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Abstract #2000

Preliminary 23Na Transverse Relaxation Time Investigation Using a Continuous Distribution Model

Frank Riemer1, Bhavana S. Solanky1, Claudia Angela M. Wheeler-Kingshott1, Xavier Golay2

1NMR Research Unit, Queen Square MS Centre, Department of Neuroinflammation, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom; 2Department of Brain Repair & Rehabilitation, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Preliminary results from using a continuous distribution model (regularized inverse Laplace transform) to analyse 23Na-T2* in the brain.

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