Abstract #4530

Feasibility of inhomogeneous magnetization transfer for the peripheral nerve of the brachial plexus

Takayuki Sada¹, Hajime Yokota², Ryuna Kurosawa¹, Takafumi Yoda¹, Koji Matsumoto¹, Takashi Namiki³, Masami Yoneyama³, Guillaume Gilbert⁴, Yoshitada Masuda¹, and Takashi Uno²

¹Department of Radiology, Chiba university hospital, Chiba, Japan, ²Diagnostic Radiology and Radiation Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan, ³Philips Japan, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Philips Canada, Mississauga, ON, Canada

Synopsis

Magnetization transfer (MT) has been conventionally used for the determination of myelin. However, the problem with the MT is that it reflects bound water that is not related to myelin. Inhomogeneous Magnetization Transfer (ihMT) can act specifically on myelin, it has been reported to be a useful method for quantifying myelin in brain and spinal cord regions. In this study, we compared conventional MT and ihMT for the brachial plexus, and ihMT might be able to reflect more accurate information about myelin than MT.

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