Remember true FISP? A high SNR, near 1-second imaging method for T2-like contrast in interventional MRI at .2 T

被引:159
作者
Duerk, JL [1 ]
Lewin, JS [1 ]
Wendt, M [1 ]
Petersilge, C [1 ]
机构
[1] Case Western Reserve Univ, Univ Hosp Cleveland, Dept Radiol, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA
来源
JMRI-JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING | 1998年 / 8卷 / 01期
关键词
clinical; interventional MRI; fast imaging; steady state;
D O I
10.1002/jmri.1880080134
中图分类号
R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;
摘要
Clinical requirements for interventional MRI (I-MRI) monitoring of needle placement or thermal ablation demand rapid (near-real-time) image acquisition rates, high spatial resolution, and T2 weighting. Experimental analysis performed earlier (see ref. 8) suggests that many sequences used for either rapid scanning or T2 weighting at high fields fail to meet both the speed (conventional spin echo [SE], turbo SE) or contrast (ie, fast low-angle shot [FLASH], fast imaging with steady state precession [FISP]) requirements when used at .2 T. In this work, we revisited a number of pulse sequences advocated primarily for higher field applications requiring T2 weighting and found that refocused steady state coherent pulse sequences, aka, true FISP sequences, performed superiorly in achieving both speed and T2 contrast requirements for I-MRI at .2 T. This work focuses on our experience with this new/old technique in the I-MRI setting and describes how one can take advantage of the low field strength and modest inhomogeneity of .2 T (and similar) systems to design pulse sequences that balance TE, TR (and hence T2 dephasing), and resonant offset frequency effects to provide images with the desired contrast and minimal artifactual field inhomogeneity ''banding.'' At high flip angles (similar to 90 degrees), reasonably short TEs (similar to 5 msec) and short TRs (similar to 10 msec), we have used this method in our last 25 I-MRI procedures (biopsies and/or radiofrequency [RF] thermal ablations) and found these sequences to be extremely useful in both needle localization phases of I-MRI biopsy procedures, RF thermal ablation electrode guidance, and posttherapy imaging assessment. Design methods and clinical I-MRI cases are presented that highlight these points.
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