A comparison of phase imaging and quantitative susceptibility mapping in the imaging of multiple sclerosis lesions at ultrahigh field.

Matthew John CroninSamuel WhartonAli Al-RadaidehCris ConstantinescuNikos EvangelouRichard BowtellPenny Anne Gowland

Published in: Magma (New York, N.Y.) (2016)

Phase images contain dipolar projections, which confounds their use in the investigation of tissue composition in MS lesions. Quantitative susceptibility maps correct these projections, providing insight into the composition of MS lesions showing peripheral rings.

Keyphrases

high resolution
multiple sclerosis
mass spectrometry
ms ms
optical coherence tomography
fluorescence imaging
photodynamic therapy