Fast-recovery fast spin-echo T2-weighted MR imaging: a free-breathing alternative to fast spin-echo in the pediatric abdomen

In the mid 1990s, the fast spin-echo (FSE) and turbo spin-echo (TSE) T2-weighted (T2-W) sequences became available and are now widely accepted alternatives to conventional spin-echo sequences since they result in reduced acquisition times while maintaining tissue contrast. Since that time, there has...

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Published in:Pediatric radiology 2008-06, Vol.38 (6), p.675-679
Main Authors: Huang, I-Hua, Emery, Kathleen H., Laor, Tal, Valentine, Mona, Tiefermann, Jan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdomen - pathology
Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Imaging
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Neuroradiology
Nuclear Medicine
Oncology
Pediatrics
Pictorial Essay
Radiology
Respiration
Retrospective Studies
Ultrasound
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Summary:In the mid 1990s, the fast spin-echo (FSE) and turbo spin-echo (TSE) T2-weighted (T2-W) sequences became available and are now widely accepted alternatives to conventional spin-echo sequences since they result in reduced acquisition times while maintaining tissue contrast. Since that time, there has been continued development of new sequences to further decrease acquisition times, minimize artifacts, and preserve lesion detection. The purpose of this pictorial essay is to qualitatively illustrate the newly available fast recovery (FR) FSE T2-W MR images of the abdomen compared with the images acquired using the routine FSE T2-W sequence in non-breath-hold studies in children.
ISSN:0301-0449
1432-1998
DOI:10.1007/s00247-008-0774-4