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Liver lesion detection: Comparison between excitation-spoiling fat suppression and regular spin-echo at 1.5T

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The role of excitation-spoiling fat suppression (fatsat) imaging in the detection of liver lesions was assessed comparing short TR/TE and long TR/ TE spin-echo (SE) sequences with and without excitation-spoiling fat suppression in 25 patients at 1.5T. The study included patients with liver metastases (n = 21), primary liver cancer (n=3), and hepatic adenoma (n=1). Liver lesion detection and lesionliver signal-to-noise ratios (SNR) were determined for the various imaging sequences in a prospective fashion. Liver lesion-liver SNR were highest for long TR/TE (2000-2500/70-80) fatsat images (12.7±4.8) compared to long TR/TE regular SE (2000-2500/70-80) images (8.8±5.6) [(p = ns) (not significant)], short TR/TE (200-400/15-20) fatsat images (-6.2±4.8) (p=0.05), and short TR/TE regular SE images (-4.9±3.2) (p<0.01). Lesion detection was greatest for long TR/TE fatsat (86) followed by long TR/TE regular SE (78) (p=0.05), short TR/TE fatsat (65) (p<0.01), and short TR/TE regular SE (60) (p<0.01). The results of this study suggest that excitation-spoiling fat suppression may improve liver lesion detection and conspicuity.

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    Richard C. Semelka M.D.

  2. Department of Radiology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

    Hedvig Hricak, Kostaki G. Bis, W. Carey Werthmuller & Charles B. Higgins

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Semelka, R.C., Hricak, H., Bis, K.G. et al. Liver lesion detection: Comparison between excitation-spoiling fat suppression and regular spin-echo at 1.5T. Abdom Imaging 18, 56–60 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00201703

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