Journal of Molecular Imaging & Dynamics

Journal of Molecular Imaging & Dynamics
Open Access

ISSN: 2155-9937

Abstract

T1 and T2 Metabolite Relaxation Times in Normal Brain at 3T and 7T

Yan Li, Duan Xu, Esin Ozturk-Isik, Janine M Lupo, Albert P Chen, Daniel B Vigneron and Sarah J Nelson

This study was designed to measure T1 and T2 relaxation times of the singlets in normal brain at 7T. Our results demonstrated that the T1 relaxation values of total creatine (tCr)-CH3 and N-acetyl aspartate (NAA) in the parietal white matter significantly increased at 7T compared to 3T, while the T1 of Choline-containing compounds (Cho) was similar between field strengths.

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