Abstract #2264

RF Coils for Evaluation of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Biomarkers at 4.7 T

Edith Valle¹, Travis Carrell², Peter P. Nghiem³, Steven M. Wright^1,2, and Mary P. McDougall^1,2

¹Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States, ²Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States, ³Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States

Synopsis

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a debilitating genetic muscle disorder. To study and characterize this disease efficiently, our group has developed a set of custom single-tuned and multi-tuned coils. We have acquired ¹H, ²³Na and ³¹P data from 20 healthy and diseased samples. Some of the studied biomarkers have shown clear distinctions between healthy and diseased samples.

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