NORMAL HEART - EVALUATION WITH ECHO-PLANAR MR-IMAGING

被引：32

作者：

DAVIS, CP ^{[1
]}

MCKINNON, GC ^{[1
]}

DEBATIN, JF ^{[1
]}

WETTER, D ^{[1
]}

EICHENBERGER, AC ^{[1
]}

DUEWELL, S ^{[1
]}

VONSCHULTHESS, GK ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNIV ZURICH HOSP,DEPT MED RADIOL,CH-8091 ZURICH,SWITZERLAND

来源：

RADIOLOGY | 1994年 / 191卷 / 03期

关键词：

HEART FLOW DYNAMICS; HEART; MR; VENTRICLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE (MR); ECHO PLANAR; MYOCARDIUM;

D O I：

10.1148/radiology.191.3.8184048

中图分类号：

R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;

摘要：

PURPOSE: To evaluate the appearance of the heart on spin-echo (SE) and gradient-echo (GRE) echo-planar magnetic resonance (MR) images. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Nine healthy volunteers were examined with an MR imager with transaxial echo-planar imaging (EPI) capabilities. SE EPI and GRE EPI sequences were used. Full k-space signal was obtained with readout time of 40 msec per image, and total image acquisition time was 72 and 52 msec, respectively, for SE EPI and GRE EPI. RESULTS: Delineation of cardiac structures was superior with SE EPI, reflective of significantly higher contrast between myocardial and intraluminal signal intensity (SI) (P < .001). The higher (P < .01) and more homogeneous (P < .001) intraluminal SI with GRE EPI allowed better assessment of intracardiac flow. Septal SI was significantly higher for GRE EPI (P < .01), but signal homogeneity was similar for both sequences (P > .2). CONCLUSION: Diagnostic images of the heart were obtained with both SE EPI and GRE EPI. GRE EPI is more suitable for flow studies because of the higher and more homogeneous intravascular SI.

引用

页码：691 / 696

页数：6

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