Abstract #2385

Feasibility of water peak MRS without water suppression for the evaluation of cerebrospinal fluid

Toshiaki Taoka^1,2, Rintaro Ito^1,2, Rei Nakamichi², Takashi Abe², Toshiki Nakane², Hisashi Kawai², Mayuko Sakai³, and Shinji Naganawa²

¹Department of Innovative Biomedical Visualization (iBMV), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, ²Radiology, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, ³Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara, Japan

We conducted water peak MRS without water suppression, in which the water peak itself is evaluated, to determine if the water peak is altered by the existence of solutes and to evaluate the feasibility of water peak MRS for detecting pathologic changes in CSF. The water peaks were modified by the solute concentrations of NaCl, Glu, and Alb. Differences in water peaks were observed among the CSF phantom simulating normal CSF, CSF with bacterial meningitis, and CSF with obstruction of the subarachnoid space.

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