Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
606-02-008 ISMRM Abstract

Inter-site reproducibility of sodium quantification using a commercially available 23Na MRI sequence in the brain

Primary: Contrast Mechanisms - Non-Proton
Secondary: Neuro
606-02-008 · Beyond Protons: Advances in Multinuclear and Hyperpolarized MRI · Thursday, 14 May, 1:40 PM–3:30 PM · Auditorium 2
Keywords: Brain Precision & Accuracy Sodium X-nuclei B1 correction
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Louise Rosenqvist 1,2, Ben Prestwich3,4, Samuel Rot5,6, Claudia A Gandini Wheeler-Kingshott, Hampus Olsson7, Matthew Clemence7, Bhavana S Solanky5,6, Sofia Nordberg8, Isabella M Björkman-Burtscher8,9, Susan Francis3,10, Maria Ljungberg2,11
1* Co-first author, Sweden
2Department of Medical Radiation Sciences, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
3Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
4*Co-first author, United Kingdom
5NMR Research unit, Queen Square Multiple Sclerosis Centre, Department of Neuroinflammation, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom
6Hawkes Institute, Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom
7Philips Healthcare, Best, Netherlands
8Department of Radiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Region Västra Götaland, Gothenburg, Sweden
9Department of Radiology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
10Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, National Institute for Health Research, Nottingham, United Kingdom
11Department of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Region Västra Götaland, Gothenburg, Sweden
Presenting Author: Louise Rosenqvist

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