Abstract
Rapid acquisition spin-echo (RASE) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging allows for coverage of the entire liver with highly T1-weighted SE images during a single 23-second breath-holding period. The RASE sequence was implemented in conjunction with rapid intravenous injection of gadopentetate dimeglumine to enable performance of dynamic contrast material-enhanced MR imaging of the liver. Prospective evaluation of 24 patients with 62 liver lesions 1 cm or greater in diameter was performed. Images obtained with RASE were devoid of respiratory-related ghost artifacts or edge blurring. The dynamic contrast-enhanced RASE technique resulted in contrast-to-noise and contrast-to-artifact values and time efficiency measures significantly greater (P < .05) than those obtained with use of conventional T1- and T2-weighted pulse sequences, indicating a higher likelihood for lesion detectability. Lesion conspicuity was maximal during or immediately following bolus administration of gadopentetate dimeglumine, with lesions often becoming obscured at delayed postcontrast imaging.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 371-376 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Radiology |
| Volume | 179 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| State | Published - May 1991 |
Keywords
- Gadolinium
- Liver neoplasms, MR studies, 761.1214, 761.31, 761.32, 761.33
- Magnetic resonance (MR), contrast enhancement
- Magnetic resonance (MR), pulse sequences
- Magnetic resonance (MR), rapid imaging
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging