• Magn Reson Imaging · Jul 2002

    Comparative Study

    Comparative study of fast MR imaging: quantitative analysis on image quality and efficiency among various time frames and contrast behaviors.

    • Tao Li and Scott A Mirowitz.
    • Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA 15213-2582, USA. lit@msx.upmc.edu
    • Magn Reson Imaging. 2002 Jul 1;20(6):471-8.

    AbstractThe purpose of this study is to quantitatively compare the image quality and efficiency provided by widely available fast MR imaging pulse sequences. A composite phantom with various T1 and T2 values and subjected to periodic motion was imaged at 1.5 T. The fast MRI sequences evaluated included fast spin-echo (FSE), single shot fast spin-echo (SSFSE), echo-planar imaging (EPI), multi-slice gradient recalled (MPGR), fast MPGR (FMPGR), and fast multi-slice spoiled gradient echo (FMPSPGR). T1-weighted (T1WI), T2-weighted (T2WI), proton-density-weighted (PDWI), and T2*-weighted (T2*WI) images were evaluated in breath-hold and non-breath-hold time frames. Analysis included measurement of image signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR), nonuniformity, ghosting ratio, SNR per unit time and CNR per unit time. Among fast T2WI sequences, FSE with breath-hold time frame resulted in the highest image quality and in superior SNR and CNR efficiency by a factor of 5 or 6 as compared with conventional spin echo sequence. Among fast T1WI sequences, FMPGR and FMPSPGR both with non-breath-hold time frame produced the highest image quality and SNR and CNR efficiency by a factor of greater than 5 as compared with conventional spin echo. Among fast PDWI and T2*WI sequences, FSE produced the highest SNR and CNR, and was maximally efficient with a factors of greater than 6 as compared with conventional spin echo.

      Pubmed     Full text   Copy Citation     Plaintext  

      Add institutional full text...

    Notes

     
    Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?
    300 characters remaining
    help        
    You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
    • Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as *italics*, _underline_ or **bold**.
    • Superscript can be denoted by <sup>text</sup> and subscript <sub>text</sub>.
    • Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines 1. 2. 3., hyphens - or asterisks *.
    • Links can be included with: [my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com)
    • Images can be included with: ![alt text](https://bestmedicaljournal.com/study_graph.jpg "Image Title Text")
    • For footnotes use [^1](This is a footnote.) inline.
    • Or use an inline reference [^1] to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document [^1]: This is a long footnote..

    hide…