PELVIC PHASED-ARRAY COIL - IMAGE QUALITY ASSESSMENT FOR SPIN-ECHO MR IMAGING

被引：17

作者：

MCCAULEY, TR

MCCARTHY, S

LANGE, R

机构：

[1] Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven

来源：

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING | 1992年 / 10卷 / 04期

关键词：

PELVIS; MR STUDIES;

D O I：

10.1016/0730-725X(92)90002-H

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：

The NMR phased array coil (PA) provides improved signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) over that available with the body coil. We evaluated image quality obtained with a pelvic PA compared to that obtained with the body coil for spin-echo imaging. Thirty-three women undergoing clinical pelvic MRI were imaged with the body coil followed by imaging with the PA with the same field-of-view (FOV) in 11 patients, and with a small FOV in 23 patients. Image quality was assessed independently by two radiologists. In individual cases there was significant improvement in image quality with the PA, however the expected marked improvement in image quality was not consistently found. Two factors which may limit image quality are increased motion artifact and nonuniformity of signal with distance from the coils. Significant improvements in image quality may occur with improved techniques to decrease motion artifact.

引用

页码：513 / 522

页数：10

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