@article{QIMS26556,
author = {Bastien Milani and Jean Delacoste and Michel Burnier and Menno Pruijm},
title = {Exploring a new method for quantitative sodium MRI in the human upper leg with a surface coil and symmetrically arranged reference phantoms},
journal = {Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery},
volume = {9},
number = {6},
year = {2019},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Background: The aim of this study is to validate and evaluate the reproducibility of a new setup for the quantification of the tissue sodium concentration (TSC) in the human upper leg muscles with sodium MRI at 3 Tesla. This setup is making use of an emit and receive single loop surface coil together with a set of square, symmetrically arranged reference phantoms. As a second aim, the performances of two MRI protocols for the TSC quantification in the upper leg muscles are compared: one using an ultra-short echo time (UTE) 3-dimensional radial sequence (UTE-protocol), and the other one using standard gradient echo sequence (GRE-protocol).
Methods: A validation test of the quantification of sodium concentration is performed in phantoms. The bias of the method is estimated and compared between both protocols. The reproducibility of TSC quantification is assessed in phantoms by the coefficient of variation (CV) and compared between both protocols. The reproducibility is also assessed in 11 health volunteers. Signal to noise ratio (SNR) maps are acquired in phantoms with both protocols in order to compare the resulting SNR.
Results: The apparatus and post processing were successfully implemented. The bias of the method was smaller than 10% in phantoms (excepted for Na concentration of 10 mmol/L when using the GRE protocol). The reproducibility of the method using symmetrically arranged phantoms was high in phantoms and humans (CV },
issn = {2223-4306}, url = {https://qims.amegroups.org/article/view/26556}
}