In vivo characterization of brain ultrashort-T2 components.

To our knowledge, this is the first time a chemical shift of the ultrashort-T2 brain component has been measured in vivo. This chemical shift, at around 1.7 ppm, is similar to the primary resonance of most lipids, indicating that much of the ultrashort-T2 component observed in vivo arises from bound protons in the myelin phospholipid membranes. Magn Reson Med 80:726-735, 2018. © 2017 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.