23Na/1H MR Imaging of Female Pelvis at 7T Using a Dual-Tuned Multi-Channel Body Coil

Kyongtae Ty Bae¹, Jung-Hwan Kim¹, Chan Hong Moon¹, Alessandro Furlan¹, Bumwoo Park¹, JinHong Wang¹

For the first time, we were able to demonstrate MR imaging of the female pelvis and distribution of sodium signal intensities in the female pelvic organs in normal subjects at 7T with a multi-channel dual-tuned body RF coil. Future development of 23Na MR imaging will concentrate on the clinical application of sodium MR imaging of the female pelvis to assess various physiological and pathological conditions accompanied with changes in sodium concentration.