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Abstract #3325

Menstrual Cycle Related Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Normal Uterus

CAO K, ZHANG X, TANG L, SUN Y
Beijing Cancer Hospital & Peking university School of Oncology

To investigate the feature of normal uterus MRS, and its relationship with menstrual cycle, seven generative healthy female volunteers underwent pelvic MR scan at three different point of their menstrual cycle - premenstrual, post menstrual and ovulatory phase. MRS were acquired and set SNR no less than 2 as the base line of a discernable signal. Choline is the only signal that could be detected in every case, while its peak varies according to different point of a cycle, highest in premenstrual phase. Such change indicates that choline peak is a normal signal of uterus, maybe derived from of endometrium.