Quantitative muscle water <scp>T<sub>2</sub></scp> mapping using <scp>RF</scp> phase‐modulated <scp>3D</scp> gradient echo imaging
The proposed approach provides efficient 3D <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:semantics><mml:mrow><mml:mi>T</mml:mi> <mml:msub><mml:mn>2</mml:mn> <mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi>H</mml:mi> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub> <mml:mi>O</mml:mi></mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation>$$ \mathrm{T}{2}_{{\mathrm{H}}_2\mathrm{O}} $$</mml:annotation></mml:semantics> </mml:math> estimation in skeletal muscle, including small moving organs like the tongue. This broadens the range of accessible targets for characterizing heterogeneous impairment of muscle tissue, while retaining durations compatible with clinical research.
Authors
- Pierre‐Yves Baudin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8955-4648)
- Benjamin Marty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4983-647X)
- M. Lapert
- Eléonore Vermeulen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8030-4623)
Institutions
- Institut de Myologie (FR)
- Siemens (France) (FR)
- Siemens Healthcare (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
- Published
- 2025-05-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.30545
- Primary Topic
- Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche