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Newly developed surface coil for endoluminal MRI, depiction of pig gastric wall layers and vascular architecture in ex vivo study

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Background

The purpose of this study was to visualize the gastric wall layers and to depict the vascular architecture in vitro by using resected porcine stomachs studied with high-spatial resolution magnetic resonance (MR) imaging.

Methods

Normal dissected porcine stomach samples (n = 4) were examined with a 3 Tesla MR system using a newly developed surface coil. MR images were obtained by the surface coil as receiver and a head coil as transmitter. High-spatial-resolution spin-echo MR images were obtained with a field of view of 8 × 8 cm, a matrix of 256 × 128 and slice thicknesses of 3 and 5 mm.

Results

T1 and T2-weighted MR images clearly depicted the normal porcine gastric walls as consisting of four distinct layers. In addition, vascular architectures in proper muscle layers were also visualized, which were confirmed by histological examinations to correspond to blood vessels.

Conclusions

High-spatial-resolution MR imaging using a surface coil placed closely to the gastric wall enabled the differentiation of porcine gastric wall layers and the depiction of the blood vessels in proper muscle layer in this experimental study.

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology, Kobe University School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Chuo-ku, Kusunoki-cho, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan

    Yoshinori Morita, Hiromu Kutsumi, Hayato Yoshinaka, Yuichiro Matsuoka, Masaru Yoshida, Hideto Inokuchi & Takeshi Azuma

  2. Group of Molecular Imaging Research, Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation, Kobe, Japan

    Kagayaki Kuroda

  3. Olympus Medical System Cooperation, Hachioji, Japan

    Masakazu Gotanda & Naomi Sekino

  4. Information Science and Technology Center, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

    Etsuko Kumamoto

  5. School of Information Science and Technology, Tokai University, Hiratsuka, Japan

    Kagayaki Kuroda

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Morita, Y., Kutsumi, H., Yoshinaka, H. et al. Newly developed surface coil for endoluminal MRI, depiction of pig gastric wall layers and vascular architecture in ex vivo study. J Gastroenterol 44, 390–395 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00535-009-0010-5

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