Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
362-04-016 ISMRM Abstract

Quantification of lactate, glutathione, and GABA in metastatic lesions with MEGA-sLASER at 3 Tesla.

Primary: Neuro - Tumors
Secondary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Spectroscopy and spectroscopic imaging
362-04-016 · Spectroscopy and Spectroscopic Imaging: Neuro I · Monday, 11 May, 2:45 PM–3:40 PM · Digital Posters Row C
Keywords: Spectral editing Lactate Brain Metastasis Glutathione Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
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Andrei Manzhurtsev1, Svenja Klinsing2,3, Seyma Alcicek1,2,4,5, Dennis C Thomas 1,2,4,5, Anna-Luisa Luger2,3, Ulrich Pilatus1, Katharina J Weber2,4,5,6, Joachim P Steinbach2,3,4,5, Elke Hattingen1,2,4,5, Pia S Zeiner2,3, Katharina J Wenger1,2,4,5
1Goethe University, University Hospital Frankfurt, Institute of Neuroradiology and Cooperative Brain Imaging Center - CoBIC, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2Frankfurt Cancer Institute (FCI), Frankfurt am Main, Germany
3Dr. Senckenberg Institute of Neurooncology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
4University Cancer Center Frankfurt (UCT), Frankfurt am Main, Germany
5German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Heidelberg, Germany and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Frankfurt/Mainz, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
6Institute of Neurology (Edinger Institute), Goethe University and Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany
Presenting Author: Dennis C Thomas

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