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Radiology, Vol 191, 691-696, Copyright © 1994 by Radiological Society of North America

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Normal heart: evaluation with echo-planar MR imaging

CP Davis, GC McKinnon, JF Debatin, D Wetter, AC Eichenberger, S Duewell and GK von Schulthess
Department of Medical Radiology, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.

PURPOSE: To evaluate the appearance of the heart on spin-echo (SE) and gradient-echo (GRE) echo-planar magnetic resonance (MR) images. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Nine healthy volunteers were examined with an MR imager with transaxial echo-planar imaging (EPI) capabilities. SE EPI and GRE EPI sequences were used. Full k-space signal was obtained with readout time of 40 msec per image, and total image acquisition time was 72 and 52 msec, respectively, for SE EPI and GRE EPI. RESULTS: Delineation of cardiac structures was superior with SE EPI, reflective of significantly higher contrast between myocardial and intraluminal signal intensity (SI) (P < .001). The higher (P < .01) and more homogeneous (P < .001) intraluminal SI with GRE EPI allowed better assessment of intracardiac flow. Septal SI was significantly higher for GRE EPI (P < .01), but signal homogeneity was similar for both sequences (P > .2). CONCLUSION: Diagnostic images of the heart were obtained with both SE EPI and GRE EPI. GRE EPI is more suitable for flow studies because of the higher and more homogeneous intravascular SI.


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