title: STIR sequence with increased receiver bandwidth of the inversion pulse for reduction of metallic artifacts.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to evaluate a STIR sequence with an optimized inversion pulse that entails use of increased receiver bandwidth for metal artifact reduction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Image distortion, artifacts, insufficient fat suppression, and detection of relevant findings improved with the STIR optimized inversion pulse, which was associated with significant artifact reduction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Orthopedic University Hospital Balgrist, Zurich, Switzerland. erikajulbrich@googlemail.com
authors.forename: Erika J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Ulbrich
authors.forename: Reto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sutter
authors.forename: Ranieri F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Aguiar
authors.forename: Mathias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nittka
authors.forename: Christian W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Pfirrmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016477:Artifacts; D005260:Female; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D007720:Knee Prosthesis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008670:Metals; D008875:Middle Aged; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000295:instrumentation; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric
chemical_list: D008670:Metals