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Abstract #2789

Multi-exponential characteristics of acetate diffusion-weighted MRS signal in the in vivo rat brain at 14.1T

Masoumeh Dehghani M. 1 , Nicolas Kunz 2 , Bernard Lanz 1 , and Rolf Gruetter 1,2

1 Laboratory for Functional and Metabolic Imaging, Ecole Polytechnique Fdrale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland, 2 Centre dImagerie Biomdicale, Ecole Polytechnique Fdrale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

The aim of this study is to address the diffusion characteristics of Ace in the rat brain in vivo. The remarkable sensitivity and spectral resolution of localized 1H MRS at 14T allowed a precise measurement of the diffusion properties of NAA and Ace at very high diffusion weighting The significantly large diffusion of Ace estimated from monoexponential fitting indicates its smaller molecule size. Different diffusion characteristics of Ace in the bi-exponential model at higher b values indicate different in vivo diffusion barriers and cellular restrictions compared to NAA and suggest different intracellular distribution space for Ace in the rat brain.

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