[HTML][HTML] Recent technical developments and clinical research applications of sodium (23Na) MRI

LV Gast, T Platt, AM Nagel, T Gerhalter - Progress in Nuclear Magnetic …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sodium is an essential ion that plays a central role in many physiological processes
including the transmembrane electrochemical gradient and the maintenance of the body's …

MR-imaging in osteoarthritis: current standard of practice and future outlook

J Ehmig, G Engel, J Lotz, W Lehmann, S Taheri… - Diagnostics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common degenerative joint disease that affects millions of people
worldwide. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has emerged as a powerful tool for the …

Evaluation of sodium relaxation times and concentrations in the achilles tendon using MRI

B Kamp, M Frenken, L Klein-Schmeink… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Sodium magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be used to evaluate the change in the
proteoglycan content in Achilles tendons (ATs) of patients with different AT pathologies by …

Lorentzian-Corrected Apparent Exchange-Dependent Relaxation (LAREX) Ω-Plot Analysis—An Adaptation for qCEST in a Multi-Pool System: Comprehensive In …

KL Radke, LM Wilms, M Frenken, J Stabinska… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Based on in silico, in situ, and in vivo studies, this study aims to develop a new method for
the quantitative chemical exchange saturation transfer (qCEST) technique considering multi …

Sodium MRI of the Lumbar Intervertebral Discs of the Human Spine: An Ex Vivo Study

B Kamp, KL Radke, M Knet, R Strunk… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Lower back pain affects 75%–85% of people at some point in their lives. The
detection of biochemical changes with sodium (23Na) MRI has potential to enable an earlier …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review demonstrating correlation of MRI compositional parameters with clinical outcomes following articular cartilage repair interventions in the …

B Lineham, H Wijayathunga, E Moran… - … and Cartilage Open, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Compositional-MRI parameters enable the assessment of cartilage ultrastructure.
Correlation of these parameters with clinical outcomes is unclear. This systematic review …

Quantitative and Compositional MRI of the Articular Cartilage: A Narrative Review

D Albano, U Viglino, F Esposito, A Rizzo, C Messina… - Tomography, 2024 - mdpi.com
This review examines the latest advancements in compositional and quantitative cartilage
MRI techniques, addressing both their potential and challenges. The integration of these …

An accelerated PETALUTE MRI sequence for in vivo quantification of sodium content in human articular cartilage at 3T

CX Villarreal, X Shen, AA Alhulail, NM Buffo, X Zhou… - Skeletal Radiology, 2024 - Springer
Objective In this work, we evaluate the sodium magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
capabilities of a three-dimensional (3D) dual-echo ultrashort echo time (UTE) sequence with …

Insights into the Age Dependency of Compositional MR Biomarkers Quantifying the Health Status of Cartilage in Metacarpophalangeal Joints

M Frenken, KL Radke, ELE Schäfer, B Valentin… - Diagnostics, 2023 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: We aim to investigate age-related changes in cartilage structure and
composition in the metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints using magnetic resonance (MR) …

[HTML][HTML] 23Na relaxometry: An overview of theory and applications

Y Song, Y Yin, Q Chen, A Marchetti, X Kong - Magnetic Resonance Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract 23 Na is a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-active isotope with a nuclear spin
quantum number of 3/2. 23 Na relaxation phenomenon is at the core of 23 Na NMR …