Ultra high-field SWI of the substantia nigra at 7T: reliability and consistency of the swallow-tail sign

Ultra high-field SWI of the substantia nigra at 7T: reliability and consistency of the swallow-tail sign

Abstract Background The loss of the swallow-tail sign of the substantia nigra has been proposed for diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease. Aim was to evaluate, if the sign occurs consistently in healthy subjects and if it can be reliably detected with high-resolution 7T susceptibility weighted imaging (S...

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Main Authors: Manuel A. Schmidt, Tobias Engelhorn, Franz Marxreiter, Juergen Winkler, Stefan Lang, Stephan Kloska, Philipp Goelitz, Arnd Doerfler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:BMC Neurology
Subjects:
Nigrosome 1
Parkinson’s disease
Swallow-tail sign
SWI
Ultra high-field MRI
7 tesla
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12883-017-0975-2

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