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Sodium MRI ( 23 Na-MRI) has been used to non-invasively quantify tissue sodium but has been limited by low spatial resolution. Here we demonstrate for the first time that high resolution 23 Na-MRI reveals the spatial heterogeneity of sodium concentration within a multiple sclerosis (MS) lesion. A patient with treatment-naïve relapsing-remitting MS and a ring-enhancing lesion was imaged using 23 Na-MRI. The periphery of the lesion demonstrated an elevated total sodium content compared to the normal appearing white and grey matter (p < 0.01), as well as a heterogeneous distribution of both the total tissue sodium concentration and the intracellular-weighted sodium concentration.

Original publication

DOI

10.1016/j.jns.2018.01.027

Type

Journal article

Journal

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Publication Date

15/04/2018

Volume

387

Pages

111 - 114