FAST SHORT-TAU INVERSION-RECOVERY MR IMAGING

被引:111
作者
FLECKENSTEIN, JL [1 ]
ARCHER, BT [1 ]
BARKER, BA [1 ]
VAUGHAN, JT [1 ]
PARKEY, RW [1 ]
PESHOCK, RM [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV TEXAS,SW MED CTR,DEPT INTERNAL MED,DALLAS,TX 75235
关键词
MAGNETIC RESONANCE (MR); FAT SUPPRESSION; PULSE SEQUENCES; RAPID IMAGING; TECHNOLOGY; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;
D O I
10.1148/radiology.179.2.2014300
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
To enhance the versatility of the short-tau inversion-recovery (STIR) sequences, the authors determined a range of repetition time (TR) and inversion time (TI) combinations that suppress signal intensity from fat by study of both patient and phantom images. To make fast STIR images, variations in the following pulsing conditions were studied with use of an interactive computer program: decreasing the TR, limiting the number of excitations, and limiting the number of phase-encoding steps. The authors found that (a) STIR imaging need not be time consuming, (b) fat suppression can be accomplished at shorter TR by using shorter TI, and (c) short-TR fast STIR imaging is sensitive to enhancement with gadopentetate dimeglumine.
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页码:499 / 504
页数:6
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