Table 1.
Relative ratios between the SNRs afforded by various 2H MRSI approaches for a water/glucose/lactate DMI phantom.
| HDO | Glucose | Lactate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uniform CSI-SSFP/uniform ME-SSFP | 1.0 ± 0.2 | 0.9 ± 0.1 | 1.2 ± 0.1 |
| Weighted ME-SSFP/uniform ME-SSFP | 1.6 ± 0.3 | 1.6 ± 0.1 | 1.9 ± 0.1 |
| Weighted CSI-SSFP/uniform ME-SSFP | 2.4 ± 0.3 | 2.4 ± 0.2 | 3.0 ± 0.2 |
| Weighted CSI-SSFP/uniform CSI-SSFP | 2.4 ± 0.3 | 2.5 ± 0.3 | 2.6 ± 0.2 |
Errors reflect the statistics arising from n = 6 repeated experiments.