Logo image
IRO Home Research units Researcher Profiles
Sign in
Origin of a signal intensity loss artifact in fat-saturation MR imaging
Journal article   Peer reviewed

Origin of a signal intensity loss artifact in fat-saturation MR imaging

Leon AXEL, Louis KOLMAN, Riad CHARAFEDDINE, Scott N HWANG and Alan H STOLPEN
Radiology, Vol.217(3), pp.911-915
2000
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.217.3.r00dc43911
PMID: 11110963

View Online

Abstract

Artifactual water signal intensity loss can be observed on fat-saturation magnetic resonance (MR) images of inhomogeneous regions such as the thorax. Magnetic effects of air inclusions on fat-saturation pulses were investigated as the possible origin of this artifact. Computer simulation results agreed well with observed production of water saturation by means of nominal fat suppression in MR imaging of phantoms and a representative clinical example.
Radiodiagnosis. Nmr imagery. Nmr spectrometry Biological and medical sciences Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects) Medical sciences Miscellaneous. Technology

Details

Metrics

Logo image