Efficient 23 Na triple-quantum signal imaging on clinical scanners: Cartesian imaging of single and triple-quantum 23 Na (CRISTINA).

Michaela A U HoeslLothar R SchadStanislas Rapacchi

Published in: Magnetic resonance in medicine (2020)

Considerations for efficient MQC measurements, most importantly avoiding B0 signal loss, led to the design of CRISTINA. CRISTINA captures triple-quantum coherences and single-quantum coherences signal evolution to provide complete sodium signal characterization including T 2 ∗ fast, T 2 ∗ slow, MQC amplitudes, and sodium concentration.

Keyphrases

molecular dynamics
high resolution
energy transfer
monte carlo
mass spectrometry
photodynamic therapy