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RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:The authors' purpose was to search the inversion time (TI) values that enable the best differentiation of fine structures in gray matter (gray-gray differentiation). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Seven healthy adult volunteers with no history of neurologic disease or head trauma were recruited and gave their informed consent. The subjects consisted of two men and five women ranging in age from 25 to 38 years, with a mean age of 28 years +/- 5. The subjects were imaged with a turbo spin-echo inversion-recovery sequence. This sequence was performed in the axial plane at the level of the basal ganglia with the following parameters: repetition time, 3,200 msec; echo time, 15 msec; three signals acquired; echo train, seven; section thickness, 3 mm; matrix size, 256 x 256; and field of view, 180 mm. The tested values were TI = 100, 200, 300, 400, and 500 msec. Region-of interest measurements were performed at the following anatomic structures and represent gray-gray and white-white differentiations, respectively: globus pallidus externa versus globus pallidus interna, and optic radiation versus surrounding white matter. RESULTS:The maximum contrast index value occurred at TI = 400 msec for globus pallidus externa versus globus pallidus interna (P < .05) With the contrast-to-noise ratio, no significant difference in gray-gray differentiation was observed among the various TIs. The minimum signal-to-noise ratio of the gray matter occurred at TI = 400 msec (P < .05). A subjective evaluation revealed an overall superiority of gray-matter differentiation with TI = 400 msec. CONCLUSION:A TI of 400 msec was the most suitable for this purpose.
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Acad Radioljournal_title
Academic radiologyauthors
Nakamura H,Yamada K,Kizu O,Ito H,Nishimura Tdoi
10.1016/s1076-6332(03)80789-4keywords:
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2003-01-01 00:00:00pages
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1878-4046journal_volume
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