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Radiology, Vol 194, 765-770, Copyright © 1995 by Radiological Society of North America

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Cardiac echo-planar MR imaging: comparison of single- and multiple-shot techniques

DR Wetter, GC McKinnon, JF Debatin and GK von Schulthess
Department of Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland.

PURPOSE: To compare the quality of cardiac images acquired with two-and four-shot echo-planar imaging (EPI) with that of images acquired with single-shot EPI. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Single-, two-, and four-shot EPI was performed to obtain axial images that traversed both cardiac ventricles. The subjects were 10 healthy men whose ages ranged from 22 to 38 years (mean, 27 years). The multiple-shot EPI data were acquired in snapshot (sequential) and cardiac-gated (non-sequential) modes. Image quality was compared by evaluation of the depiction of cardiac structures and analysis of signal intensity, contrast, and signal homogeneity. RESULTS: Multiple-shot EPI depicted the coronary and internal mammary arteries better than did single-shot EPI (P < .05). Intraventricular signal intensity was more homogeneous on multiple-shot images (P < .005). Cardiac-gated acquisition resulted in less image blurring and allowed acquisition of more phases per RR interval. CONCLUSION: Multiple-shot EPI rendered higher quality images than did single-shot EPI.


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