PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Lange, T.
AU  - Dydak, U.
AU  - Roberts, T.P.L.
AU  - Rowley, H.A.
AU  - Bjeljac, M.
AU  - Boesiger, P.
TI  - Pitfalls in Lactate Measurements at 3T
DP  - 2006 Apr 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 895--901
VI  - 27
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/27/4/895.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/27/4/895.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2006 Apr 01; 27
AB  - SUMMARY: In clinical MR spectroscopy at higher field strengths, lactate may show reduced or absent signal intensity at an echo time of 144 ms. Although this false-negative result may be predicted from theory, experimental verification and clinical impact have not been fully established. Using scanners from 3 major vendors, spectra from phantoms and patients demonstrate the lactate signal loss and potential error in interpretation. Strategies are discussed to overcome, or at least alleviate, this problem.