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ArticleEuropean journal of radiology2018

A subjective and objective comparison of tissue contrast and imaging artifacts present in routine spin echoes and in iterative decomposition of asymmetric spin echoes for soft tissue neck MRI.

Subhendra N Sarkar, David B Hackney, Robert L Greenman, Behroze A Vachha, Emelia A Johnson, Sue Nagle, Gul Moonis

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Subhendra N SarkarDepartment of Radiologic Technology & Medical Imaging, New York City College of Technology, The City University of New York, New York, NY, United States. Electronic address: ssarkar@citytech.cuny.edu.
David B HackneyDepartment of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Robert L GreenmanDepartment of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Behroze A VachhaDepartment of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Weil Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, United States.
Emelia A JohnsonDepartment of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Sue NagleDepartment of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Gul MoonisDepartment of Radiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, United States.

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
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Abstract

objectiveFSE sequences play key roles in neck MRI despite the susceptibility issues in neck region. Iterative decomposition of asymmetric echoes (IDEAL, GE) is a promising method that separates fat and water images resulting in high SNR and improved fat suppression. We tested how neck tissue contrasts, image artifacts and fat separation as opposed to fat suppression in terms of image quality compare between routine and IDEAL FSE.

methodsIDEAL based and routine T

resultsSubjective tissue contrast and overall image quality including image sharpness, fat suppression and image artifacts were superior for IDEAL sequences. For oncocytoma fat specific IDEAL images provided additional information. Objective CNR estimates from a central slice were equivalent for IDEAL and routine FSE at both field strengths.

conclusionsWe demonstrated that high SNR inherent in IDEAL FSE consistently translates into high tissue contrast with image quality advantages in neck anatomy where large susceptibility variation and physiological motions reduce image quality for conventional FSE T

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Adipose TissueAdultAgedArtifactsBody WaterFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedNeckProspective StudiesRetrospective StudiesSignal-To-Noise RatioFat suppressionIDEALImage qualitySoft tissue neckSusceptibilityTissue contrast

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PMID29685536
PMCPMC7453706

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