Breast MR imaging with high spectral and spatial resolutions: Preliminary experience

Weiliang Du, Yiping P. Du, Ulrich Bick, Xiaobing Fan, Peter M. MacEneaney, Marta A. Zamora, Milica Medved, Gregory S. Karczmar

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Abstract

The authors evaluated magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with high spectral and spatial resolutions (HSSR) of water and fat in breasts of healthy volunteers (n = 6) and women with suspicious lesions (n = 6). Fat suppression, edge delineation, and image texture were improved on MR images derived from HSSR data compared with those on conventional MR images. HSSR MR imaging data acquired before and after contrast medium injection showed spectrally inhomogeneous changes in the water resonances in small voxels that were not detectable with conventional MR imaging.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)577-585
Number of pages9
JournalRadiology
Volume224
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Breast neoplasms, MR
  • Breast neoplasms, calcification
  • Breast neoplasms, diagnosis
  • Breast, MR

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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