined to excite the resonances of given metabolites. An optimized MEGA-PRESS sequence was implemented on the uMR780 magnetic resonance imaging system manufactured by United Imaging Healthcare (UIH). The results showed that the SLR pulse could reduce the interference of macromolecule (MM) on GABA signal. Compared with the traditional methods, combining the single-band and dual-band pulses could better suppress contamination of residual water signal to the GABA* signal. Volunteer experiments demonstrated that the optimized MEGA-PRESS sequence improved in vivo measurement of GABA* concentration.

Key words: magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), sequence optimization, MEGA-PRESS, γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)

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