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. 2024 Feb;59(2):661-672.
doi: 10.1002/jmri.28834. Epub 2023 Jun 1.

Quantification of Cerebral Glucose Concentrations via Detection of the H1-α-Glucose Peak in 1 H MRS at 7 T

Hideto Kuribayashi  1 , Yuta Urushibata  1 , Hirohiko Imai  2 , Sinyeob Ahn  3 , Ravi Teja Seethamraju  4 , Tadashi Isa  5 , Tomohisa Okada  5
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Quantification of Cerebral Glucose Concentrations via Detection of the H1-α-Glucose Peak in 1 H MRS at 7 T

Hideto Kuribayashi et al. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2024 Feb.

Abstract

Background: Sensitive detection and quantification of cerebral glucose is desired.

Purpose: To quantify cerebral glucose by detecting the H1-α-glucose peak at 5.23 ppm in 1 H magnetic resonance spectroscopy at 7 T.

Study type: Prospective.

Subjects: Twenty-eight non-fasted healthy subjects (aged 20-28 years).

Field strength/sequence: Short echo time stimulated echo acquisition mode (short-TE STEAM) and semi-localized by adiabatic selective refocusing (semi-LASER) at 7 T.

Assessment: Single voxel spectra were obtained from the posterior cingulate cortex (27-mL) using a 32-channel head coil. The H1-α-glucose peak in the spectrum with retrospective removal of the residual water peak was fitted using LCModel with a glucose basis set of only the H1-α-glucose peak. Conventional spectral analysis was performed with a glucose basis set of a full spectral pattern of glucose, also. Fitting precision was evaluated with Cramér-Rao lower bounds (CRLBs). The repeatability of glucose quantification via the semi-LASER sequence was tested.

Statistical tests: Paired or Welch's t-test were used for normally distributed values. A P value of <0.05 was considered significant. The repeatability of measures was analyzed using coefficient of variation (CV).

Results: Removal of the residual water peak improved the flatness and stability of baselines around the H1-α-glucose peak and reduced CRLBs for fitting the H1-α-glucose peak. The semi-LASER sequence was superior to the short-TE STEAM in the higher signal-to-noise ratio of the H1-α-glucose peak (mean ± SD 7.9 ± 2.5, P < 0.001). The conventional analysis overfitted the H1-α-glucose peak. The individual CVs of glucose quantification by detecting the H1-α-glucose peak were smaller than the corresponding CRLBs.

Data conclusion: Cerebral glucose concentration is quantitated to be 1.07 mM by detecting the H1-α-glucose peak in the semi-LASER spectra. Despite requiring long scan times, detecting the H1-α-glucose peak allows true glucose quantification free from the influence of overlapping taurine and macromolecule signals.

Evidence level: 2 TECHNICAL EFFICACY STAGE: 1.

Keywords: 7 T; H1-α-glucose; LCModel; baseline correction; brain glucose concentration; magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

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