title: Fast-recovery fast spin-echo T2-weighted MR imaging: a free-breathing alternative to fast spin-echo in the pediatric abdomen.
abstract: In the mid 1990s, the fast spin-echo (FSE) and turbo spin-echo (TSE) T2-weighted (T2-W) sequences became available and are now widely accepted alternatives to conventional spin-echo sequences since they result in reduced acquisition times while maintaining tissue contrast. Since that time, there has been continued development of new sequences to further decrease acquisition times, minimize artifacts, and preserve lesion detection. The purpose of this pictorial essay is to qualitatively illustrate the newly available fast recovery (FR) FSE T2-W MR images of the abdomen compared with the images acquired using the routine FSE T2-W sequence in non-breath-hold studies in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, USA.
authors.forename: I-Hua
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Kathleen H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Emery
authors.forename: Tal
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Laor
authors.forename: Mona
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Valentine
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tiefermann
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000473:pathology*; D000293:Adolescent; D016477:Artifacts; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D012119:Respiration; D012189:Retrospective Studies