In vivo quantification of inflammation burden in an experimental allergic encephalomyelitis rat model using fluorine-19 MRI

inflammation load in the spinal cord and vertebral bone marrow in EAE rats. (*) is p<0.05 with treatment and control groups. Fig. 1. In vivo and ex vivo F/H MRI of EAE rat showing F labeled macrophage accumulation in the spinal cord and proximal vertebral bone marrow. (a) Shows an in vivo F/H image of an EAE rat. (b) is the anatomical image of (a). (c) is the ex vivo F/H image of thoracic-6 vertebrae of the EAE rat. (d) is the anatomical image of (c).