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Abstract #2178

Ultra-High Field MRI of Primary Brain Tumors: Contrast and Resolution

Fernando Emilio Boada1, Yongxian Qian1, Frank Lieberman2, Denise Davis1, Ronald Hamilton3

1MR Research Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; 2Neurooncology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; 3Department of Neuropathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States


Imaging of primary brain tumors at Ultra-High Field (UHF) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has tremendous appeal due to the expected improvements in contrast at spatial resolution scales previously unpractical for in vivo human MRI. In this work we demonstrate the use of UHF for evaluating the microvascular structure of brain tumors and the improvements in signal quantification during sodium MRI