Abstract #4527

Non-Linear Evolution of GRE Phase as a Means to Investigate Tissue Microstructure

Ferdinand Schweser^1,2, Andreas Deistung¹, Daniel Gllmar¹, Marie Atterbury^1,3, Berengar Wendel Lehr¹, Karsten Sommer^1,4, Jrgen R. Reichenbach¹

¹Medical Physics Group, Dept. of Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology 1, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany; ²School of Medicine, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Jena, Germany; ³Dept. of Physics, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States; ⁴School of Physics & Astronomy, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Jena, Germany

Gradient-echo (GRE) magnetic resonance phase data are proportional to the magnetic field, providing useful information for several applications. However, the sources of the phase contrast and their relative contributions to the phase signal