Sodium MRI ( 23 Na-MRI) has been used to non-invasively quantify tissue sodium but has been limited by low spatial resolution. Here we demonstrate for the first time that high resolution 23 Na-MRI reveals the spatial heterogeneity of sodium concentration within a multiple sclerosis (MS) lesion. A patient with treatment-naïve relapsing-remitting MS and a ring-enhancing lesion was imaged using 23 Na-MRI. The periphery of the lesion demonstrated an elevated total sodium content compared to the normal appearing white and grey matter (p < 0.01), as well as a heterogeneous distribution of both the total tissue sodium concentration and the intracellular-weighted sodium concentration.
Grist J.T., Riemer F., McLean M.A., Matys T., Zaccagna F., Hilborne S.F., et al. (2018). Imaging intralesional heterogeneity of sodium concentration in multiple sclerosis: Initial evidence from 23 Na-MRI. JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES, 387, 111-114 [10.1016/j.jns.2018.01.027].
Imaging intralesional heterogeneity of sodium concentration in multiple sclerosis: Initial evidence from 23 Na-MRI
Zaccagna F.;
2018
Abstract
Sodium MRI ( 23 Na-MRI) has been used to non-invasively quantify tissue sodium but has been limited by low spatial resolution. Here we demonstrate for the first time that high resolution 23 Na-MRI reveals the spatial heterogeneity of sodium concentration within a multiple sclerosis (MS) lesion. A patient with treatment-naïve relapsing-remitting MS and a ring-enhancing lesion was imaged using 23 Na-MRI. The periphery of the lesion demonstrated an elevated total sodium content compared to the normal appearing white and grey matter (p < 0.01), as well as a heterogeneous distribution of both the total tissue sodium concentration and the intracellular-weighted sodium concentration.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
