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Abstract #3508

In Vivo Transverse Relaxation and Magnetization Transfer Imaging of Human Thigh Muscles at 3.0 Tesla

Ke Li1, 2, Richard D. Dortch1, 2, Nathan D. Bryant1, 2, Amanda K.W. Buck1, 2, Theodore F. Towse, 23, Daniel F. Gochberg1, 2, Mark D. Does1, 2, Bruce M. Damon1, 2, Jane H. Park4

1Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States; 2Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States; 3Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States; 4Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States

In this work, a multi-echo sequence for T2 and a selective inversion recovery (SIR) sequence for qMT were implemented for in vivo human thigh muscle imaging at 3.0 Tesla, and their repeatability was investigated. It is shown that these methods are reliable and repeatable and have potential applications in longitudinal studies of recovery from muscle damage and treatment response.

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