Abstract #1010

Intra-Cellular Sodium Fraction in the Human Brain at 7T in-Vivo.

Lazar Fleysher¹, Niels Oesingmann², Ryan Brown³, Graham Wiggins³, Daniel K. Sodickson⁴, Matilde Inglese⁵

¹Department of Radiology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, United States; ²Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., United States; ³Department of Radiology and Center for Biomedical Imaging, NYU School of Medicine, New York, United States; ⁴Departments of Radiology, Physiology and Neuroscience, NYU School of Medicine, New York, United States; ⁵Departments of Radiology and Neurology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, United States

Single quantum and triple-quantum sodium imaging is used to obtain the intracellular sodium fraction from the human brain in-vivo. The fast and slow sodium relaxation rates from the human head at 7T are also reported.