Method Development
Research Focus on MRS-Methods: Development, Evalution and Application to Projects at the BIC
The MR physicist group at Neuroradiology aims at providing clinical researchers more sophisticated methods with focus on metabolic imaging.
MR Methods
- “Standard” 1H MRSI (single voxel (SVS) and 2D spectroscopic imaging at different TE for detection of brain metabolites
- Spectral editing for detection of GABA and 2HG
- 31P MRS for monitoring energy metabolism
- Combining 31P and 1H MRSI for monitoring tumor metabolism and the aging brain
- CEST-MRI for tumor diagnosis (montitoring pH and new contrasts related to magnetization transfer)
Tools for analyzing data
- Evaluation of spectroscopic and CEST data
- Combining metabolic data with MRI contrast and parameter images