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Abstract #2965

Myelin imaging with myelin-sensitive inversion recovery (MySIR) in multiple sclerosis

Sakie Namba1, Hajime Yokota2, Takayuki Sada1, Ryuna Kurosawa1, Keisuke Nitta1, Koji Matsumoto1, Masami Yoneyama3, Guillaume Gilbert4, 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, 4Phillips Canada, Mississauga, ON, Canada

Synopsis

Keywords: Multiple Sclerosis, Brain, Myelin imaging

Motivation: Myelin imaging that can assess demyelination needs to be established for testing new drugs and determining treatment strategies in multiple sclerosis (MS).

Goal(s): To investigate the correlation between myelin-sensitive inversion recovery imaging (MySIR) and inhomogeneous magnetization transfer (ihMT) to determine whether MySIR is feasible as myelin imaging in MS.

Approach: We evaluated the correlation between MySIR and ihMT in MS plaque and normal-appearing white matter (NAWM).

Results: MySIR correlated with ihMT in plaques of MS, and the discrimination ability between plaque and normal-appearing white matter of MySIR was equivalent to that of ihMT.

Impact: MySIR is feasible as myelin imaging for MS plaque. MySIR can achieve high resolution and has the potential to measure myelin content accurately.

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