title: [Optimization of the techniques for studying the upper abdomen with magnetic resonance. II. Changes in the intrinsic contrast].
abstract: Magnetic Resonance imaging of the upper abdomen was performed on more than 300 patients. The aim of the study was to determine the influence of spin-echo parameters on intrinsic image contrast. Different TR (ranging 260 to 2000 ms) and TE (ranging 20 to 120 ms) values were employed in two patients with a hepatic metastases and in a healthy volunteer with a hepatic cyst. The highest liver-to-lesion contrast was observed when the shortest TR and TE values (260 and 20 ms, respectively) were used, while the lesions appeared isointense with the surrounding parenchyma with TR 800 ms. In T2-weighted images TR 2000 ms allowed the complete recovery of longitudinal magnetization, giving a contrast relative only to the T2 of the lesion.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Radiologia, Università, L'Aquila.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pavone
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Patrizio
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Giuliani
authors.forename: N F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: De Stefano
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Laconi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Passariello
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*
vernacular_title: Ottimizzazione delle tecniche di studio dell'addome superiore con risonanza magnetica. II. Modifica del contrasto intrinseco.