367 SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING: VALIDATION OF AN INNOVATIVE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING TECHNIQUE FOR MEASURING BRAIN IRON.

Although iron perturbations have long been connected to Alzheimer's disease (AD) (Connor et al, 1992; Robinson et al, 1995) their possible role is still very much unclear. To assess whether disruption of iron metabolism is indeed one of the primary events leading to AD or is just a bystander, new techniques are necessary that can sensitively measure levels of steady-state brain iron in patients. One such technique is susceptibility weighted …