title: Echo-volumar imaging (EVI) at 0.5 T: first whole-body volunteer studies.
abstract: Improvements in the echo-volumar imaging (EVI) technique and its application in whole-body studies are described. Using an in-house built 0.5 T echo-planar imaging system, complete modulus three-dimensional image data are acquired in 102 ms with real-time display. Hardware limitations have restricted the maximum array size achievable to 64 x 32 x 8 voxels. Representative voxel dimensions are x = 6.0 mm; y = 4.0 mm, and z = 10.0 mm. Results on human volunteers are presented, showing cardiac, liver, and bladder images. Also shown are the first EVI gastric filling and emptying results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Nottingham, England. UK.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Harvey
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mansfield
mesh_terms: D017352:Echo-Planar Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005746:Gastric Emptying / Q000502:physiology; D006321:Heart / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008099:Liver / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D012016:Reference Values; D012984:Software; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000033:anatomy & histology