Open AccessKomparacija detektabilnosti mozdanih lezija u multipleks sklerozi pri pregledu magnetnom rezonancijom jacine magnetnog polja 1.0 i 3.0 Tesla
Author(s) -
Tatjana Stošić-Opinćal,
M Gavrilov,
Slobodan Lavrnić,
Radovan Milenković,
Vesna Perić,
Svetlana Gavrilović,
M. Jovancevic
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
acta chirurgica iugoslavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0887
pISSN - 0354-950X
DOI - 10.2298/aci0703115s
Subject(s) - fluid attenuated inversion recovery , medicine , multiple sclerosis , nuclear medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , lesion , contrast (vision) , radiology , gadolinium , pathology , physics , psychiatry , optics , materials science , metallurgy
To estimate the relative sensitivity of MR examination for brain lesions in multiple sclerosis at 1.0 Tesla (T) and 3.0 T using identical acquisition conditions. 54 patients with multiple sclerosis were examined both at 1.0T (Siemens Impact Expert) and 3.0T (Philips Intera) using T1-weighted spin echo (T1W-SE) with and without gadolinium contrast injections, T2W SE and fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) imaging. Images were examined independently by three experienced neuroradiologists using focal lesion counting. 3.0T scans compared with 1.0T scans demonstrate a 27.3%, increase in the number of detected contrast enhanced lesions and an 22.7% increase in the number of detected lesions on FLAIR MR tomograms. Highfield 3.0T MR imaging demonstrates better sensitivity in the detection of focal brain lesions in multiple sclerosis. This improvement is more apparent in contrast enhanced lesion detection and less noticeable in FLAIR detected lesions.