Water content for anatomical imaging with layer resolution at 7T
Ana-Maria Oros-Peusquens1, Jonas Kielmann1, and N. Jon Shah1,2,3,4
1INM-4, Research Centre Juelich, Juelich, Germany, 2Faculty of Medicine, JARA, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, 3INM-11, JARA, Research Centre Juelich, Juelich, Germany, 4Department of Neurology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
We demonstrate the usefulness of water content
contrast at 7T and propose it for layer-related studies and high-resolution
brain anatomy.
Fig. 4
shows complementary contrast of a high resolution (0.4x0.4x0.3mm3)
water content map and R2*-weighted image.
Fig. 2 Cortical profiles based on water content in different cortical areas.