2017 Imaging for Physicists Coursebook

Lipid suppression

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Lipids are found throughout body:

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Extracranial lipids

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Periprostatic lipids

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Breast

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Axilla

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etc.

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Lipids can distort baseline of spectra so that metabolites cannot be detected

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Lipids resonate at 1.3 ppm

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Lipids can be suppressed using outer volume suppression techniques