ISSN:
1432-0509
Keywords:
Key words: Angioma, gastrointestinal tract—Liver, MR—Liver neoplasms, MR—Magnetic resonance (MR), comparative studies—Magnetic resonance (MR), technique.
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract. Background: We compared T2-weighted and heavily T2-weighted breath-hold turbo spin-echo (TSE) sequences with T2-weighted non-breath-hold TSE sequence to evaluate hepatic hemangiomas on magnetic resonance (MR) with a phased-array multicoil. Methods: Twenty-two patients with 27 hemangiomas were studied at 1.0-T scanner by using T2-weighted and heavily T2-weighted breath-hold TSE sequences (18 s each) and non-breath-hold T2-weighted TSE sequences with use of a phased-array multicoil. Images were quantitatively analyzed for tumor-to-liver signal-difference-to-noise ratios (SD/Ns) and tumor-to-liver signal intensity ratios (T/Ls) and qualitatively analyzed for tumor conspicuity and motion-induced image artifacts. Results: Quantitatively, T2-weighted breath-hold TSE images showed the highest SD/Ns among the three sequences, although the differences from the heavily T2-weighted breath-hold TSE sequence and the T2-weighted non-breath-hold TSE sequence were not statistically significant (p= 0.61 and 0.06, respectively). Heavily T2-weighted breath-hold TSE images showed the highest T/Ls among the three sequences. The differences from the T2-weighted breath-hold TSE sequence and the T2-weighted non-breath-hold TSE sequence were statistically significant (p 〈 0.001). Qualitatively, breath-hold TSE images were superior to non-breath-hold TSE images in terms of tumor conspicuity (p 〈 0.01) and motion artifacts (p 〈 0.01). Conclusion: T2-weighted breath-hold TSE sequence is superior to T2-weighted non-breath-hold TSE sequence in the evaluation of hepatic hemangiomas on MR with a phased-array multicoil.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002619900372
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