Chapter 2 . 2 Ultra - high field MRI visualization of cortical multiple sclerosis lesions with T 2 and T 2 * : a post - mortem MRI and histopathology study
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abstraCt Background and Purpose: At 7T MRI, T2*-weighted (T2*-w) gradient-echo has been shown to provide high-resolution anatomical images of gray matter (GM) lesions. However, few studies have verified T2* lesions histopathologically, or compared them with more standard techniques at ultra-high field-strength. This study aims to determine the sensitivity of T2-w and T2*-w sequences for detecting cortical GM lesions in MS.
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