Abstract #3105
1H and 23Na MRI of Rat Head at 4 Tesla with a Simple Double-Tuned RF Surface Coil
Alecci M, Romanzetti S, Kaffanke J, Celik A, Wegener H, Shah N
Universit dell'Aquila
MRI is proving to be a very useful tool for sodium quantification in animal models of stroke, ischemia, and cancer. In this work we present the design and the in vivo testing of a simple dual-frequency RF surface coil that permits proton and sodium images of the rat head at 4 Tesla.
