Abstract #0870

Sodium Concentration Quantification in Human Calf Muscle Using UTE Imaging at 7.0T

Peter Linz¹, Davide Santoro², Wolfgang Renz,^2,3, Friedrich C. Luft⁴, Jens Titze¹, Thoralf Niendorf^2,4

¹Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Clinic Erlangen-Nuernberg, Erlangen, Germany; ²Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility, Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany; ³Siemens Medical Solutions, Erlangen, Germany; ⁴Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), Charit Campus Buch, Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany

Sodium metabolism in muscle is changed in hypertensive animal models. With Na high field MRI and UTE-sequences Na-concentrations in human muscle can be studied at fast acquisition times. times.