The authors developed a hydrogen-1 proton magnetic resonance (MR) imag
ing method in which metabolic information is acquired by obtaining mul
tiple sections through the brain. A spin-echo sequence is used for sec
tion selection, an octangular outer volume saturation pulse for lipid
suppression, and a chemical-shift-selective saturation pulse for water
suppression. High-quality maps of choline, creatine, and N-acetylaspa
rtate were obtained in six studies performed in four volunteers. Water
and lipid signal from the skull area was well suppressed by the pulse
sequence used.