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A double-tuned (1)H/(23)Na dual resonator system for tissue sodium concentration measurements in the rat brain via Na-MRI.
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Physics in medicine and biology [Phys Med Biol] 2010 Dec 21; Vol. 55 (24), pp. 7681-95. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 Nov 26. - Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- A method for quantifying the tissue sodium concentration (TSC) in the rat brain from ²³Na-MR images was developed. TSC is known to change in a variety of common human diseases and holds considerable potential to contribute to their study; however, its accurate measurement in small laboratory animals has been hindered by the extremely low signal to noise ratio (SNR) in ²³Na images. To address this, the design, construction and characterization of a double-tuned ¹H/²³Na dual resonator system for ¹H-guided quantitative ²³Na-MRI are described. This system comprises an SNR-optimized surface detector coil for ²³Na image acquisition, and a volume resonator producing a highly homogeneous B₁ field (<5% inhomogeneity) for the Na channel across the rat head. The resonators incorporated channel-independent balanced matching and tuning capabilities with active decoupling circuitry at the ²³Na resonance frequency. A quantification accuracy of TSC of <10 mM was achieved in Na-images with 1.2 µl voxel resolution acquired in 10 min. The potential of the quantification technique was demonstrated in an in vivo experiment of a rat model of cerebral stroke, where the evolution of the TSC was successfully monitored for 8 h after the stroke was induced.
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1361-6560
- Volume :
- 55
- Issue :
- 24
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Physics in medicine and biology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 21113090
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/55/24/019