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Comparison of image quality and depiction of microscopic fat at 2-D and 3-D T1-Weighted (T1W) chemical shift (dual-echo) MRI for evaluation of adrenal adenomas.

Hana AlfalehGerd MelkusKhalid Alo NasiyabiMatthew D F McInnesNicola Schieda
Published in: Abdominal radiology (New York) (2022)
2-D CSI has subjectively higher image quality and shows more signal intensity loss from microscopic fat in adrenal adenomas compared to 10° flip angle 3-D-CSI. Increasing the 3-D flip angle to 18° more closely matches depiction of microscopic fat to 2-D-CSI at 1.5 T.
Keyphrases
  • image quality
  • computed tomography
  • contrast enhanced
  • adipose tissue
  • dual energy
  • magnetic resonance
  • high resolution
  • fatty acid
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • diffusion weighted imaging
  • mass spectrometry