title: Volume isotropic simultaneous interleaved black- and bright-blood imaging: a novel sequence for contrast-enhanced screening of brain metastasis.
abstract: We introduced and optimized a novel sequence of fast (about 4 min), volumetric, high resolution, simultaneous bright- and black-blood imaging with sufficient T1 contrast between enhanced metastasis and surrounding brain parenchyma for their differentiation. This proposed sequence can be used for 3-dimensional volumetric T1-weighted bright- and black-blood imaging in contrast-enhanced studies and may be promising for detecting small brain metastases by improving differentiation between blood vessels and small brain metastases.
authors.affiliation: Yaesu Clinic.
authors.forename: Masami
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoneyama
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Obara
authors.forename: Taro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahara
authors.forename: Kazufumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: Masanobu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tatsuno
authors.forename: Seishi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sawano
authors.forename: Tetsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogino
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Togao
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshiura
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000379:methods; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA