Improved Contrast in MR Imaging of the Midbrain Using SWI

Elena Manova, E. Mark Haacke

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSusceptibility Weighted Imaging in MRI
Subtitle of host publicationBasic Concepts and Clinical Applications
PublisherJohn Wiley and Sons
Pages352-367
Number of pages16
ISBN (Print)9780470043431
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 18 2011

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • General Medicine

Keywords

  • Iron source, and observed phase contrast - SWI, amount of signal from heme-iron and nonheme iron or ferritin
  • MR imaging of midbrain, and improved contrast - using susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI)
  • SWI, gradient echo method - information from local susceptibility tissue variations, via signal phase

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