Rectal MRI: the importance of high resolution T2 technique.
Kirsten L GormlyPublished in: Abdominal radiology (New York) (2021)
The cornerstone of the MRI rectal examination is the high resolution (HR) T2 sequence. There is varied definition of this term in national guidelines with a resultant wide variation in the spatial resolution of sequences termed 'high resolution'. This article comments on the importance of the original three dimensional HR T2 definition of 0.6 × 0.6 in plane resolution × 3 mm slice thickness with 4 NEX and demonstrates the effect reduced spatial resolution can have on image appearance and interpretation.
Keyphrases
- high resolution
- contrast enhanced
- single molecule
- magnetic resonance imaging
- mass spectrometry
- rectal cancer
- diffusion weighted imaging
- tandem mass spectrometry
- deep learning
- preterm infants
- optical coherence tomography
- quality improvement
- computed tomography
- magnetic resonance
- amino acid
- liquid chromatography
- machine learning