Monte Carlo simulations and in vivo measurements on human abdominal adipose tissue were used to analyze the effect of the phase variation induced by eddy currents on localized spectroscopy fatty acid composition quantification (proportion of polyunsaturated, monounsaturated and saturated fatty acid). Monte Carlo simulations showed that base line distortions were able to strongly impact estimation of fatty acid composition. So we proposed a simple method to correct the base line using a second signal acquired with a longer TE. Test-retest variability of quantitative results was reduced using this correction.
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