SWIM: Susceptibility Mapping as a Means to Visualize Veins and Quantify Oxygen Saturation

Susceptibility Weighted Imaging in MRI: Basic Concepts and Clinical Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 461-485

  Tang, Jin ^a   Neelavalli, Jaladhar ^b,c,d   Liu, Saifeng ^a   Cheng, Yu Chung Norman ^c   Haacke, E Mark ^a,c,d,e,f  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MRI Institute for Biomedical Research   (United States)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Echo time effects on susceptibility maps theoretical independence of susceptibility, to choice of echo time; Susceptibility profile plots, quantitative nature of artifacts under different vessel background signal conditions; SWIM, susceptibility mapping visualizing veins, quantifying oxygen saturation SWI phase data, and imaging venous vessels

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864128814     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470905203.ch25     Document Type: Chapter

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