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Published online before print March 27, 2003, 10.1148/radiol.2272011149
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(Radiology 2003;227:585-592.)
© RSNA, 2003

Technical Developments

Myelographic MR Imaging of the Cervical Spine with a 3D True Fast Imaging with Steady-State Precession Technique: Initial Experience1

Visveshwar Baskaran, BA, F. Scott Pereles, MD, Eric J. Russell, MD, Stavros A. Georganos, MD, Ali Shaibani, MD, Kenneth A. Spero, MD, Elizabeth A. Krupinski, PhD, Al Zhang, PhD and J. Paul Finn, MD

1 From the Department of Radiology, Northwestern University Medical School, 676 N St Clair St, Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60611 (V.B., F.S.P., E.J.R., S.A.G., A.S., K.A.S., J.P.F.); Department of Radiology, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson (E.A.K.); and Siemens Medical Systems, Chicago, Ill (A.Z.). Received July 3, 2001; revision requested August 22; final revision received August 13, 2002; accepted September 27. Address correspondence to F.S.P. (e-mail: s-pereles@northwestern.edu).

The majority of spinal magnetic resonance (MR) imaging has been performed with spin-echo sequences and spoiled gradient-echo sequences. Advances in gradient MR imaging performance now permit imaging with coherent steady-state sequences. In this study, the authors compare a three-dimensional true fast imaging with steady-state precession sequence with a three-dimensional spoiled gradient-recalled-echo sequence for MR evaluation of the cervical spine in the transverse plane. Initial experience indicates that the steady-state sequence is superior to spoiled gradient-recalled-echo sequences for MR evaluation of cervical spine anatomy and abnormalities.

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Index terms: Magnetic resonance (MR), pulse sequences, 31.121411, 31.121412 • Spinal cord, MR, 31.121411, 31.121412 • Spine, anatomy, 31.92 • Spine, MR, 31.121411, 31.121412




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