Pictorial essay: Susceptibility-weighted imaging in cerebral ischemia

The susceptiblity effect in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been recognized for long and often has been considered undesirable, producing unnecessary noise. Susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) aims at exploiting this effect to provide a different type of contrast that is suited for vascular i...

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Main Authors: Mittal Puneet, Kalia Vishal, Dua Sarika
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2010-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging
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Online Access:http://www.ijri.org/article.asp?issn=0971-3026;year=2010;volume=20;issue=4;spage=250;epage=253;aulast=Mittal