Deuterium metabolic imaging of the human brain in vivo at 7 T.
Eulalia Serés RoigHenk M De FeyterTerence W NixonLoreen RuhmAnton V NikulinKlaus SchefflerNikolai I AvdievichAnke HenningRobin A de GraafPublished in: Magnetic resonance in medicine (2022)
Here, we have demonstrated the successful implementation of 3D DMI in the human brain in vivo at 7 T. The spatial and temporal nominal resolutions achieved at 7 T (i.e., 2.7 mL in 28 min, respectively) were close to those achieved at 9.4 T and greatly outperformed DMI at lower magnetic fields. DMI at 7 T and beyond has clear potential in applications dealing with small brain lesions.