Letter S
T3 (spine)
The third thoracic vertebra.
SYLVIAN FISSURE
Normal brain anatomy.
SWI
Susceptibility weighted imaging. Is an MRI sequence that helps to pick up very tiny areas of blood products, iron, or calcium deposits.
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.
SUV (STANDARDIZED UPTAKE VALUE)
Number assigned to indicate how actively cancers are using sugar on PET scans. Higher SUV generally implies more active cancer.
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.
SUSCEPTIBILITY ARTIFACT
An MRI term used to describe the black blotches and distortion as a result of metal in the body such as spine or dental hardware. It makes it hard to look at that part of the body.
SUSCEPTIBILITY (brain)
Small dark spots on the brain usually related to old blood.
SUSCEPTIBILITY
An area of darkness on MRI that is caused by metal, iron, blood products, or calcium.
SUPRATENTORIAL
Located above the tentorium of the brain. The tentorium is like a “tent” and separates the top from the bottom half of the brain.
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