Interleaved water and fat dual-echo spin echo imaging with intrinsic chemical-shift elimination.
A new technique was developed to simultaneously acquire water and fat dual-echo spin echo images in a single acquisition period. Chemical shifts between water and fat images are intrinsically eliminated, and the images are combined to form water-plus-fat image. In vivo water-only images show fat suppression superior to that of conventional spin echo images. This technique may be clinically useful for musculoskeletal imaging.
Kwok
W E
WE
Department of Radiology, University of Rochester, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642, USA. edmund_kwok@urmc.rochester.edu
Totterman
S M
SM
Zhong
J
J
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D001834:Body Water / Q000378:metabolism*; D017352:Echo-Planar Imaging; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D007717:Knee / Q000473:pathology*; D012016:Reference Values