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New vistas in clinical practice: susceptibility-weighted imaging
Anant S Krishnan1, Joseph A Lansley1, H Rolf Jäger1
11 Neuroradiology Department, The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK ; 2 Neuroradiology Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK ; 3 Lysholm Department of Neuroradiology, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK.
Abstract:
Susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) is a recently developed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique where image contrast represents 'magnetic susceptibility effects'-a natural property of tissues. The applications of SWI are rapidly increasing, with much work being carried out to determine the usefulness of the technique in multiple disease states. Current clinical applications of the technique include detection of microbleeds, subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), ferromagnetic deposition in neurodegenerative disease, and characterization of cerebral tumors.
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