Jean D. Jutras1, Chris C. Hanstock1, Jeff Snyder1, Alan H. Wilman1
1Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, University of Al berta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
For PRESS spectroscopy of glutamate in the human brain, the choice of field strength can play a large role in affecting the optimal timings and yields, however, the voxel location (occipital lobe, frontal lobe or midbrain) is also critical to consider since susceptibility effects from tissue-air and tissue-iron interfaces play an increasing role with increasing field. We assess these effects for a range of field strengths.