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. 2016 Mar 14;11(3):e0149602. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149602

Fig 8. Illustration of differences in the intracortical penetrating vessels between SWI and QSM.

Fig 8

(A) A coronal slice from SWI. (B) A coronal slice from QSM. (C) Magnified view of a 3.5 × 3.5-mm2 region of SWI marked by red rectangle in A. The bright signal represents the through-plane cortical vessels. (D) Fewer and smaller bright signals in QSM. (E) Quantification of vessel size using the two methods. (*p < 0.05).