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Dynamic gadolinium-enhanced echo-planar MR imaging of the liver: Effect of pulse sequence and dose on enhancement

✍ Scribed by Peter Reimer; Sanjay Saini; Ken K. Kwong; Mark S. Cohen; Ralph Weissleder; Thomas J. Brady

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1994
Tongue
English
Weight
524 KB
Volume
4
Category
Article
ISSN
1053-1807

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Abstract

To develop guidelines for clinical magnetic resonance imaging of the liver, the authors undertook an animal study to investigate the effect of dose and pulse sequence on liver signal intensity in gadopentetate dimeglumine—enhanced echo‐planar imaging. Serial imaging of the liver was performed in anesthetized rats after intravenous administration of five different doses (0.01, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, and 0.5 mmol/kg) of contrast agent, with six different pulse sequences. The results show that gadopentetate dimeglumine—enhanced echo‐planar images obtained during the perfusion phase can yield either positive (due to increased T1 relaxation rates) or negative (due to susceptibility‐induced increased T2 relaxation rates) liver enhancement depending on choice of pulse sequence and dose. At the current clinically recommended dose of 0.1 mmol/kg, maximal liver signal enhancement was seen with a T1‐weighted inversion‐recovery sequence, while maximal liver signal diminution was seen with a T2*‐weighted gradient‐echo sequence. The authors conclude that gadopentetate dimeglumine—enhanced echo‐planar imaging can provide T1, T2, and T2* contrast that may be exploited for both lesion detection and lesion characterization.

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