Whole-body MR imaging in 30 seconds with real-time true FISP and a continuously rolling table platform: feasibility study.
A technique for whole-body magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in only 30 seconds was developed on the basis of a rolling table platform with integrated surface coils and real-time true fast imaging with steady-state precession. In five patients, all hepatic and pulmonary lesions with a diameter exceeding 8 mm were detected by using thoracic and abdominal helical computed tomography as the reference method. Whole-body MR imaging with real-time true fast imaging with steady-state precession is feasible and may be suitable for tumor screening and staging.
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Department of Radiology, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, D-45122 Essen, Germany. joerg.barkhausen@uni-essen.de
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012016:Reference Values; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013997:Time Factors