Cerebral Phosphorus Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in a Patient with Giant Cell Arteritis and Endovascular Therapy

Figure 1

Examples for phosphorous magnetic resonance spectrum. The peaks of the different detectable membrane and energy metabolites from left to right: phosphomonoesters (PME), inorganic phosphate (Pi), phosphodiesters (PDE), and phosphocreatine (PCr), as well as three resonances of adenosine triphosphate (gamma-, alpha-, and beta-ATP). The vertical axis displays arbitrary units, while the x-axis shows the chemical shift difference to PCr in ppm. The original signal is depicted as the red curve and the calculated fit can be seen in blue.