Sodium in the Brain: Why Do We Do It?
Daniel Paech1
1Radiology, German Cancer Research Center, Germany

Synopsis

Sodium MRI is an increasingly applied non-invasive imaging technique with a fast growing body of evidence regarding its diagnostic value, especially in neuroradiology. This lecture will discuss principle applications of Sodium-MRI at clinical and ultra-high magnetic fields (3T and 7T) providing a window into tissue metabolism and pathophysiological alteration of sodium concentrations associated with various neurological diseases. This will include applications for initial diagnosis and disease characterization (e.g. neuro-oncology, epilepsy, neurodegeneration, and neuroinflammation), prognostication, and therapy response monitoring. Difficulties regarding a broader clinical translation of sodium MRI will be discussed.

Acknowledgements

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References

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Proc. Intl. Soc. Mag. Reson. Med. 30 (2022)