1. T-1 weighted sequences for hepatic mri
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Douglas R. DeCorato, Glenn A. Krinsky, James P. Earls, Neil M. Rofsky, and Jeffery C. Weinreb
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medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Image quality ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,Analyse qualitative ,Phased array coil ,Qualitative analysis ,Gradient recalled echo ,polycyclic compounds ,Spin echo ,Medicine ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,business ,Nuclear medicine ,Gradient echo - Abstract
The purpose of this study was to compare three T1-weighted sequences for hepatic magnetic resonance (MRI) imaging with the use of a body phased array coil. Three different T1-weighted MR sequences were compared: a conventional spin echo (CSE); half-Fourier spin echo (HFSE), and a gradient recalled echo (GRE). Three independent reviewers compared the sequences both quantitatively and qualitatively. The T1-weighted GRE sequence scored highest for overall image quality (p p = 0.012 , and yielded the highest contrast to noise (C/N) values. GRE T1-weighted images are the best for hepatic MRI.
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- 1999
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