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Abstract #1439

T2 Relaxation Times in the Human Brain at 7T

Malgorzata Marjanska1, Edward J. Auerbach1, Romain Valabregue2, Pierre-Francois Van De Moortele1, Gregor Adriany1, Michael Garwood1

1Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States; 2Hpital Piti-Salptrire, Paris, France


To obtain absolute concentrations of metabolites from spectra obtained at longer echo times, the knowledge of both the J-modulation and T2 relaxation times is required. The T2 relaxation times at 7 T have been reported previously for the methyl protons of N-acetylaspartate (NAA) and the methyl protons of total creatine (creatine + phosphocreatine, tCr). The aim of this study was to measure T2 relaxation times in different brain regions of the singlets and J-coupled metabolites.