Peter Linz1, Davide Santoro2,
Wolfgang Renz2,3, Jan Ruff3, Jens Titze4,
Friedrich Luft5, Thoralf Niendorf2,5
1Department of Nephrology
& Hypertension, University Clinic Erlangen-Nuernberg, Erlangen, Germany; 2Berlin
Ultrahigh Field Facility, Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine,
Berlin, Germany; 3Siemens Healthcare, Erlangen, Germany; 4Department
of Nephrology & Hypertension & Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Center for Molecular
Medicine, University Clinic Erlangen-Nuernberg, Erlangen, Germany; 5Experimental
& Clinical Research Center (ECRC), Charit Campus Buch,
Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany
We propose a dedicated 23Na coil to accomplish the first 23Na-MRI images of the skin with a sub-millimeter in plane resolution.