| Autor: |
Ikeguchi H; Department of Radiological Technology, KKR Sapporo Medical Center., Shonai T; Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Sapporo Teishinkai Hospital., Watanabe T; Department of Radiological Technology, KKR Sapporo Medical Center., Nawate M; Department of Pediatrics, KKR Sapporo Medical Center., Yano R; MRI Sales Department, Canon Medical Systems Corporation. |
| Jazyk: |
japonština |
| Zdroj: |
Nihon Hoshasen Gijutsu Gakkai zasshi [Nihon Hoshasen Gijutsu Gakkai Zasshi] 2020; Vol. 76 (12), pp. 1256-1265. |
| DOI: |
10.6009/jjrt.2020_JSRT_76.12.1256 |
| Abstrakt: |
T 2 fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) using inversion recovery pulse to suppress cerebrospinal fluid signal needs adequate T 1 recovery time after data acquisition, otherwise, the T 2 -weighted contrast in brain tissue will get lower. Over 10000 ms of repetition time (TR) is recommended for the 1.5 T MR scanner, so it is difficult to shorten the imaging time. We verified whether T 2 FLAIR combined with the magnetization transfer contrast (MTC) pulse shows better gray-to-white matter (GM/WM) and lesion-to-normal tissue contrasts even when the TR is shortened compared to the conventional T 2 FLAIR. Optimal parameters of the MTC pulse were determined with a self-produced phantom, which modeled on cerebral cortical gray and white matters. GM/WM contrasts of the phantom were measured in T 2 FLAIR with the MTC pulse while decreasing TR gradually from 10000 ms to 6500 ms. Although GM/WM contrast of the phantom in T 2 FLAIR with the MTC pulse gradually decreased as the TR got shortened, the T 2 FLAIR with the MTC pulse of 6500 ms of TR still showed 27% higher contrast than the conventional T 2 FLAIR (TR 10000 ms). GM/WM contrast in T 2 FLAIR with the MTC pulse was improved also in healthy volunteers, but improvement in thalamo-medullary contrast was less than that of cerebral cortico-medullary and putamino-medullary contrasts. It seems to be because thalamus, which is a deep gray matter, shows a higher MTC effect than other gray matters. Thus, it is necessary to note that the tissue contrast might differ between T 2 FLAIR with the MTC pulse and the conventional T 2 FLAIR. Because general lesions with an elongated T 2 value show lower MTC effect compared to the normal brain tissue, a clinical case with thalamic lesion showed that the lesion-to-normal tissue contrast improved in T 2 FLAIR with the MTC pulse of 6500 ms of TR. Although it is necessary to note the difference in contrast between some tissues, T 2 FLAIR with the MTC pulse improves GM/WM and lesion-to-normal tissue contrasts even when the TR is shortened compared to the conventional T 2 FLAIR, and it enables to shorten the imaging time. |
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MEDLINE |
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