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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
2010-01-01
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| 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 |
| Summary: | 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 imaging. We describe five different cases in which SWI was found useful to delineate the underlying ischemia or to arrive at the corect diagnosis. |
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| ISSN: | 0971-3026 1998-3808 |