Abstract #2504

Clinical Comparison Between PADRE and SWI for Susceptibility Weighted MRI

Karin Markenroth Bloch¹,², Stefanie Eriksson³, Roger Siemund⁴,⁵, Hkan Sjunnesson⁴,⁵, Emelie Lindgren², Danielle van Westen⁴,⁵

¹Clinical science, Philips, Lund, Sweden; ²Dept. of Medical Radiation Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden; ³Dept. of Chemistry, Lund University, Lund, Sweden; ⁴Center for Medical Imaging and Physiology, Skane University Hospital Lund, Lund, Sweden; ⁵Dept. of Diagnostic Radiology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

The aim of this study was to quantitatively compare two techniques for susceptibility weighted imaging (PADRE and SWI) with regard to hemorrhagic lesion detection and contrast of hemorrhages, as well as to qualitatively compare the image quality.