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Improved sensitivity to magnetic susceptibility contrast
Author(s) -
De Crespigny A. J.,
Roberts T. P. L.,
Kucharcyzk J.,
Moseley M. E.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
magnetic resonance in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.696
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1522-2594
pISSN - 0740-3194
DOI - 10.1002/mrm.1910300121
Subject(s) - contrast (vision) , nuclear magnetic resonance , sensitivity (control systems) , magnetic resonance imaging , paramagnetism , magnetic susceptibility , physics , medicine , radiology , condensed matter physics , optics , electronic engineering , engineering
Abstract Changes in the local magnetic susceptibility of brain tissue due to injected paramagnetic contrast agent are manifest as both a linebroadening and frequency shift of the water resonance. By combining these two effects, the sensitivity of gradient recalled echo images to such changes can be increased.