title: Myelographic MR imaging of the cervical spine with a 3D true fast imaging with steady-state precession technique: initial experience.
abstract: The majority of spinal magnetic resonance (MR) imaging has been performed with spin-echo sequences and spoiled gradient-echo sequences. Advances in gradient MR imaging performance now permit imaging with coherent steady-state sequences. In this study, the authors compare a three-dimensional true fast imaging with steady-state precession sequence with a three-dimensional spoiled gradient-recalled-echo sequence for MR evaluation of the cervical spine in the transverse plane. Initial experience indicates that the steady-state sequence is superior to spoiled gradient-recalled-echo sequences for MR evaluation of cervical spine anatomy and abnormalities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Northwestern University Medical School, 676 N St Clair St, Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
authors.forename: Visveshwar
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Baskaran
authors.forename: F Scott
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Pereles
authors.forename: Eric J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.forename: Stavros A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Georganos
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shaibani
authors.forename: Kenneth A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Spero
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Krupinski
authors.forename: Al
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: J Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Finn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009192:Myelography / Q000379:methods*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors