PURPOSE: To assess the feasibility of imaging the liver in volunteers and patients with ultrashort echo time (UTE) pulse sequences. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Seven normal controls as well as 12 patients with biopsy-proven generalized liver disease and three patients with focal disease were examined using pulse sequences with initial TEs of 0.08 msec followed by three later echoes, with or without frequency-based fat suppression. T(2)* values were calculated from regions of interest in the liver. RESULTS: Good image quality was obtained in each subject. There was a highly significant difference in the mean T(2)* values between the normal controls and patients with generalized liver disease (P = 0.001). T(2)* was significantly decreased in hemochromatosis (P = 0.002) and increased in cirrhosis (P = 0.04), compared with controls. T(2)* also correlated with functional status assessed by Child's grade (P = 0.001). A hepatocellular carcinoma showed reduced short T(2) components in the region of thermal ablation and evidence of a subcapsular hematoma which were not apparent with conventional imaging. CONCLUSIONS: Imaging of the liver with UTE sequences showed good image quality and tolerance of abdominal motion. T(2)* was specifically correlated with the presence of hemochromatosis, cirrhosis, and functional grade. Imaging of short T(2) relaxation components may provide useful information in disease. Copyright 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
PURPOSE: To assess the feasibility of imaging the liver in volunteers and patients with ultrashort echo time (UTE) pulse sequences. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Seven normal controls as well as 12 patients with biopsy-proven generalized liver disease and three patients with focal disease were examined using pulse sequences with initial TEs of 0.08 msec followed by three later echoes, with or without frequency-based fat suppression. T(2)* values were calculated from regions of interest in the liver. RESULTS: Good image quality was obtained in each subject. There was a highly significant difference in the mean T(2)* values between the normal controls and patients with generalized liver disease (P = 0.001). T(2)* was significantly decreased in hemochromatosis (P = 0.002) and increased in cirrhosis (P = 0.04), compared with controls. T(2)* also correlated with functional status assessed by Child's grade (P = 0.001). A hepatocellular carcinoma showed reduced short T(2) components in the region of thermal ablation and evidence of a subcapsular hematoma which were not apparent with conventional imaging. CONCLUSIONS: Imaging of the liver with UTE sequences showed good image quality and tolerance of abdominal motion. T(2)* was specifically correlated with the presence of hemochromatosis, cirrhosis, and functional grade. Imaging of short T(2) relaxation components may provide useful information in disease. Copyright 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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