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Fast magnetic resonance (MR) imaging provides a consistent and predictable appearance of vascular abnormalities as shown by four patients with thrombi, dissection and aneurysm. Fast MR images are obtained during breath-holding, resulting in an absence of respiratory motion artifacts. The time of MR study is much less with fast MR than with spin echo sequences.
A phantom with T1 and T2 relaxation times encompassing normal liver and liver lesions was constructed to evaluate fast magnetic resonance pulse sequences using TR from 21-100 milliseconds, TE 12-60 milliseconds and flip angles from 5 degrees-90 degrees. Ten of these fast MR sequences were then selected and compared with conventional spin-echo sequences in normal volunteers (n = 3) and in patients with liver lesions (n = 6). Subjectively, the fast MR sequences eliminated motion artefacts. Objectively, 8 of 10 fast sequences had signal-to-noise ratios comparable to spin-echo imaging whereas only 2 of 10 had contrast-to-noise ratios that were similar to spin-echo imaging. This preliminary study, performed at 1.5 Tesla, does not show any clear-cut advantage of fast imaging over spin-echo imaging in the detection of liver lesions. The use of a liver tissue equivalent phantom provides a rapid, practical approach in evaluation of fast scans.
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