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Changes in the local magnetic susceptibility of brain tissue due to injected paramagnetic contrast agent are manifest as both a line-broadening and frequency shift of the water resonance. By combining these two effects, the sensitivity of gradient recalled echo images to such changes can be increased.
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Crespigny et al. (1993) studied this question.
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