1Medical
Physics Group, Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology I, Jena
University Hospital - Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany; 2School
of Medicine, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany; 3Neuroradiolology,
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Abnormal accumulation of iron in the brain is known to be associated with several neurodegenerative diseases such as multiple sclerosis or Parkinsons disease. In this contribution we show how a combination of R2* mapping and QSM can be used to infer on the compartmentalization of brain iron in vivo.