Ali Fatemi1,
E Mark Haacke2,3, Michael D. Noseworthy4
1Medical Physics and Applied Radiation
Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; 2Radiology,
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States; 3The MRI
Institute for Biomedical Research, Detroit, MI, United States; 4Electrical
and Computer Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering, McMaster
University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
We
propose that by looking at the local magnetic field pattern of corrected
phase images, it is possible to quantify local magnetic susceptibility, which
is equivalent to classifying different calcium salts. This may lead to not only identification of
breast cancer calcification but their biochemical characterization.