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SUTURE
The part of the skull where two pieces of bone come together. Think of a zipper that connects two parts of your coat. The suture is the zipper.
SUV (STANDARDIZED UPTAKE VALUE)
Number assigned to indicate how actively cancers are using sugar on PET scans. Higher SUV generally implies more active cancer.
SWAN-GANZ CATHETER
A catheter that is placed into the right or left main pulmonary artery. It is used to measure the pulmonary artery pressure.
SWI
Susceptibility weighted imaging. Is an MRI sequence that helps to pick up very tiny areas of blood products, iron, or calcium deposits.
SYLVIAN FISSURE
Normal brain anatomy.
T1
An MRI sequence or technique that is used to analyze tissue in the body. Often T1 is good at picking up fat, blood, and protein making it appear white on MR scans.
T1 (spine)
The first upper thoracic vertebra.
T1 SHORTENING
Refers to the appearance of tissue on MRI as a “white spot”. T1 shortening can occur as a result of contrast dye turning the tissue white or any disease that turns tissue white such as blood or protein material.
T10 (spine)
The tenth thoracic vertebra.
T11 (spine)
The eleventh thoracic vertebra.
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