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ArticleAJNR. American journal of neuroradiology2021

Spiral 2D T2-Weighted TSE Brain MR Imaging: Initial Clinical Experience.

E Sartoretti, S Sartoretti-Schefer, L van Smoorenburg, C A Binkert, A Gutzeit, M Wyss, T Sartoretti

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Article in AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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E SartorettiFrom the Institute of Radiology (E.S., S.S.-S., L.v.S., C.A.B., T.S.), Kantonsspital Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-0755-8202
S Sartoretti-ScheferFrom the Institute of Radiology (E.S., S.S.-S., L.v.S., C.A.B., T.S.), Kantonsspital Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland sabine.sartoretti@ksw.ch.ORCID 0000-0001-7156-8945
L van SmoorenburgFrom the Institute of Radiology (E.S., S.S.-S., L.v.S., C.A.B., T.S.), Kantonsspital Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-4468-9332
C A BinkertFrom the Institute of Radiology (E.S., S.S.-S., L.v.S., C.A.B., T.S.), Kantonsspital Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-7968-1512
A GutzeitDepartment of Radiology (A.G.), Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-9574-4966
M WyssPhilips Healthcare (M.W.), Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-4457-6418
T SartorettiFrom the Institute of Radiology (E.S., S.S.-S., L.v.S., C.A.B., T.S.), Kantonsspital Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-4812-987X

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Abstract

background and purposeSpiral MR imaging may enable improved image quality and higher scan speeds than Cartesian trajectories. We sought to compare a novel spiral 2D T2-weighted TSE sequence with a conventional Cartesian and an artifact-robust, non-Cartesian sequence named MultiVane for routine clinical brain MR imaging. MATERIALS AND

methodsThirty-one patients were scanned with all 3 sequences (Cartesian, 4 minutes 14 seconds; MultiVane, 2 minutes 49 seconds; spiral, 2 minutes 12 seconds) on a standard clinical 1.5T MR scanner. Three readers described the presence and location of abnormalities and lesions and graded images qualitatively in terms of overall image quality, the presence of motion and pulsation artifacts, gray-white matter differentiation, lesion conspicuity, and subjective preference. Image quality was objectivized by measuring the SNR and the coefficients of variation for CSF, GM, and WM.

resultsSpiral achieved a scan time reduction of 51.9% and 21.9% compared with Cartesian and MultiVane, respectively. The number and location of lesions were identical among all sequences. As for the qualitative analysis, interreader agreement was high (Krippendorff α > .75). Spiral and MultiVane both outperformed the Cartesian sequence in terms of overall image quality, the presence of motion artifacts, and subjective preference (

conclusionsSpiral 2D T2WI TSE is feasible for routine structural brain MR imaging and offers high-quality, artifact-robust brain imaging in short scan times.

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PMID34674994
PMCPMC8583255

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