Abstract #3171
Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping: High Resolution Imaging of the Dentate Nucleus at High Field Strength (7T)
PINAR SENAY ZBAY 1,2 , Michael Wyss 2 , Cristina Rossi 1 , Klaas Paul Prssmann 2 , and Daniel Nanz 1
1
University Hospital Zrich, Institute for
Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Zrich, Zrich,
Switzerland,
2
Institute
for Biomedical Engineering, University and ETH Zrich,
Zrich, Zrich, Switzerland
In-vivo imaging of deep cerebellar structures and deep
nuclei is difficult even by MRI due to their small size
and limited contrast. In this work we aimed at a
visualization and characterization of the fine
corrugated band that represents the dentate nucleus (DN)
by means of high-resolution Quantitative Susceptibility
Mapping (QSM) at 7T. QSM depicted the DN band with
significantly better contrast than T2*-weighted images
or T2* maps. Quantitative susceptibility differences of
the right and left DN band with respect to frontal white
matter could be measured. QSM-based estimates of right
and left DN band volumes are also reported.
This abstract and the presentation materials are available to members only;
a login is required.
Join Here
