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Abstract #3388

Fluid-Suppressed 23Na MRI of Knee Joint at 7T

Jae-Seung Lee1, Souheil Inati2, Ravinder Regatte3, Alexej Jerschow1

1Chemistry Department, New York University, New York, United States; 2Center for Brain Imaging, New York University, New York, United States; 3Center for Biomedical Imaging, New York University, New York, United States


We demonstrate excellent fluid suppression in 23Na MRI at 7T by using inversion-recovery and quadrupolar contrast techniques. These methods will greatly improve quantification of tissue sodium concentrations, which in turn will help in providing diagnostic techniques for cartilage tissues.