Quantitative tissue sodium concentration mapping of normal rat brain
A quantitative in vivo method for obtaining maps of tissue sodium concentration (TSC) by MRI is compared to the invasive, global 22Na radionuclide dilutional technique in the normal rat brain. The MR method uses a three-dimensional projectional acquisition scheme to minimize signal losses from trans...
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Published in | Magnetic resonance in medicine Vol. 36; no. 1; p. 83 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
01.07.1996
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Summary: | A quantitative in vivo method for obtaining maps of tissue sodium concentration (TSC) by MRI is compared to the invasive, global 22Na radionuclide dilutional technique in the normal rat brain. The MR method uses a three-dimensional projectional acquisition scheme to minimize signal losses from transverse relaxation. Internal calibration standards are used to convert the signal intensity into TSC after correction for B1 inhomogeneities by using the ratio of 23Na and 1H images obtained with identical B1 distributions and sensitivities at the two frequencies. Over the biological range of concentrations, the TSC, measured as the ratio of MR signals of 23Na and 1H, gives a linear response with concentration. In the normal rat brain, the mean TSC measured using the MRI method (TSC = 45 +/- 4 mM, animals = 5) is not significantly different from the global 22Na radionuclide method (TSC = 49 +/- 6 mM, animals = 7). |
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ISSN: | 0740-3194 1522-2594 |
DOI: | 10.1002/mrm.1910360115 |