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AUTHOR
B. Martínez-granados
Metabolic profile of chronic liver disease by NMR spectroscopy of human biopsies.
Among the different processes occurring during the evolution of liver disease, fibrosis has a predominant role. Liver fibrosis mechanisms are fairly constant irrespective of the underlying etiology. Cirrhosis is the end-stage of this reaction. Metabolic profiles, which are affected by many physiological and pathological processes, may provide further insight into the metabolic consequences of this severe liver disease. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the applicability of 1H high resolution magic angle spinning (HR-MAS) NMR spectroscopy in the biochemical profile determination of human liver needle biopsy samples for the characterization of metabolic alterations related to the sever…
Deterioro cognitivo: clasificación mediante espectroscopia de resonancia magnética de protón y contribución de la imagen convencional
Objetivo Analizar la eficacia diagnostica de la espectroscopia de resonancia magnetica de proton (1H ERM) en pacientes con deterioro cognitivo y establecer la complementariedad de la informacion de imagen de resonancia magnetica (RM) mediante curvas ROC. Material y metodos Se estudian 64 pacientes con deterioro cognitivo, incluyendo enfermedad de Alzheimer (EA) (N = 31), demencia vascular (N = 6), deterioro cognitivo leve (DCL) (N = 9) y depresion mayor (N = 18). Todos se exploraron con RM cerebral y 1H ERM usando dos tiempos de eco (TE, 31 y 136 ms) con volumen unico en la circonvolucion cingular posterior y lobulo temporal derecho. Los metabolitos analizados fueron N-acetilaspartato (NAA)…
MRS as Endogenous Molecular Imaging for Brain and Prostate Tumors: FP6 Project “eTUMOR“
Molecular imaging has become during the last years in an important tool for supporting cancer diagnosis and prognosis. PET and SPECT are the most common molecular imaging techniques, although very promising and specific biological molecular agent contrast for CT and MRI are being recently developed. However, the above imaging techniques require exogenous contrast agents and usually a sole molecular image can be obtained at once. On the contrary, in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), in particular 1H MRS can simultaneously provide several molecular images using endogenous metabolites. In addition to biochemical spatial information from molecular imaging spectroscopy, MRS can also pr…
Quadrature coils for magnetic resonance spectroscopy in the detection of prostate cancer: Single voxel acquisition does not improve the diagnostic accuracy of multivoxel images
Abstract Objective To determine the viability of quadrature coils for detecting prostate cancer using single voxel and multivoxel spectroscopy images. Material and methods We used a quadrature coil on a 1.5T MR scanner to evaluate 23 patients with suspected prostate cancer and prostate specific antigen levels greater than 4 ng/ml (mean 12 ± 8 ng/ml), independently of findings at digital rectal examination. We acquired T2-weighted images and MR spectroscopy images. We also acquired single voxel studies in areas in which the T2-weighted images or the multivoxel images were altered. We used a citrate solution to verify the spectroscopic calibration. Results Using spectroscopy images and a (Cho…
Spectroscopic metabolomic abnormalities in the thalamus related to auditory hallucinations in patients with schizophrenia
Abstract Objective Previous studies have found neurochemical abnormalities in thalamic nuclei in patients with schizophrenia. These abnormalities have been associated with information processing deficiencies and symptom formation. There are no metabolic spectroscopy studies in patients with schizophrenia attending to auditory hallucinations. The aim of the present study is to explore metabolic Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) ratio differences in the thalamus between schizophrenic patients with and without auditory hallucinations and control subjects. Methods MRS studies (MRI 1.5 T unit) were performed in 49 patients with schizophrenia (30 with auditory hallucinations and 19 without au…
Metabolite identification in human liver needle biopsies by high-resolution magic angle spinning1H NMR spectroscopy
High-resolution magic angle spinning (HR-MAS) 1 H NMR spectroscopy of intact human liver needle biopsies has not been previously reported. HR-MAS NMR spectra collected on 17 specimens with tissue amounts between � 0.5 and 12 mg showed very good spectral resolution and signal-to-noise ratios. One-dimensional 1 H spectra revealed many intense signals corresponding to cellular metabolites. In addition, some high molecular weight metabolites, such as glycogen and mobile fatty acids, could be observed in some spectra. Resonance assignments for 22 metabolites were obtained by combining the analysis of three different types of 1D 1 H spectral editing, such as T2 filtering or the nuclear Overhauser…
Magnetic Resonance Microscopy Contribution to Interpret High-Resolution Magic Angle Spinning Metabolomic Data of Human Tumor Tissue
[EN] HRMAS NMR is considered a valuable technique to obtain detailed metabolic profile of unprocessed tissues. To properly interpret the HRMAS metabolomic results, detailed information of the actual state of the sample inside the rotor is needed. MRM (Magnetic Resonance Microscopy) was applied for obtaining structural and spatially localized metabolic information of the samples inside the HRMAS rotors. The tissue was observed stuck to the rotor wall under the effect of HRMAS spinning. MRM spectroscopy showed a transference of metabolites from the tissue to the medium. The sample shape and the metabolite transfer after HRMAS indicated that tissue had undergone alterations and it can not be s…