Lazar Fleysher1, Niels Oesingmann2,
Ryan Brown3, Graham Wiggins3, Daniel K. Sodickson4,
Matilde Inglese5
1Department of Radiology, NYU School of
Medicine, New York, United States; 2Siemens Medical Solutions USA,
Inc., United States; 3Department of Radiology and Center for
Biomedical Imaging, NYU School of Medicine, New York, United States; 4Departments
of Radiology, Physiology and Neuroscience, NYU School of Medicine, New York,
United States; 5Departments of Radiology and Neurology, NYU School
of Medicine, New York, United States
Single
quantum and triple-quantum sodium imaging is used to obtain the intracellular
sodium fraction from the human brain in-vivo.
The fast and slow sodium relaxation rates from the human head at 7T are also
reported.