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Quantifying sodium in the human wrist in vivo by using MR imaging
Arijitt Borthakur1, Erik M Shapiro, Sarma V S Akella
1Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, B1 Stellar-Chance Laboratories, 422 Curie Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6100, USA. ari@mail.mmrrcc.upenn.edu
Radiology
|July 31, 2002
Abstract:
The authors quantified sodium content in the wrist joints of six healthy volunteers with no known history of arthritis or pain. Average sodium concentrations ranged from 115 to 150 mmol/L in noncartilaginous regions and from 200 to 210 mmol/L in cartilaginous regions. The feasibility of quantifying sodium in vivo was demonstrated. This method has potential applications in monitoring the integrity of cartilaginous tissue in vivo.