Table 3 Within- and between-subject coefficient of variation of deuterium metabolic imaging in different regions of the brain
From: Repeatability of deuterium metabolic imaging of healthy volunteers at 3 T
Temporal lobe | Occipital lobe | Frontal lobe | Parietal lobe | Cerebellum | Thalamus | Caudate | Putamen | Brain stem | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Resonance | Within-subject CoV (%) | ||||||||
Water | 6.3 | 10.3 | 4.2 | 6.2 | 7.6 | 4.3 | 12 | 6.6 | 8.7 |
Glucose | 8.9 | 12.3 | 15 | 11.3 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 15.1 | 11.9 |
Glx | 11.4 | 13.2 | 9.2 | 8.2 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 16.5 | 12.3 | 14.4 |
Lactate | 10.5 | 13 | 9.9 | 7.5 | 14.9 | 14.8 | 19.9 | 23.6 | 11.1 |
Between-subject CoV (%) | |||||||||
Water | 16 | 18.2 | 13 | 14 | 13.6 | 8.5 | 14.7 | 11.5 | 16.6 |
Glucose | 22.1 | 24.5 | 23.9 | 21.6 | 18.5 | 20 | 18.4 | 23.8 | 24.6 |
Glx | 21.3 | 24.8 | 18.1 | 20.5 | 19.1 | 14.5 | 21 | 17 | 23.6 |
Lactate | 24.7 | 33.7 | 16.4 | 28.8 | 26.8 | 41.2 | 37.7 | 28.6 | 22.3 |