Sung-Min Gho1, Wei Li2, Dong-Hyun Kim1
1Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, Sinchon-dong, Seoul, Korea, Republic of; 2Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
Susceptibility Weighted Imaging (SWI) uses susceptibility differences between tissues, (i.e. phase image) to enhance the contrast of the magnitude image, such as venography. However, quantitative value of image phase is hard to estimate due to its non-local and orientation dependent properties. Limitations such as restriction of resolution to achieve optimum phase shift in SWI arise from these reasons.
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