1Surbeck Laboratory of Advanced
Imaging, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of
California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States; 2UCSF/UCB
Joint Graduate Group in Bioengineering, University of California, San
Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States; 3Department of
Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San
Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States; 4Department of
Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco,
CA, United States
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this work we have evaluated the coverage volume and data quality of 3D MRSI
protocols with manual and automatic prescription of outer-volume suppression
and selected volume. Automatic oblique prescription allowed approximately 3x
increase in coverage volume with no decline in data quality.