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Abstract #1155

Comparison of 1.5 and 3.0 Tesla MRI Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Michael John Moser1, Robert K. Breger1, Bhupendra O. Khatri2, Yu Liu3

1Radiology, Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA; 2Neurology, Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA; 3Medical Physics, St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA


Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) is an MRI technique that takes advantage of the non-random, linear diffusion of water through certain structures in the brain and allows imaging of white matter tract orientation and integrity not visible normally with T1 and T2-weighted MRI sequences. This study was designed to see if higher magnetic strength 3T MRI would have different FA measurements compared to 1.5T MRI in patients affected with multiple sclerosis.