Daniel Pascal Fiege1, Christian Carlo
Mirkes1, Ana-Maria Oros-Peusquens1, Sandro Romanzetti1,
N. Jon Shah1,2
1Institute of Neuroscience
& Medicine, Forschungszentrum Jlich, Jlich, NRW, Germany; 2Department
of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, JARA, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, NRW,
Germany
Sodium MR images are usually low in resolution due to an inherently low signal-to-noise ratio. We have optimised a Cartesian gradient echo sequence for a nominal 2mm isotropic resolution. Images of a male volunteer acquired in 16 sessions were co-registered and averaged. The resulting sodium images show detailed anatomy and excellent correspondence to proton anatomical reference images.