HIGH-RESOLUTION BREATH-HOLDING MR-IMAGING OF THE ABDOMEN WITH A PHASED-ARRAY MULTICOIL

Authors
NAMIMOTO T YAMASHITA Y YAMAMOTO H ABE Y MITSUZAKI K TAKAHASHI M
Citation
T. Namimoto et al., HIGH-RESOLUTION BREATH-HOLDING MR-IMAGING OF THE ABDOMEN WITH A PHASED-ARRAY MULTICOIL, Computerized medical imaging and graphics, 22(4), 1998, pp. 301-308
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Computerized medical imaging and graphics → ACNP
ISSN journal
08956111
Volume
22
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
301 - 308
Database
ISI
SICI code
0895-6111(1998)22:4<301:HBMOTA>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
We prospectively compared standard resolution and high resolution brea th-hold T1- and T2-weighted images of the upper abdomen with use of a body phased-array multicoil in 30 patients. The image quality of high resolution T1-weighted FLASH sequence was equal to that of standard re solution sequence, while the quality of high resolution T2-weighted tu rbo spin-echo sequence was slightly inferior to that of standard resol ution sequence. The merit of high resolution image is appreciated espe cially on a T1-weighted FLASH sequence. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.