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2 unusual facts about QSM


QSM

Queued Serial Module, an electronic communications device that supports the Serial Peripheral Interface Bus

Queen's Service Medal, a medal awarded by the government of New Zealand


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Brian Douglas Bell

He worked for the New Zealand Wildlife Service 1957-1987 on the management and conservation of threatened species and was awarded the Queens Service Medal (QSM) in 1984.

Quantitative susceptibility mapping

The voxel intensity in QSM is linearly proportional to the underlying tissue apparent magnetic susceptibility, which is useful for chemical identification and quantification of specific biomarkers including iron, calcium, gadolinium, and super paramagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) nano-particles.

Due to its quantitative nature and sensitivity to certain kinds of material, potential QSM applications include standardized quantitative stratification of cerebral microbleeds and neurodegenerative disease, accurate gadolinium quantification in contrast enhanced MRI, and direct monitoring of targeted theranostic drug biodistribution in nanomedicine.


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