Choline/NAA Spatial Variation Lars Ewell Radiation Oncology University of Arizona Medical Center 1/25/08 1
Cho/NAA Spatial Variation Cho/NAA has potential for necrosis/disease discrimination Weybright et al., Neuroradiology (2004) 46: 541–549
Patient 1: Scanned 3/23/07 S26S46
Patient 1, Cho/NAA 3/23/07 Highest ratio near center of disease/radiation. Dark blue not zero, ambiguous, indeterminate spectra.
Patient 1, Cho/NAA 5/8/07 Highest ratio moved posterior relative to 3/23/07 spectra. Dark blue not zero, ambiguous, indeterminate spectra.
Patient 1: Row and Columns
Central Increase going from Inferior to Superior Slice: Columns 6, 7, 8 Peripheral Decrease going from Inferior to Superior Slice: Columns 5, 10, 11
Similar behavior for row number 12
Closer to lesion, different behavior