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Echo‐planar imaging of the central nervous system at 1.0 T
Author(s) -
Schmitt Franz,
Stehling Michael K.,
Ladebeck Ralf,
Fang Ming,
Quaiyumi Ali,
Bårschneider Erwin,
Huk Walter J.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of magnetic resonance imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.563
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1522-2586
pISSN - 1053-1807
DOI - 10.1002/jmri.1880020417
Subject(s) - echo planar imaging , echo (communications protocol) , image quality , echo time , central nervous system , biomedical engineering , nuclear magnetic resonance , magnetic resonance imaging , nuclear medicine , medicine , computer science , physics , radiology , computer vision , image (mathematics) , computer network , endocrinology
Echo‐planar imaging (EPI) on the authors' 1‐T prototype im‐ager provides high‐quality 100‐msec images of the central nervous system. Contrast parameters can be chosen freely. Three‐dimensional EPI sequences provide isotropically resolved data sets with 1‐mm resolution. Brain perfusion and blood‐brain barrier disruption can be assessed in time‐course studies with gadopentetate dimeglumine. The current state of development of the authors' midfield research EPI system is discussed and its image quality illustrated through selected patient studies.