title: Fast three-point Dixon MR imaging of the retrobulbar space with low-resolution images for phase correction: comparison with fast spin-echo inversion recovery imaging.
abstract: A new phase-correction algorithm for three-point Dixon (3PD) MR imaging allows on-line image reconstruction of three images per section: pure water, pure fat, and water plus fat. When combined with fast spin-echo acquisition, the sequence is suitable for routine MR imaging of the retrobulbar space. The 3PD pure water images have double the image signal-to-noise ratio of fast spin-echo inversion recovery images. The dramatic contrast-to-noise ratio of the 3PD pure fat images may offer improved lesion detection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass 02115, USA.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Rybicki
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Mulkern
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Robson
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ma
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit / Q000033:anatomy & histology*