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ArticleMagnetic resonance in medicine2025

Sodium MRI of the skin using a surface coil to investigate and reduce signal loss and bias.

Jingxuan Zhu, Christian Beaulieu, Karim Damji, Rob Stobbe

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Article in Magnetic resonance in medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  2. Estimation of skin sodium content viaMagma (New York, N.Y.) · 2026
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Jingxuan ZhuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.ORCID 0009-0003-7110-6312
Christian BeaulieuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Karim DamjiDepartment of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Rob StobbeDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6223-5222

Funding

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery Grant Salary Award
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe purpose was to improve sodium MRI of human skin using a surface coil and twisted projection imaging with smaller, reshaped voxels.

methodsCalf skin sodium images were acquired in 14 healthy adults using twisted projection imaging with short TE ˜ 0.1 ms, first with a volume coil and voxels (1.5 × 1.5 × 15 = 34 mm

resultsHigher resolution SurfPencil yielded 44% ± 16% greater skin sodium image intensity than VolPencil, whereas SurfPancake yielded an additional 20% ± 9% (p < 1e

conclusionSurface coil imaging and "pancake" voxel reshaping increased skin sodium intensity and reduced bias by skin thickness. Simulated loss compensation yields skin sodium concentration similar to that measured by atomic absorption spectroscopy.

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Magnetic Resonance ImagingSignal-To-Noise RatioSkinSodiumAdultEquipment DesignFemaleHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMaleReproducibility of ResultsYoung AdultSodiumskinsodium MRIsurface coiltwisted projection imaging

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PMID39462467
PMCPMC11680724

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