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Fast three-dimensional sodium imaging of human brain

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A three-dimensional sodium imaging technique with a minimum echo time of 0.9 ms is described in a 2.0 Tesla whole-body system. The relaxation behaviour in vivo of sodium was analysed: a lastT *2 relaxation component between 1.2 and 1.6 ms and a slowT *2 relaxation component between 7.1 ms and 8.4 ms were quantified in brain tissue of three volunteers. Three-dimensional sodium images of the human brain were acquired in 8.5 min with a resolution of 4.7 × 4.7 × 10 mm (0.2 cc voxel size) and a signal-to-noise ratio of 20 in brain tissue and 30 in cerebrospinal fluid.

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    Sascha Köhler, Christine Preibisch, Mathias Nittka & Axel Haase

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Köhler, S., Preibisch, C., Nittka, M. et al. Fast three-dimensional sodium imaging of human brain. MAGMA 13, 63–69 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02668153

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