Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI
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J Magn Reson Imaging · Jun 2011
Quantitative assessment of the cervical spinal cord damage in neuromyelitis optica using diffusion tensor imaging at 3 Tesla.
To investigate whether quantitative MRI measures of cervical spinal cord white matter (WM) using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in neuromyelitis optica (NMO) differed from controls and correlated with clinical disability. ⋯ FA is a potentially useful quantitative biomarker of otherwise normal appearing WM damage in NMO. Such damage is associated with clinical disability.
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J Magn Reson Imaging · Jun 2011
Comparative StudyBreast diffusion-weighted MRI: comparison of tetrahedral versus orthogonal diffusion sensitization for detection and localization of mass lesions.
To evaluate the potential of tetrahedral diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) compared to orthogonal DWI for detection and localization of early enhanced breast mass lesions at 1.5T. ⋯ Tetrahedral DWI provided equivalent detectability of mass lesions with improved visibility of surrounding anatomical structure.
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J Magn Reson Imaging · Jun 2011
Diagnostic value of the flow profile in the distal descending aorta by phase-contrast magnetic resonance for predicting severe coarctation of the aorta.
To compare aortic flow profiles at the level of the proximal descending (PDAo) and distal descending aorta (DDAo) in patients investigated for coarctation of the aorta (CoA), and compare their respective diagnostic value for predicting severe CoA. Diastolic flow decay in the PDAo predicts severe CoA, but flow measurements at this level are limited by flow turbulence, aliasing, and stent-related artifacts. ⋯ Characterization of aortic flow profiles at the DDAo offers a quick and reliable noninvasive means of assessing hemodynamically significant CoA.
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J Magn Reson Imaging · Jun 2011
Targeted single-shot methods for diffusion-weighted imaging in the kidneys.
To investigate the feasibility of combining the inner-volume-imaging (IVI) technique with single-shot diffusion-weighted (DW) spin-echo echo-planar imaging (SE-EPI) and DW-SPLICE (split acquisition of fast spin-echo) sequences for renal DW imaging. ⋯ Compared with full-FOV DWI methods, targeted-DW-SE-EPI and targeted-DW-SPLICE techniques reduced image distortion and artifacts observed in the single-shot DW-SE-EPI images, reduced blurring in DW-SPLICE images, and produced comparable quantitative DW and IVIM measurements to those produced with conventional full-FOV approaches.
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J Magn Reson Imaging · Jun 2011
Comparative StudyComparison of a single shot T1-weighted in- and out-of-phase magnetization prepared gradient recalled echo with a standard two-dimensional gradient recalled echo: preliminary findings.
To compare in-phase (IP)/out-of-phase (OP) single shot magnetization-prepared gradient-recalled-echo (MP-GRE) with a standard two-dimensional gradient-recalled-echo (2D-GRE), and to compare image quality of MP-GRE in cooperative and noncooperative subjects. ⋯ IP/OP MP-GRE and 2D-GRE comparably demonstrate the presence or absence of hepatic steatosis. Image quality of MP-GRE was also comparable to 2D-GRE, and was not substantially adversely affected if subjects were unable to cooperate with breathholding instructions.