Morikatsu Yoshida1, Takeshi Nakaura2, Taihei Inoue2, Shota Tanoue3, Sentaro Takada3, Daisuke Utsunomiya2, Shota Tsumagari3, Kazunori Harada4, Yasuyuki Yamashita2. 1. Department of Radiology, Amakusa Medical Center, Jikiba, Kameba, Amakusa city, Kumamoto, 863-0046, Japan. y_morikatsu@hotmail.com. 2. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan. 3. Department of Radiology, Amakusa Medical Center, Jikiba, Kameba, Amakusa city, Kumamoto, 863-0046, Japan. 4. Department of Surgery, Amakusa Medical Center, Kumamoto, Japan.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The current study evaluated the clinical usefulness of the gradient and spin-echo (GRASE) sequence with single breath-hold in 3.0 T magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP). We compared the acquisition time and image quality between GRASE and breath navigator-triggered 3D turbo spin echo (3D TSE). METHODS: We examined 54 consecutive patients who underwent MRCP with GRASE and 3D TSE. We compared the image acquisition time and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) between the common bile duct (CBD) and liver. Overall image quality, blurring, motion artifacts and CBD visibility were scored on a 4-point scale by two radiologists. Paired t-tests were used to compare the variables. RESULTS: The mean image acquisition time was 95 % shorter with the GRASE than with 3D TSE (GRASE: 20 s; 3D TSE: 6 min 27 s). The CNR of GRASE was significantly higher than that of 3D TSE (GRASE: 25.4 ± 13.9 vs. 3D TSE: 18.2 ± 9.6, p < 0.01). All qualitative scores for GRASE were significantly better than those for 3D TSE. CONCLUSIONS: 3.0 T MRCP with GRASE sequence with single breath-hold significantly improved the CNR of CBD with a 95 % shorter acquisition time compared with conventional 3D MRCP with 3D TSE. KEY POINTS: • MRCP acquisition time was 95% shorter with GRASE than with 3D TSE. • Overall image quality of GRASE was significantly better than 3D TSE. • Pancreaticobiliary tree visibility with GRASE was better than that with 3D TSE.
OBJECTIVES: The current study evaluated the clinical usefulness of the gradient and spin-echo (GRASE) sequence with single breath-hold in 3.0 T magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP). We compared the acquisition time and image quality between GRASE and breath navigator-triggered 3D turbo spin echo (3D TSE). METHODS: We examined 54 consecutive patients who underwent MRCP with GRASE and 3D TSE. We compared the image acquisition time and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) between the common bile duct (CBD) and liver. Overall image quality, blurring, motion artifacts and CBD visibility were scored on a 4-point scale by two radiologists. Paired t-tests were used to compare the variables. RESULTS: The mean image acquisition time was 95 % shorter with the GRASE than with 3D TSE (GRASE: 20 s; 3D TSE: 6 min 27 s). The CNR of GRASE was significantly higher than that of 3D TSE (GRASE: 25.4 ± 13.9 vs. 3D TSE: 18.2 ± 9.6, p < 0.01). All qualitative scores for GRASE were significantly better than those for 3D TSE. CONCLUSIONS: 3.0 T MRCP with GRASE sequence with single breath-hold significantly improved the CNR of CBD with a 95 % shorter acquisition time compared with conventional 3D MRCP with 3D TSE. KEY POINTS: • MRCP acquisition time was 95% shorter with GRASE than with 3D TSE. • Overall image quality of GRASE was significantly better than 3D TSE. • Pancreaticobiliary tree visibility with GRASE was better than that with 3D TSE.
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Artifact; Common bile duct; Echo-planar imaging; Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography; Magnetic resonance imaging
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