Corroboration of the shape by parameter estimations in the derivative fast Padé transform with applications to ovarian MRS
摘要
The non-parametric and parametric derivative fast Padé transform (dFPT) were applied to time signals encoded by in vitro magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) from benign and malignant ovarian cyst fluid. Several chemical shift regions in which diagnostically-important metabolites resonate were scrutinized. Consecutive derivative orders were inspected until convergence was attained, with concordance between the two versions of the dFPT. In most of the examined chemical shift regions, this occurred with the third derivative order, which was sufficient for the resonances to appear as tall, thin peaks, emerging from an entirely flat baseline with clearly identifiable integration limits. Thereby, the prominent lactate doublet resonating at