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.