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S Köhler1, C Preibisch, M Nittka, A Haase.
Abstract
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 fast T(2)(*) relaxation component between 1.2 and 1.6 ms and a slow T(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 x 4.7 x 10 mm (0.2 cc voxel size) and a signal-to-noise ratio of 20 in brain tissue and 30 in cerebrospinal fluid.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11502419 DOI: 10.1007/bf02668153
Source DB: PubMed Journal: MAGMA ISSN: 0968-5243 Impact factor: 2.310