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Conventional and fast spin-echo MR imaging: Minimizing echo time

✍ Scribed by Simon Vinitski; Donald G. Mitchell; Steven G. Einstein; Vijay M. Rao; Adam E. Flanders; Mark E. Schweitzer; John Listerud; Mitchell D. Schnall

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1993
Tongue
English
Weight
896 KB
Volume
3
Category
Article
ISSN
1053-1807

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Abstract

Magnetic resonance imaging is frequently complicated by the presence of motion and susceptibility gradients. Also, some biologic tissues have short T2s. These problems are particularly troublesome in fast spin‐echo (FSE) imaging, in which T2 decay and motion between echoes result in image blurring and ghost artifacts. The authors reduced TE in conventional spin‐echo (SE) imaging to 5 msec and echo spacing (E‐space) in FSE imaging to 6 msec. All magnetic gradients (except readout) were kept at a maximum, with data sampling as fast as 125 kHz and only ramp waveforms used. Truncated sine radio‐frequency pulses and asymmetric echo sampling were also used in SE imaging. Short TE (5.8 msec) SE images of the upper abdomen were compared with conventional SE images (TE =11 msec). Also, FSE images with short E‐space were compared with conventional FSE images in multiple body sites. Short TE significantly improved the liver‐spleen contrast‐to‐total noise ratio (C/N) (7.9 vs 4.1, n = 9, P <.01) on T1‐weighted SE images, reduced the intensity of ghost artifacts (by 34%, P <.02), and increased the number of available imaging planes by 30%. It also improved delineation of cranial nerves and reduced susceptibility artifacts. On short E‐space FSE images, spine, lung, upper abdomen, and musculoskeletal tissues appeared crisper and measured spleen‐liver C/N increased significantly (6.9 vs 4.0, n = 12, P <.01). The delineation of tissues with short T2 (eg, cartilage) and motion artifact suppression were also improved. Short TE methods can improve image quality in both SE and FSE imaging and merit further clinical evaluation.

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