Abstract #2601

SWI-Based Method for Emphasizing Susceptivity Changes on Liver T2* Multi-Echo Gradient-Echo MRI

Maria Filomena Santarelli^1,2, Nicola Martini², Vincenzo Positano,¹², Alessia Pepe², Daniele De Marchi², Luigi Landini,^1,3, Massimo Lombardi²

¹Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council (CNR), Pisa, Italy; ²Tuscany Foundation "G. Monasterio", Pisa, Italy; ³Information Engineering, EIT, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

A method is suggested, based on a SWI approach, that increases the contrast between tissues of different susceptivity, in liver T2* multi-echo gradient-echo images.