Research Article

Multisite Kinetic Modeling of 13C Metabolic MR Using [1-13C]Pyruvate

Table 2

calculated for MSIM and 2SIM and corresponding SNR levels for all concentrations and slices (mean ± standard deviation).

(MSIM) (2SIM)SNR

20 mMol
 Heart
 Liver
 Kidney
40 mMol
 Heart
 Liver
 Kidney
80 mMol
 Heart
 Liver
 Kidney