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Appearance of poststenotic jets in MRI: Dependence on flow velocity and on imaging parameters

✍ Scribed by R.P. Spielmann; O. Schneider; F. Thiele; M. Heller; E. Bücheler

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1991
Tongue
English
Weight
781 KB
Volume
9
Category
Article
ISSN
0730-725X

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✦ Synopsis

A flow model was used to study the appearance of poststenotic jets in MRI. Jets in CuSO4-doped water and bovine blood were imaged by spin-echo (SE) and fast-field-echo (FFE) pulse sequences at different degrees of stenosis and various flow rates. On flow-compensated FFE images, the jets were characterized by signal void if the mean flow velocity within the stenosis exceeded a limit, which was independent of the degree of the stenosis and the type of the fluid. On SE images and on FFE images without flow compensation, signal void occurred at significantly lower flow velocity. The extension of the poststenotic signal void on flow-compensated FFE images was increased by either reduction of the pixel diameter or by prolongation of the echo time. However, it was independent of the orientation of the imaging plane relative to the direction of flow. The results have an impact on attempts to use signal void for the assessment of turbulent jets with MRI.

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