Values are derived from a survey of the literature. References listed below. Values for metabolites are derived from an average of NAA, Cr and Cho peaks.
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@@ -14,19 +14,49 @@ H2O_PPM_TO_TMS = 4.65 # Shift of water to Tetramethylsilane
H1_gamma=42.576# MHz/tesla
# Concentration scaling parameters
TISSUE_WATER_DENSITY={'GM':0.78,'WM':0.65,'CSF':0.97}# Kreis R, Ernst T, Ross BD. Absolute quantitation of water and metabolites in the human brain. II. Metabolite concentrations. J Magn Reson B. 1993;102:9-19.
#TISSUE_WATER_DENSITY reference: Ernst T, Kreis R, Ross BD. Absolute Quantitation of Water and Metabolites in the Human Brain. I. Compartments and Water. Journal of Magnetic Resonance, Series B 1993;102:1–8 doi: 10.1006/jmrb.1993.1055.
H2O_MOLECULAR_MASS=18.01528# g/mol
H2O_MOLALITY=55.51E3# mmol/kg
H2O_PROTONS=2
# T1 parameters
# Derived from a survey of the literature. References listed below.
# Metabolite values derived from an average of NAA, Cr and Cho peaks.
STANDARD_T1={'3T':{'H2O_WM':0.97,# Ref: 1-6
'H2O_GM':1.50,# Ref: 1-6
'H2O_CSF':4.47,# Ref: 4
'METAB':1.29},# Ref: 2, 7-9
'7T':{'H2O_WM':1.21,# Ref: 1-6
'H2O_GM':2.05,# Ref: 1-6
'H2O_CSF':4.43,# Ref: 4
'METAB':1.43}}# Ref: 2, 7-9
# T2 parameters
# 3T from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/nbm.3914
# 7T from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4549223/ - except copied CSF