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Glutamate metabolism plays a significant role in glioma invasion and growth and may lead to glioma-associated epileptic discharges and excitotoxicity. In in vivo MR spectroscopy, the molecular similarity of glutamate and glutamine results in overlapped, hence indistinguishable, spectral peaks and hinders their quantification. Here, we propose the use of J-modulation at optimum echo time for accurate and separate quantification of glutamate and glutamine. To study the reproducibility of this approach, in vivo MRSI sLASER measurement at 120 ms echo time was evaluated in three healthy subjects in two separate sessions, and the findings are reported.
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